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Jamaat gets Indian funds to fan agitation against AL govt

Islamic fundamentalists, mainly Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, received funds from Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen, the prime accused in the multi-crore chit fund scam, to fuel agitation against Awami League government, reports Indian media. Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen not only funded political parties in India, but also Islamic fundamentalists in Bangladesh, said the report run by the New Indian Express yesterday. Jamaat-e-IslamiInvestigating agencies CBI and Enforcement Directorate have stumbled upon sensational infor...

11 arrested over ‘uranium’ sale

Police arrested 11 people Sunday suspected of trying to sell fake uranium as part of an elaborate scam, officials have said. In a series of raids in Dhaka on Saturday, police swooped on the gang and recovered a leather box marked “USSR” containing what some members of the group described as uranium, a senior officer said on Sunday. arrestDhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Masudur Rahman told the AFP news agency that police would send the hundreds of small objects similar to medical pills inside the box to Bangladesh’s Atomic Energy Commission for testin...

VHP leader asks Mamata to clarify stand on Bangladesh

Vishwa Hindu Parisad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia on Saturday said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should make her stand clear on infiltration by Bangladeshis. "Mamata Banerjee should clarify whether she is protecting, giving shelter or supporting Bangladeshi citizens. If she says yes then we (VHP) will file a case against her," Togadia told a press conference at the Press Club here. VHPAsked whether there would be support from the Narendra Modi government in its drive against infiltration by Bangladeshis, Togadia replied "You can go and ask th...

Trade deficit narrows in FY 2013-14

Bangladesh Bank official said that the country's trade deficit narrowed in the last financial year which ended in June led by exports increase, Xinhua reported. bbTrade deficit in the last fiscal year 2013-14 (July 2013-June 2014) narrowed 3 percent to USD6.81 billion compared to a year earlier, said the Bangladesh Bank (BB) official. The country's import payment was USD36,571 billion, up 8.92 percent in the last fiscal year while earnings from exports stood at USD29,765 billion U, up 12.04 percent during the same period.

Take public opinion on proposed 16th amendment: TIB

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has urged the government to take public opinion on its move to amend the constitution to restore parliament’s authority to impeach the Supreme Court judges for misconduct or incompetence. The Cabinet approved the draft of the 16th constitutional amendment that seeks to return the power to impeach the SC judges to the parliament taking it from the Supreme Judicial Council, reports UNB. tibThe parliament had this power under the country’s original 1972 constitution. In a statement on Saturday, TIB e...

Manik for restarting Tripura-Bangladesh rail link

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar today requested the Centre to talk to Bangladesh government for restarting railway services from Agartala to the neighbouring country. "Government of Bangladesh may be pursued to take all necessary actions and Railway Ministry may take up this (restoration of rail link) construction work with highest priority," Sarkar said at the -manik-sarkarconference of Chief Ministers of all North Eastern states. "Prior to independence, towns in Tripura were connected by railway network with erstwhile East Pakistan, presen...
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