The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources, Power and Port will arrange a grand rally at Phulbari in Dinajpur on December 27 in protest against the renewed activities of Asia Energy, now renamed as Global Coal Management (GCM), reports UNB.
The National Committee, a pressure group formed by different left-leaning political parties of Bangladesh, will also hold a rally on December 22 in front of the National Press Club to protest the government's ongoing move to raise power and gas tariffs, construct Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans and lease out gas blocks to foreign companies through new tenders.
National Committee member secretary Prof Anu Muhammad announced the new action programmes at a press conference at CPB Purana Paltan office Monday.
Voicing grave concern over the government's role in allowing Asia Energy to resume its activities at Phulbari, he said the local people will never accept such things. "The mass people will resist Asia Energy's any kind of activities at any cost as they did in the past."
He alleged Asia Energy has been using local elite, ruling party MPs and ministers as their lobbyists to launch a campaign in favour of it despite the Prime Minister's stance against open-pit mining.
Anu Muhammad demanded the withdrawal of Asia Energy's Bangladesh operation chief Garry Lye and bring him to justice for his misdeeds against the people of the coal-mine area and also implementation of the agreement signed between the government and local people of Phulbari regarding the coal mine.
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FE Team | Published: December 09, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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