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UK concern over media freedom in Bangladesh

The British government has observed that some of the steps taken recently by Bangladesh government have generated concerns about civil society space, media freedom, and government power to suppress criticism or dissent. UK_BDThe observation was made in the Annual Human Rights and Democracy Report 2014 released in London yesterday. The report is available on the website of UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Saying the Bangladesh government has proposed revisions to the foreign donations act (pending parliamentary approval) and a new broadcast policy, the r...

Indian Jute assoc to file case against Bangladesh

After cheaper jute products from Bangladesh flooding the domestic market, the Indian Jute Mills Association (IJMA) is set to file an anti-dumping case in the first quarter of the 2015-16 against subsidised exports. bd-india“The association has been working on an anti-dumping case which should be filed with the Ministry concerned within the next quarter. A countervailing duty has to be either an anti-subsidy or anti-dumping duty, both will be pursued simultaneously,” said Raghavendra Gupta, Chairman, IJMA. The Bangladesh government offers a 10 per cent...

Murder of Roy: Championing illiberal liberals

 Despite rising political violence in Bangladesh, the west has reserved its outrage for the murder of a secular Bangladeshi-American blogger. But his site tended to curtail rather than uphold free speech.

The murder of Avijit Roy, a Bangladeshi-American blogger, in Dhaka last week has provoked much due outrage and denunciation. Avijit was stabbed to death at University of Dhaka campus and his accompanying wife was also viciously attacked. That it was so brutally inflicted on both Roy and his wife only adds to the horrific nature of this crime.

Security concern prevails in administration

The government has claimed that the law and order situation is normal, but the Ansars, BGB and police have been asked to continue providing security for the railway, roads and highways and field-level administration. Special security has also been requested for the secretariat staff buses. govtEarlier, 8328 ansars had been deployed in 1041 places for railway security. After a letter was issued, this was extended by 45 days. And 11,916 ansars and VDP personnel were deployed in 993 risky spots along the highways. The home ministry has written to the ro...

Inflation soars amid political instability

Country’s inflation leaped to 6. 14 percent in February due to soaring food costs amid political instability the country has suffered since January, official figures showed Wednesday. According to data released by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the inflation rate went up from January’s 6.04 percent to 6. 14 percent in February. inflationThe data showed that the country’s food prices grew 6.11 percent in February from 6.07 percent in January. A senior BBS official said food inflation soared last month due to “political instabil...

Norway may pull investment from Rampal coal plant

The massive 1,320 megawatt Rampal thermal plant would sit on the edge of Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, in Bangladesh. For more than two years, citizens, artists, and social and environmental activists protested plans to build this plant close to a forest that is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s world heritage site as well as a Ramsar wetland site. In September 2013, about 20,000 people marched for five days from Dhaka to Dighraj. ‘The long march’ covered a distance of nearly 250 miles, to demand the scrapping of the power plant. [caption id="attachment_13786" align="alignleft" width="300"]
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