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Bangladesh key economic indicators – Dec 10

DAILY INDICATORS

Monday Previous Taka/US $ (inter-bank) 77.75-77.76 77.75-77.75 Call money rate (inter-bank) 06.25-08.00 05.50-08.00 Dhaka Stock Exchange index 4,289.82 4,302.56 ------------------------------------------------------------ indicator MONTHLY CURRENT PREVIOUS Growth in: Consumer price index (BBS) Change yr/yr (pct) Nov. 7.15 7.03 M2 supply (bln taka) (BB) Sept. 6,267.23 6,199.89 Forex reserves ($bln)(BB) Nov. 17.11 17.35 Exports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) Sept. 2,590.24 2,031.44 Imports(FOB) ($mln)(BB) August 2,658.00 3,125.00 --------------------------------------...

UN rights body seek stay on Mollah’s execution

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called for an eleventh-hour stay of execution for Abdul Quader Mollah, convicted of war crimes in a trial that did not meet ‘stringent international standards’ for imposition of the death penalty. Pillay urged Bangladesh President to order the last-minute stay of execution for Quader Mollah. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has written to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a last-minute appeal, to halt the execution, according to a media release issued from Geneva on Tuesday. In a statement last month, the High Commissioner urged the government of Press conference Navanethem Pillay

Opportunity, challenges in NY for Bangladesh community

The Bangladesh community in New York City have grown more rapidly than that of any other Asian immigrant group, jumping from less than 5,000 to more than 28,000 by 2000. In New York City, between 1990 and 2000 they have formed vibrant communities in parts of Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx. The New York Times reported that at least 74,000 Bangladeshis now call Gotham home. That number is expected to climb rapidly in the years to come, given that Bangladeshis tend to be younger than the rest of the city’s inhabitants and have more children per couple. BD NY Community

Four Bangladeshi workers held by UK Immigration

The UK Immigration officers arrested four Bangladeshi illegal workers in Uttlesford following a raid in Thaxted. On Friday evening (December 6) by Home Office immigration enforcement officers swooped on the India Villa in Watling Street. They were acting on intelligence. Checks revealed that four members of staff were breaking UK immigration rules. All four were Bangladeshi men. Three, aged 36, 25 and 24, had overstayed their visas. The fourth, aged 26, was working in breach of his visa conditions. UK immigrationThe men ha...

Explosives seized being smuggled from India into Bangladesh

The Indian Border Security Force ( BSF) seized 32 kgs of explosives were seized in two different raids from Malda and Murshidabad between Saturday and Monday. The latest seizure was on Monday, when BSF troops of the 125Bn carried out a special raid near the Churiantpur BOP in the Kaliachak police station area of Malda. Zaizul Haque (23), an Indian national from the local Mohabbatpur village was nabbed with nearly 12 kg of low-intensity explosive. Haque was trying to send the consignment across the border into Bangladesh. BSFWeapons and explosives are being smu...

Amendment 15 borne to satisfy the wish of Sheikh Hasina, says AHRC

Human dignity denied in Bangladesh

The Amendment 15 to the constitution of Bangladesh is critical. This amendment was borne to satisfy the wish of the incumbent Prime Minister, says Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). Gross abuse of human rights in Bangladesh are mostly related to quest for, and maintenance of, power, which guarantees the ruling segment 'licence' to corruption and impunity, AHRC says. AHRC in its report on the state of Human Rights in Bangladesh, 2013 says, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina used her official relief fund to bribe a Chief Justice and fulfil her desire of perpetuating power in this way. In a country where basic institutions related to the rule of law are a facade, such actions shouldn't surprise, the report added. ...
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