A dispute has long been prevailing between the people supporting the CHT Peace Accord and those who are opposing the move. One of the groups backs the treaty while the other does not. The feud within themselves turned into violence. With the general election approaching, both the groups will try to enlarge their area of…
Sayeed Muhammad: With a view to check gold smuggling and help boost duty collection from the sector, the government is going to formulate a gold import policy. As per the proposed policy, the VAT registered entities will only be allowed to import gold through opening Letters of Credit (LCs), reports UNB. “If everything goes well, the…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a latest bid of assassination, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has been shot in an attack. Ahsan, however, was not severely injured, his special aide Asim Khan confirmed narrating the attack, reports AFP. “Ahsan Iqbal was targeted and shot in the arm,” Khan said, adding, “He is out of danger and being taken…
Sayeed Muhammad: Officials of the Customs department have nabbed a driver for Biman Bangladesh Airlines for allegedly possessing 60 bars of gold weighing around 7 k at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The detainee, Md Billal Hossain, is employed by the national flag-career, Dhaka Customs House Deputy Commissioner Othello Chowdhury told bdnews24.com. Billal attempted to drive…
The number of road accidents has leaped all on a sudden. The matter needs to be understood. But why has the number shot up this way? Accidents have long been taking place in Bangladesh for years. They increased at times, while their number dropped in other occasions. Many accidents could be resisted in the past….
Internal crisis over leadership is the reason for the tension and violence in the hill tracts. Other than these two causes, no other reason has been detected as yet. And the security system that prevails now in the hill tracts is poor. The security system is no longer under the supervision of the army. Members…