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Internet Edition. July 9, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM

Jewellery shop looted at city market: Armed dacoits decamp with ornaments worth Tk 1.50cr

Staff Reporter

A sensational robbery was committed at a jewellery shop at Shah Ali Shopping Complex in the city’s Mirpur area in broad-daylight yesterday.
Police and witnesses said a gang of robbers being equipped with arms entered Dewan Jewellers on the first floor of the market at about 2:20pm and looted cash and 750 bhories of gold ornaments worth over Tk 1.5 crore from the shop at gunpoint.
Police said seven to eight robbers, in the guise of customers, entered the two shops of Dewan Jewellers when the employees were having lunch.

Commentary: To start with restore the construction sector to boost economy

As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday expressed concern at the soaring inflation in Bangladesh and prescribed some measures to tame it, the Bangladesh Bank Governor refused to yield to the 'pressure' saying, the central bank itself will formulate its monetary policy considering the overall situation in the country.
"We told them that we would make a policy on our own to face the challenge of inflation," the Governor said. He declared the central bank's stance against "contractionary" monetary policy as a strategy to maintain macroeconomic stability as well as growth.

Uptrend in soybean price: Market monitoring needed

Talha Bin Habib

The prices of all varieties of soybean oil maintained a high trend in the kitchen markets of the city yesterday.
Retailers said the prices of those commodities have increased due to short supply from the wholesalers and some brand companies.
But customers alleged that a section of dishonest sellers were charging high prices despite its availability in abundance in the markets.
They said some unscrupulous traders might stock it to make windfall profits.
They called upon the government for proper market monitoring and strong surveillance by the law enforcing agencies for containing the prices of soybean oil.

G-8 aims to halve gas emissions

AP, Rusutsu

World leaders on Tuesday endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, edging forward in the battle against global warming but stopping short of tough, nearer-term targets.
The Group of Eight leading industrial nations - the United States, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, Britain, Canada and Italy - also called on all major economies to join together to stem the potentially dangerous rise in world temperatures.
"This global challenge can only be met by a global response, in particular, by the contributions from all major economies," the G-8 said in a joint, five-page communique.

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