Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder has given a note of warning saying that no one will be spared if they try to destabilize the market by increasing the price of rice.
"The government remains vigilant to keep the market price of rice stable. Attempts to increase the price of rice with excuses will not be tolerated," he said while speaking at the virtual inauguration ceremony of the Aman paddy and rice-procurement programme of the current season as the chief guest, said a press release.
Around 60 percent of paddy has already been harvested, he said, adding that new paddy has started to hit the market.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has lauded the recent
decision of Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers Association (Bafeda)
and the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh (ABB) to depreciate the
dollar by Taka 0.50.
"In the last several months, we closely monitored the demands for
imported products and their supply. Our observations reveal a surplus
in the current account balance.
Although our financial account is
currently in deficit, it is anticipated to improve in the upcoming
days, with debt payments gradually decreasing," said BB Spokesperson
Mezbaul Haque at a press conference at the central bank headquarters
in the city.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that some people who are thinking of assuming power over dead bodies are very inhuman.
"I do not see such brutality anywhere else as those who want to assume power through killing people. It is beyond imagination to think,” she said while addressing the Armed Forces Day-2023 Reception at Senakunja at Dhaka Cantonment here.
Sheikh Hasina said, “I do not know. . . my question is why people are burnt alive and killed? I still do not understand why buses are being torched and state properties are being destroyed.”
The man, convicted of shooting Bangladesh founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman dead, sped away as Canadian national CBC TV network approached him for comments on his role in the assassination and the story he told the Canadian officials for his protection.
"Sir, if we could just have . . . just a quick conversation . . . I just want know if you have been truthful with Canadians about your role in the assassination," a CBC TV journalist was seen asking someone onboard a white SUV car, which was about to get started.
The man was one of fugitive convicts, sacked major Nur Chowdhury, while CBS TV investigative journalist Mark Kelly described him as someone who pitted Canada against Bangladesh as he was living in Canada for the past 27 years.