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‘Retrenchment no remedy for sick industries’

By Staff Correspondent
President of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Saifuddin Ahmed Manik said yesterday that retrenchment was not a remedy for the ills of the nationalised Industrial sector of the country.
The CPB leader identified mismanagement, corruption and inefficiency of the authorities concerned as the main reasons for huge losses being incurred by the state-owned enterprises.
Addressing a public meeting at the Purana Pa I tan crossing in the city yesterday afternoon, Manik commented the BNP government had started
retrenching the workers to cover Its weakness and failure.
The CPB chief strongly demanded of the government to stop giving subsidy to the process of denationalisation and fair competition between the Industries In the public and the private sector.
Chaired by Manik, the rally was also addressed by the party's General Secretary Nurul Islam Nahtd. Its parliamentary party leader Shamsuddoha and central leaders Mujahidul Islam Selim, Nuh UI Alam Lenin and Mo nlru zaman.
The CPB President bitterly criticised the government for not implementing the gov-ernment-SKOP agreement and said the Sramlk Karmochari Oikya Parlshad (SKOP) had been compelled to go for strike following breach of commitment' by the government.
Manik called upon the opposition parties to launch a united movement to force the government try Jamaat Chief Golam Azam for war crimes and to protest the undemocratic activities of the government.
He also demanded repeal of the indemnity act with a view
to establishing rule of law in the country.
Regarding the IndoBangladesh Issues, Manik demanded cordial Initiative by the government for share of Ganges water as per Interna tlonal river act.
He alleged that the bilateral problems of Bangladesh and India were yet to be resolved due to unwillingness of the BNP government.
Nurul Islam Nahld demanded a development-oriented budget in the coming budget session of the Jatiya Sangsad session.
He asked the Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to prove the conspiracies against her government as she claimed.