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UNB, Dhaka

Newspaper owners expressed deep concern over an "arbitrary" raise to the price of newsprint by local manufacturers.

In a joint statement yesterday, Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) president Mahbubul Alam and acting president of Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Parishad (BSP) Abul Asad said that Shahjalal Newsprint of Bashundhara Group and Capital Newsprint increased the price of newsprint as high as Tk 10,000 per ton.

"The huge price hike would push the newspaper industry into a grave financial crisis," they apprehended in the statement.

They urged local manufacturers to refrain from taking any step puts the newspaper industry in jeopardy.

Condolence meeting on Prof. Asaduzzaman to be held Saturday Created On: 03/04/2008 06:13 PM Dhaka, Apr 3 (UNB) - A condolence meeting in memory of former UGC chairman Prof. Dr M Asaduzzaman will be held at TSC auditorium of Dhaka University at 10am on Saturday (April 5).

Relatives, colleagues, students and well wishers of the late Asaduzzaman have been requested to attend the meeting to be organised by Public Administration Department of DU.