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Indian export ban in pvt sector Hundreds of rice-laden trucks stranded on other side of border: State level import of 5 lakh tons remains unaffected Staff Reporter
Import of rice at private level remains suspended following the restriction imposed by the Indian government suddenly on export of non-Basmati rice.
Hundreds of rice-laden trucks have now remained stranded at the Indian side of the landports with Bangladesh. Bangladeshi importers said the sudden decision by India halted import of 100,000 tonnes of rice through the private sector.
Food and Disaster Management Adviser AMM Shawkat Ali yesterday said the government has nothing to do as the restriction applies to the trading arrangement under private sector.  |
BNP unity move fails: Reformist leaders reject Delwar's pre-conditions
Staff Reporter
Rejecting the preconditions put up by top leader of the party's anti-reformist group, BNP Acting Chairman M Saifur Rahman yesterday said there would be no unity talks with party Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain unless the latter withdraws his preconditions.
"We want unity, but Khandaker Delwar is against it. How Delwar, who does not even believe in Begum Kahleda Zia's message about unity, could want unity in BNP," Saifur told journalists after meeting with party leaders, including 42 former MPs, at his Gulshan residence last afternoon. |
Students clash at Polytechnic:50 injured
UNB, Dhaka
At least 50 students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute were injured in a violent clash between Bangladesh Chhatra League and Islami Chhatra Shibir activists following a brawl over sitting in the dining-room of a dorm.
Principal of the institute Shamsul Alam told UNB that they asked all of its students to vacate their dormitories by 5pm "so we can control the whole situation".
Students told reporters that an altercation occurred between BCL and ICS activists at about 11 Saturday night over sitting in the dining-room of Latif Hall. At the night it did not turn into violence. |
Series of incidents in Mirersarai: 6 killed in mob action
Chittagong Correspondent
Six people including five alleged miscreants were killed in the back-to-back incidents of shootout and mob beating here at village Azampur in Mirersarai hours before dawn yesterday.
Several versions of the incidents have been received from the cops, some of the eye-witnesses and the neighbours.
Neighbours called it the outcome of a long standing family feud while eye-witnesses narrated it as a robbery bid and the retreating bandits shooting. Police found clues of planned killing in the incidents. |
Fire destroys part of Camden Market
Agency
Firefighters are continuing to hose down a huge fire which damaged Camden's famous market in north London, as investigators seach for its cause.
Police have lifted some cordons in residential streets erected when the blaze began early on Saturday evening.
But they have advised people to avoid the area as main streets could be closed for up to four days.
Storage buildings for the market and the Hawley Arms pub were severely damaged, but no injuries were reported.
Some 100 firefighters tackled the blaze, which began about 1920 GMT, and some are continuing to dampen down hotspots. |
BB 2nd Quarterly Report: GDP forecast to remain 6.0 to 6.2 in current FY Staff Reporter
Growth in industrial remittance grew slow during the second quarter (October to December) of current fiscal year (2007-08). Trade deficit increased and inflation difference between urban and rural livings have grown wider during the period.
Despite all those drawbacks, the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) growth has been forecast to sustain between 6.0 to 6.2 by the end of current FY 2007-08, the second quarterly report of Bangladesh Bank reported.
This GDP forecast was, however, subjected to some geopolitical stability in Bangladesh, the report said. |
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Internet Edition. February 11, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
