Syeda Rizwana Hasan, adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, has ordered the Forest Department to no longer plant eucalyptus and acacia trees.
She instructed the department to preserve other tree species except for eucalyptus and acacia planted for social forestry along roadsides, reads a press release.
Rizwana issued the directives during a special meeting held at the Forest Department office in Agargaon, Dhaka today (12 November).
Buoyed by their massive rally in the capital on November 8, the BNP is now planning to stage similar showdowns in 10 divisions across the country to demonstrate its strength in resisting any plot to destabilise the country and mount pressure on the government to present a clear election roadmap.
Through the rallies, the party senior leaders said they will also send a message to the government not to attempt to prolong its power under the guise of the state reform agenda and not to ignore BNP political strength.
As per a decision made by the party standing committee on Monday night, the rallies will begin in early December, with the schedule to be finalised on Wednesday in discussions with the divisional organising secretaries of the party.
The party also decided to stage another massive public gathering in the city on December 16, marking Victory Day, either through a public meeting or a rally.
Adviser to the interim government on the Ministry of Commerce Sk. Bashir Uddin today said that Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Japan would brighten the bilateral trade potentials.
He also said this would open up a new door of potential before Bangladesh.
The Commerce Adviser said this when Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh IWAMA Kiminori met him at his office at the Secretariat here today.
During the meeting, they discussed issues in detail relating to EPA, FTA, and trade and commerce situation of the two countries.
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked banks to make letters of credit (LC) payments on time.
"Delays in making import payments by banks are unacceptable against clean bills and accepted bills," said a BB circular issued today.
The circular mentioned that the settlement procedure needs to be observed in respect of import transactions, including permissible inland deliveries in foreign currency.
Delay in payments deteriorates correspondent relations with counterparts and increases import costs.