Bangladesh expresses worry over US trade bill
Bangladesh has expressed concern over the US trade bill concerning the Trans Pacific Partnership apprehending that LDCs like Bangladesh would lose their competitive edge in the US market due to preferential treatments to the trans-pacific partners.
Jamaat hartal largely ignored
The countrywide 24-hour general strike called by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami starting from 6:00am on Wednesday was largely ignored in the capital as traffic was almost as usual, markets were mostly open and businesses functioned almost normally.
Ramadan begins Friday
Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, would begin in the country on Friday as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in the Bangladesh sky on Wednesday.
Jamaat’s 24-hr hartal underway peacefully
The countrywide 24-hour hartal, called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami protesting the verdict of the Supreme Court that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed, is underway peacefully, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Niko graft case: Verdict on Khaleda’s writ any day
The High Court on Wednesday kept pending its verdict to be delivered any day after arguments of both sides were closed in the matter of a writ petition filed by Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, challenging the legality of Niko graft case against her.
Immediate execution of Mojaheed demanded
The ruling Awami League, Communist Party of Bangladesh, Workers Party of Bangladesh and Ganajagaran Mancha faction expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court judgement upholding the death sentence for 1971 war crimes convict Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.
Financing could be a constraint to implement ‘as usual’ big budget : WB
The World Bank on Monday said that achieving the GDP growth at targeted 7 per cent in the next fiscal year would be challenging for the government but might not be impossible on some presumed pre-conditions. At a press briefing on the ‘FY 2016 budget assessment’, the WB termed the proposed budget ‘as usual at extended size and financing to implement the budget could be a constraint because of lower growth in revenue mobilisation and foreign assistance inflow than the target set for the fiscal year.
Soya bean oil price should be Tk 67, not Tk 82: BTC
Bangladesh Tariff Commission (BTC) in its latest analysis has observed that the retail price of unpacked soya bean oil should be Tk 67.10 a litre and that of bottled soya bean oil Tk 82 a litre.
SC begins SQ Chy war crimes appeal hearing
The Appellate Division on Tuesday began hearing of death row inmate Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s appeal in his war crimes case.
4 nations sign deal to open road links
Transport ministers of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal on Monday at a meeting in Thimphu signed the Motor Vehicles Agreement allowing cross-border movement of passengers and goods among the four South Asian countries by road.
