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 Bangladesh At A Crossroads
Mollah Amzad Hossain, Rome, Italy


Other than politics, two main topics are now most discussed about matter in Bangladesh --- price hike of essential commodities, and energy crisis and future energy security. Coal extraction and foreign investment in the sector is now a big issue for discussion, but less is discussed about imported fuel oils. It only comes up for discussion in the media only when delegation of development partners like World Bank and IMF come to the country and prescribes for price hike. full report

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Sky Scraping World Oil Price
                                    Khondkar Abdus Saleque

Middle East remains turbulent. Sectarian violence in Iraq is getting ominous. George Bush is under tremendous all round pressure to retreat from Iraq. Afghanistan is boiling again. Situation in Pakistan is like a pressure cooker. Turkey is striking the Kurdish PKK guerrillas across the border into Iraq. On the backdrop of these, oil price is skyrocketing every passing day.full report




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