Dhaka, Aug. 8 -- e-Islami on Saturday demanded immediate suspension of all moves to hand over the import, storage and marketing of refined petroleum products to the private sector, calling the government initiative a "new licence for looting."

Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar made the demand in a written statement at a press briefing on the government's initiative to formulate a new fuel policy at the party's central office in Moghbazar in the afternoon.

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He alleged that the government was not speaking publicly about the issue and that the process was being carried out "through conspiracies, behind documents and behind closed doors."

Referring to a propose...