BAIL UNDER EMERGENCY POWERS RULES
SC allows govt to appeal against HC verdicts
The Appellate Division on Thursday allowed the government to appeal against the High Court verdicts that had asserted its power to hear bail petitions in cases under the Emergency Powers Rules. The full court of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, headed by the chief justice, M Ruhul Amin, ordered the government to file regular appeals in three weeks...[ + ]
Govt asks Prothom
Alo to suspend
Alpin publication
Editor, publisher, cartoonist sued in 3 cases
The government on Thursday asked the Prothom Alo publishers to suspend the publication of the newspaper’s weekly satire supplement Alpin until the matter related to the printing of a cartoon in its 431st issue on September 17, hurting religious sentiment of the Muslims, is settled...[ + ]
IMF wants further tariff cut, expansion of VAT
The International Monetary Fund has appreciated the budgetary measures of ‘tariff reforms’ through withdrawal of surcharge and zero duty from imports, but said further duty reduction is needed since trade regime is still complex...[ + ]
EC in a pickle over setting criteria for mainstream
of a divided party
Differences seem to have surfaced in the Election Commission over setting the criteria for differentiating between the mainstream and breakaway factions of political parties. An election commissioner is of the view that if a party splits into two, the breakaway faction should be considered a new party while another commissioner insists that if majority party leaders and [former] parliament members proclaim allegiance to the breakaway faction then it should be treated as the mainstream...[ + ]
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Mainul calls on president
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Two municipal chairmen suspended
BPC in trouble due to soaring fuel
prices in int’l market
The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation on Thursday said that, because of the higher prices of fuel oils in international market, it would be impossible to continue fuel import if the government did not increase prices in local market or provide subsidy...[ + ]
Stocks jump on institutional buying
Stocks gained on Thursday for the second consecutive day due to fresh buying from the institutional investors after bear run in the first three days of the week, said market analysts...[ + ]
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Forkan joins Prime Bank as DMD
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