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Govt must prioritise smallholder farmers, farms

BUSINESS syndication and extortion on the road and at markets have for long been identified as major reasons for price increase of essentials. While consumer rights campaigners have continuously asked the government to address the issues, the authorities have failed to stop the menaces. The failure has had negative implications on consumers, small farmers...

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Change of guards feared in extortions

Extortion from markets, footpaths, and bus-truck terminals in the capital and other parts of the country has drastically decreased amid attempts by a new group to flex...

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What interim govt says must not carry undertone of arbitrariness

A COUPLE of advisers to the interim government, which has yet to clearly define its tenure, reforms agenda and the terms of reference of the government installed after the downfall of the authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina, have  already given a reaction that is reflective of an apparent resent when they have been asked about the issues...

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Culture of extortion and encroachment must end

THE reports that Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s student and youth wings have started grabbing local Awami League party offices after the fall of the authoritarian Awami League regime on August 5 are worrying. As AL activists are on the run to avoid backlash, many of their local offices have been either burnt or grabbed by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Juba Dal...

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Containing food inflation must be high on agenda

A SLIGHT decrease in prices, largely because of an improved supply and a halt in extortion on highways and at markets, comes as a relief amidst the food inflation that has pushed the poor and low-income people into a tight spot. Prices of vegetables decreased by Tk 10–20 a kilogram in the capital on August 9 while prices of chicken and eggs also decreased...

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BCL forms probe committee over JnU unit’s controversy

The central committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League formed a two-member committee to investigate the recent controversy of the Jagannath University unit of BCL, including alleged question paper leaks, tender business, and extortion by the unit leaders....

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BCL ex-vice president mob beaten for extortion in Dhaka

Ruling Awami League’s student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League’s central executive committee former vice president Mehedi Hasan and his associate Shohidul Islam were mob beaten allegedly by the traders of Palashi Bazar in Dhaka Sunday night.....

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Selim Pradhan for actions against land grabbers, extortionists

Selim Pradhan, chairman of Japan-Bangladesh Group, now on bail following his arrest as an online casino kingpin, urged the government to take actions against alleged land grabbers, extortionists, and drug peddlers in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj...

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