Bangabandhu phones Nazrul, asks about price hike
September 6, 1972
BANGABANDHU INFORMED OF STEPS TO CHECK PRICE HIKE
Acting prime minister Syed Nazrul Islam has talked over telephone today with Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who is now in Geneva for convalescing after his gall stone operation. Bangabandhu wanted to know steps taken to face the food problem and to check the price hike. He is very much eager to return home immediately. Syed Nazrul Islam apprised him of the whole situation of the country.
BANGLADESH FIRM IN HER ATTITUDE TOWARDS PAKISTAN
There is no change in the Bangladesh Government's stand that Pakistan must recognise Bangladesh before any talks can be held at the top or official level, sources close to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has said.
The sources were commenting on reports from Pakistan that a statement by Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abdus Samad in New Delhi on Sunday was believed to have indicated a shift in Bangladesh Government's attitude towards the relations with Pakistan.
It may also be mentioned that the Bangladesh foreign minister's statement made in New Delhi on which the Pakistani reports are based on was misquoted by a section of the press.
PAK FILM BANNED
Bangladesh government has stopped exhibition of the films of erstwhile West Pakistan origin with effect from August 6, 1972, says a PID handout.
TCB IMPORTED GOODS BEING SOLD AT HIGH PRICE
The TCB imported consumer goods are selling in the market at prices two or three times higher than the TCB's selling rates. For example, one pound tin of Bebelac, a popular brand of milk food imported from Holland, is being sold in Dhaka retail shops at Tk 15 whereas the same was released by the TCB to the allottees at a price of Tk 5.
SOURCES: September 7, 1972 issues of Bangladesh Observer, Dainik Bangla and Dainik Ittefaq.
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