Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) - Highlights of Thursday's newspapers:
The Financial Express:
The securities regulator Wednesday announced a 21-point stock market rejuvenation package that primarily focuses on greater participation of banks and other financial institutions in stock market in the short-term.
The securities regulator Wednesday announced a 21-point stock market rejuvenation package that primarily focuses on greater participation of banks and other financial institutions in stock market in the short-term.
The former chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Faruq Ahmad Siddiqi said the market will experience a marginal improvement by riding on stock market stabilising package, whereas the presidents of country's both the bourses expressed their optimism relating to its remarkable outcome.
The Daily Star:
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced she will send a special envoy to India soon to get details on its latest move to implement Tipaimukh hydroelectric project.
Days before the BDR carnage, the security unit of Bangladesh Rifles had informed BDR high officials about jawans distributing leaflets slandering the paramilitary chief. But the authorities decided merely to keep an eye on those jawans.
India's industrial giant Tata Group yesterday named a new chairman, bucking tradition by appointing a non-family member for the first time in its 143-year history.
The New Age:
The leader of the opposition in Jatiya Sangsad, Khaleda Zia, also the BNP chairperson, has written to the Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, requesting him for conducting a joint survey before proceeding with the controversial Tipaimukh dam in India.
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday is likely to increase the bulk power prices by 10–12 per cent on an average for distribution agencies after an 18.14 per cent increase in February.
Civil society actors on Wednesday voiced against the government’s decision on splitting the Dhaka City Corporation into south and north. The city ward councillors at an open discussion in the city also announced to hold a week-long campaign this month and a token hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in December.
BBN/SSR/AD-24Nov11-10:39 am (BST)