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2 ex-NSI chiefs arrested over Ctg arms haul
The Criminal Investigation Department early Saturday arrested two former director generals of the National Security Intelligence at Dhaka in connection with the ever-biggest arms and ammunitions haul of April 2, 2004. Retired major general Rezakul Haider Chowdhury was arrested at his house at Dhanmondi and retired brigadier general Abdur Rahim at his house at DOHS based on the statement of former NSI director retired wing commander Shahabuddin Ahmed in which the two were named...[ + ]
Secondary schools keep outsourcing question papers, flouting rules
Authorities of most secondary schools across the country continue to buy question papers for exams from teachers’ associations, flouting an education ministry order.[ + ]
Not a single penny of climate change fund used
The environment ministry could not spend a single penny of the climate change fund worth Tk 300 crore because of delay in formulating devises to utilise it, ministry officials said...[ + ]
1,300 workers may be sent back from Malaysia
At least 1,300 Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia may be sent back as they are on strike since the first week of May in protest at the breach of agreement by the employer...[ + ]
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Two-pronged remedy spelt out
for sagging rice market
Economists and market watchers said the government should immediately withdraw the ban on rice export as the surplus grain in local market is depriving farmers of fair prices. They also pointed out that the ongoing rice procurement drive of the government remains sluggish because of lack of storage space, so the government should release old stocks to empty the warehouses. ‘The price of paddy remains very low and is declining further because of excess supply,’ said the renowned rice expert, Dr Mahbub Hossain...[ + ]
Slumping rice prices cloud agro-economy
Despite good harvesting of boro rice this season, the country’s agriculture economy is unlikely to be vibrant soon due mainly to lower price of rice as major farm produce, forecasts the local chief of a multinational company. Even if, cautions Syngenta’s Sarwar Ahmed, adequate remittances flow to the rural sector, the farmers may not be able to invest in cultivation of food-grains, given the lack of price competitiveness of rice production....[ + ]
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