India orders fresh
ban on rice export
Several hundred trucks carrying rice bound for Bangladesh were stranded in Indian border points as New Delhi suddenly restricted rice export to Dhaka through private channels. Quoting a commerce ministry statement, Indian daily The Hindu on Saturday reported that the government, with immediate effect, prohibited any export of non-basmati rice through transitional arrangements...[ + ]
Oct 29 meeting resolutions only
barrier to party
unity, says Delwar
The BNP’s secretary-general, Khandaker Delwar Hossain, on Saturday said the October 29 meeting of some standing committee members and their decisions were the only barrier to the unity of the party. He asked the leaders of the pro-government faction of the party to come forward to negotiate after declaring that meeting and its proceedings void...[ + ]
Britian pushes for
talks for transition
to democracy
Visiting British foreign secretary David Miliband on Saturday said it was mutual responsibilities of the interim government, political parties, civil society and the media to contribute to dialogues towards a speedy transition of Bangladesh to ‘genuine democracy.’ He said it was an important year for Bangladesh for a speedy transition to genuine democracy through free and fair elections...[ + ]
Body formed to probe into Qaiyum’s death
A three-member committee was on Saturday formed to investigate the death of the detained Dhaka city ward commissioner, Qaiyum Khan, also a city BNP leader, who died on his way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital Friday morning...[ + ]
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DSE turnover nearly doubles last week
Turnover at the Dhaka Stock Exchange nearly doubled last week with 93.83 per cent rise to total at Tk 1,425 crore from the previous week’s Tk 735 crore as investors returned to the trading floor heavily after the SEC withdrew restrictions on fund inflow to the market, said analysts...[ + ]
Adviser stresses better monitoring
for quality public spending
Finance and planning adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam has stressed the need for improving coordination among government agencies for better utilisation of public resources as he reckoned the current monitoring process of development project implementation anomalous...[ + ]
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