Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) in a meeting on Monday alleged that the BNP-Jamaat Coalition Government has created artificial price hike in the country.

Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal held a meeting at Muktangon on Monday in protest against the increase in the prices of gas and fuel, increase of bus truck fare and hatching conspiracy to sell out gas in the name of investment by TATA Company in the country.

Central Leader Mubinul Haque Chowdhury, Coordinator of Dhaka City unit of BSD Bazlur Rashid and other leaders addressed the meeting.

BSD leaders alleged that the prices of essentials including rice and pulse increased frequently after assuming power by the coalition government.

BSD leaders called upon the people to resist the conspiracy of investment by TATA to sell out the gas of the country and to destroy country’s industrial base. They also called upon the people to launch a movement to compel the Government to reduce the price of essentials and to snap the agreement with TATA.



2 foreign students clash at SBMC, 6 rooms ransacked

Our Correspondent Barisal, Jan 17: Six rooms of Barisal Shere Bangla Medical College (SBMC) hostel were ransacked during the clashes between the foreign students over watching television programms.

Police and SBMC sources said Walid of Indian Kashmir and Akhil of Nepal, two foreigner resident students of SBMC engaged in altercation over watching television programs in the hostel common room.

That altercation extended into clashes between the two groups of foreign students and six rooms of the hostel ransacked on Sunday January 16 (early) hours.

Walid, the Kasmiri student injured seriously in theses clashes and admitted at SBMCH. The situation was controlled by the police.

Dr. Abdul Barek Khan, principal of SBMC said the situation is now under control but tensed.

In the foreigner hostel of SBMC, relations between the 6 Indian Kashmiri and 20 Nepalese students often deteriorated. So college academic council is seriously thinking about the permanent solution of this problem, he added.