A Bangladesh Nationalist Party minister claimed Saturday that the country’s media enjoy “complete freedom,” days after the Tarique Rahman government threatened news organizations with legal action for carrying former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s speech from New Delhi.
Bangladesh plans to establish an industrial park on about 400 acres in Bogura to accommodate growing demand from small and medium-sized enterprises, commerce, industry and textiles minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir said Saturday.
At least 30 people were injured Saturday when supporters of two rival groups clashed in a village in eastern Bangladesh, police said.
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Saturday that India cannot seek friendly relations with Bangladesh while allowing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina to make statements from Delhi that he said undermine Bangladesh’s democracy.
Opinion
Bangladesh’s major television networks and newspapers failed their audiences when they refused to report meaningfully on Sheikh Hasina’s Aug. 5 speech in New Delhi.
