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RMG sector secures its aid

Wed September 16, 2009 - 11:12pm BdST

The woven and knitwear industries will receive support from the government's stimulus package, to combat global recession fallout, finance minister AMA Muhit said on Wednesday. The support will be provided according to details to be worked out by a working committee this month, Muhith told reporters after attending the second meeting of the government's recession taskforce.

Pintu secures bail, not enough to be freed

Tue July 14, 2009 - 12:53pm BdST

A Dhaka court granted bail to former BNP MP Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu in an assault case yesterday, a day after he was refused bail in the Peelkhana BDR mutiny case. "Despite bail being granted in the case, he [Pintu] is not getting out of jail because of the Peelkhana case," his lawyer, Sanaullah Mia, told thenews agency.