& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Reactivate TCB to check price hike of essentials

Speakers say at BBC Sanglap

Staff Correspondent
Speakers at BBC Bangladesh Sanglap yesterday said the government should monitor commodity markets regularly and ensure proper supply of products by activating Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) to ensure lower price rates of essentials.
They called on the government to make the investigation report on the February 25-26 Piikhana carnage public.
The speakers at the dialogue on the contemporary issues of the country organised by BBC Bangla Service at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city.
Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said according to its poll pledges, the government has brought down the prices of essentials within the purchasing power of the people and wants to keep the prices at the normal level.
“The government has decided to reactivate TCB to ensure proper supply of products to the market by importing goods. The previous governments had stopped TCB activities. It needs a bit more time to reactivateTCB," he said.
Faruk further said that the investigation committee formed by the government to probe into the Piikhana massacre would publish its report within a few days.
"Some questions may arise in the people's minds as they haste seen investigations like the August 21 grenade attack and 10 truck arms haul, but this time the probe would not be like that. For that, it needs some time," he said while commenting on giving much time to the probe body to
submit its report
BNP Joint Secretary General Abdulla!) AJ Noman, also former food minister, said the commerce minister has been actively holding meetings with the business people in tackling the prices of edible oil. but these are not working to live up to the commoners' expectations.
The BNP leaders said the government should maintain focus on increasing the income of the common people.
Expressing doubts over fair probe into the massacre at BDR headquarters, he said, "Some questions have arisen in the people's minds whether ihe probe would be the
government is delaying in publishing the report, though they had said they would publish it quickly."
Former ambassadorWafi-ur Rahman said the government should reactivate the TCB for smooth supply of commodities in the local markets.
About the report that said around 35 percent of the newly recruited Army men are from Qaumi madrasas, he said, "The figure might be less that that, but it is a warning for us to look into the matter."
Prof Dilara Chowdhury of Jahangimagar University said there are some questions prevailing in the mind of people regarding BDR incident's probe as different stories are found in different times in the newspaper^ regarding theincident.
She sard the- government should try to increase the income of the people alongside trying to control the prices of essentials.
The dialogue was moderated by senior BBC journalist Kamal Ahmed.