HC asks govt to
explain PSI
talks with IMF
The High Court on Monday asked the government to explain within two weeks why it should not be prevented from pursuing a Policy Support Instrument deal with the International Monetary Fund. The High Court bench of Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana and Justice M Abu Tarique issued the rule after hearing a public interest litigation writ petition filed by a Supreme Court lawyer, M Mesbahul Islam...[ + ]
Graft case against Khaleda brought
under EPR
The Anti-Corruption Commi-ssion on Monday decided to bring under the Emergency Powers Rules 2007 the graft case against detained former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and 12 others, including her detained younger son Arafat Rahman, for awarding a contract to an unsuitable and ill-equipped firm to handle the containers’ depots in Dhaka and Chittagong, allegedly in return for kickbacks...[ + ]
Dhaka appeals for
BRAC official’s
release
The government has appealed to Afghan abductors to free the BRAC worker as the aid agency sought official and diplomatic interventions to get their man immediately released. ‘We fervently appeal to those who have abducted the BRAC official to release him. His mission in Afghanistan is purely humanitarian—he is there only to help Afghan people,’ foreign adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury told reporters at his office Monday...[ + ]
Charges framed against six RU teachers for violating EPR
A Rajshahi court on Monday framed charges against six detained Rajshahi University teachers for violation of the Emergency Power Rules by allegedly involving themselves in the campus turmoil in late August. Fazlul Karim Chowdhury, the judge of the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Rajshahi, indicted the teachers for inciting the demonstrations on the campus, apparently to protest against the incidents in Dhaka University...[ + ]
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IAEA assures Dhaka of assistance for nuclear power plant
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62nd session of UNGA begins today
Floods push up liquid milk price
The prices of liquid milk and milk powder increased significantly in the last three days with market sources attributing it to ‘tight’ supply amid a sharp increase in demand in Ramadan. Market sources said as supply of liquid milk from different flood-hit districts marked a decline, local liquid milk processors were forced to reduce their production and supply to market...[ + ]
Committee formed to suggest
macroeconomic affairs
Independent economists and private sector leaders have teamed up with the financial policymakers to advise the government on macroeconomic issues as the economy shows signs of sluggishness amid erosion of business confidence...[ + ]
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