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Strike at Petrapole halts BD, India trade for 2nd day

report in The Daily Observer, Apr 3, 2023BENAPOLE, April 2: Export and import through Benapole land port in Jashore with neighbouring India remains suspended for the second consecutive day today due to a work abstention of clearing and forwarding (C&F) agents in India’s Petrapole land port. Several hundreds of goods-laden Bangladeshi trucks heading towards India have been stuck at the Benapole port since Saturday. Abdul Jalil, deputy director of Benpole land port, confirmed the development…

BD shuts down main opposition newspaper

AFP report, Feb 21, 2023DHAKA: The only newspaper of Bangladesh´s main opposition party halted printing on Monday after a government suspension order was upheld, stoking fears about media freedom in the South Asian nation. Campaigners and foreign governments including the United States have long expressed worries about efforts by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to silence criticism and what they see as creeping authoritarianism. The Dainik Dinkal, a broadsheet Bengali-language newspaper, has been a vital voice…