AL to contest city, municipal polls
Some leaders express reservations
The Awami League central working committee on Friday decided to contest elections to four city corporations and nine municipalities, scheduled for August 4. But many of the party working committee members, including presidium members Tofail Ahmed and Matia Chowdhury, expressed their reservations about the decision fearing that credible polls might not be possible under the state of emergency...[ + ]
May inflation
creeps up
Inflation increased slightly in May from its April level due to fresh rise in prices of rice, potato and fish. Although general inflation was just below 7.5 per cent, food inflation still hovered menacingly close to the double digit mark...[ + ]
Lentil, edible oil,
spices turn
costlier
Prices of red lentil, edible oils and spices increased further in the city market in the week to Friday while rice price remained high despite increased supply of coarse varieties. Traders claimed tight supply from both import and local sources pushed up prices of red
lentil, while they attributed higher import costs to price hike of edible oils.....[ + ]
National polls schedule
in October: CEC
The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the parliamentary elections in October, the chief election commissioner, ATM Shamsul Huda, said on Friday, reaffirming that the national polls would be held in December...[ + ]
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