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It is being said in the news that after a month of formation of the government, several ministers and state ministers of BNP are facing accountability. In a meeting chaired by Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarek Rahman at Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan on Saturday afternoon, several parliamentarians confirmed to Yugantar that they face accountability.
They said that in that meeting of the party parliamentary committee, at least 6 ministers and state ministers were asked about their activities. At the same time, they have been given guidance in conducting the activities.
Sources of the meeting said that at one stage of the discussion, the power and energy minister was asked about the current situation and shortage of oil and electricity supply. At the same time instructions are given on how to deal with it.
In addition, the meeting discussed the death in the accident during the Eid trip. In this regard, the Minister of the Ministry of Roads and Shipping was asked to know. Questions also arise about the negligence of the concerned. Besides, the foreign minister was asked about international relations.
‘Old clothes are returning to the police’ Title of Human Land. According to this news, changes were made to Bangladesh Police uniforms due to controversial activities in the 2024 mass uprising.
In November last year, the interim government changed the dark blue color to iron gray color uniforms for the police through a Tk 141 crore work order.
However, there was anger among the army members about the changed color of the dress from the beginning. Complaints were also received from senior officers to constable level members about the color and quality of the new uniforms.
The Police Service Association has also made a statement about this. A written survey was taken from each member of the force.
Based on this opinion, changes are being made again in the police uniform.
If all goes well, the policemen will be seen among the common people in the old blue and light green uniforms in the metropolitan areas.
According to the news, at least 22 migrants have died in a terrible humanitarian disaster on their way to Greece from Libya in North Africa.
Relatives have confirmed that among them there are 10 people from three upazilas, including four from Sunamganj’s Dirai. They lost their lives due to acute shortage of food and clean water.
Local journalist Umed Ali said that his nephew Nuruzzaman Sardar Maina died in this incident. Rohan Ahmed of the same village said that he was also in the same boat. Before his eyes, the bodies of these four and others were thrown into the sea.
According to local sources, four people from Dirai Upazila of Sunamganj, one from Doarabazar and five from Jagannathpur are among the dead Bangladeshis.
According to the rescued persons, the passengers fell ill due to lack of food and water during the long voyage. Many died later. The dead bodies were thrown into the sea on the orders of traffickers.
According to the news, 51 children died in 18 days from last March 10 to yesterday Saturday without getting a bed in the ICU of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
They were all on the ‘waiting list’ for ICU beds. They got serial after death. Most of them died while undergoing treatment in the general ward of Rajshahi Hospital.
The doctors recommended that each of them be admitted to the ICU on an urgent basis. But the parents could not get any of them admitted in the ICU of the hospital.
According to hospital sources, two more children died while waiting after yesterday morning. However, the responsible source did not give the names and addresses of these two children.
‘He was a debt collector, now in parliament’ The first light title. It is said in the news that many people who are named in the list of defaulters have become candidates for this year’s parliamentary elections.
The court initially allowed 31 people to participate in the election until the case is finally settled.
BNP’s Manjurul Ahsan Munsi’s (Comilla-4) candidature was canceled due to default in the final judgment. He could not choose.
The remaining 30 people made it. Among them 9 have become Member of Parliament (MP), who have already attended the Parliament session.
Two BNP candidates from Chittagong won in private results. However, the Election Commission has not yet issued a notification in their name. However, they hope that the notification will be issued soon.
Section 12 of the Public Representation Order-1972 states that debtors cannot be candidates for elections.
But it can be seen that before the elections, the prospective candidates regularize the debt by paying some money. And after getting a stay of the court, many became candidates in the elections.
If they do not win the election, in many cases they do not repay the loan.
If he wins, he settles with the bank. Influence as a member of parliament comes in handy.
All in all, the law does not prevent all debtors from becoming candidates. No precedent has been found of a Member of Parliament being revoked for being insolvent after winning an election.
It is said in the news, in view of the war in the Middle East, there has been an energy crisis worldwide, especially in many Asian countries. The symptoms of this crisis in Bangladesh are becoming clear day by day.
In such a situation, the government has taken initiatives to deal with the situation by importing fuel from various sources. In continuation of this, the government is buying LNG at a higher price from the spot market.
Petrobangla has confirmed delivery of all required LNG cargoes for April. A total of nine cargoes of LNG are being purchased for this purpose. Petrobangla has confirmed to receive these cargoes on Wednesday.
However, according to a recent report by the US credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings, Bangladesh is at great risk due to its dependence on imports for energy.
The report said countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are showing some signs of macroeconomic recovery but are “more at risk” due to excessive dependence on imported energy and weak external positions.
New Age title ‘Govt tags officials to petrol pumps, BGB to depots’, That means ‘Government is appointing tag officers at petrol pumps, BGB at depots’.
It is said in the news that BGB has been deployed on one side to prevent the stockpiling of fuel oil, while on the other hand it has been decided to appoint ‘tag officers’ from the government to supervise the petrol pumps.
The Energy and Mineral Resources Department said in a press release on Saturday that this decision was made to supervise and coordinate energy management activities due to the energy crisis due to the war in the Middle East.
In the context of the detection of oil storage incidents at various places, the decision to appoint tag officers was taken in an online meeting of the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources on Friday.
According to the decision of the meeting, Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will appoint tag officers in Dhaka and Chittagong metropolitan areas.
Apart from these two metropolitan areas, the respective District Commissioners and Upazila Nirbahi Officers at the district and divisional towns and upazila level will appoint a government official as tag officer for each petrol pump.
Besides, a BGB circular said that to ensure administrative and security arrangements, three temporary bases will be set up in Rangpur, Rajshahi, Moulvibazar and Comilla, two each in Sylhet and Kurigram and one each in Brahmanbaria, Sunamganj and Dhaka under the supervision of the BGB headquarters in the capital.
The Daily Star headlines ‘Bangladesh $68b in 10yrs due to misinvoicing Says Global Financial Integrity report’ That is, ‘Bangladesh lost 68 billion dollars in 10 years due to wrong invoices, Global Financial Integrity Report’
According to the news, Bangladesh lost approximately 68 billion dollars in the decade between 2013 and 2022. Bangladesh ranks among the top 10 developing Asian countries in terms of trade imbalances with advanced economies.
Washington-based think tank Global Financial Integrity (GF) revealed this information in a report titled ‘Trade-Related Illicit Financial Flows in Developing Asia 2013-2022’ published on March 27. It highlights the ongoing challenges to the financial stability of the country.
Annually, this amount is 6.8 billion dollars, which is 16 percent of Bangladesh’s total trade with the rest of the world. The main reason for this is the creation of wrong invoices in the trade.
According to the study, which analyzed data from 24 developing countries in South, East and Southeast Asia, about $32.8 billion of the total remittances flowed to advanced economies.
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