IMPORT OF LUXURY ITEMS REMAINS BANNED
The import policy for the shipping period January-June, 1973, announced by Commerce Minister MR Siddiqui today envisages import of goods worth Tk 219 crore. The import list has been expanded with the addition of 16 new items which included linseed oil, corn oil, arms and ammunition, educational and mechanical toys and equipment for agricultural and irrigation work. The import of luxury items remains banned while there are provisions for import of essential commodities like medicines and baby food.
USSR KEEN TO ASSIST BANGLADESH
Minister for Industries Syed Nazrul Islam says in Dhaka today that the Soviet Union is keenly interested to assist in the economic development of Bangladesh. Talking to newsmen on his arrival at Dhaka Airport after attending the 50th anniversary of the USSR, Syed Nazrul informs that Breznev, the first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, in his four-hour long report presented on the occasion discussed Bangladesh an
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares today that the rule of law will be established at any cost. In his speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the Supreme Court, the prime minister seeks cooperation of the people in general and the lawyers in particular to help establish the rule of law in the country. In order to establish rule of law, the constitution has been passed in such a short time, he says.
He further says that the judiciary will be separated from the executive, which will not interfere in the judicial functions, but the separation will not be absolute because there has to be coordination among the three organs of the state, namely the judiciary, the executive and the legislature. In the absence of this coordination there would be chaos in every organ of the government. Bangabandhu pays homage to those lawyers who laid down their lives during the liberation movement.