Archive for December 23rd, 2006
Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Investigators of the November 30 vandalism on the Supreme Court (SC) premises yesterday pressed charges against 13 people including eminent jurists Dr Kamal Hossain, Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud and Barrister Amir-Ul-Islam.Though the complainant of the case accused them of sedition, no such charge was brought in the charge sheet as the investigation officer (IO) found no evidence of sedition.The other accused in the charge sheet are former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) secretary Advocate Enayetur Rahim, former SCBA vice president Advocate Subrata Chowdhury, Barrister Tania Amir and advocates Sheikh Awsafur Rahman, Subrata Saha, Khairuzzaman Tipu, Khasruzzaman, Mamun Mahbub and Suhrawardy and ...
(read more) Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Awami League (AL)-led grand electoral alliance almost completed its preparations for contesting the upcoming election whenever it happens, according to alliance sources. Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday morning met AL President Sheikh Hasina in her Sudha Sadan residence in the capital and discussed the issue of seat sharing with her.AL General Secretary Abdul Jalil sat with Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders in his Gulshan residence yesterday evening to discuss the same while LDP President Badruddoza Chowdhury was scheduled to hold talks with AL leader Sheikh Hasina at the time of filing this report late last night.Sources ...
(read more) Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Followers of a disgruntled BNP ticket seeker in Kishoreganj-6 (Bajitpur-Nikli) constituency went on the rampage and put barricade on Kishoreganj-Dhaka railway tracks at Sorarchar railway station and Kishoreganj-Dhaka highway at Pirojpur bazar in Bajitpur upazila, disrupting communication for several hours yesterday.Aggrieved at the news that former BNP lawmaker Mojibur Rahman Monju is getting the party nomination, supporters of his rival Shekh Mojibur Rahman Iqbal continued their agitation for the third consecutive day yesterday.During the vandalism that started on Thursday night, they damaged three buses and a auto-rickshaw on Bajitpur-Ojanchar road at Sorarchar bazar, ransacked Sorarchar railway station, displaced railway ...
(read more) Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Three underground operatives were killed during "shootouts" with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Jhenidah and Pabna, while another died at a hospital in Sirajganj eight hours into his arrest by the law enforcers early yesterday.Those who died in encounters are Sabur alias Shahabuddin, 40, regional leader of Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Janajuddha), and his accomplice Titumir alias Raju, 30, in Jhenidah; and Nazrul Islam alias Tufan, 35, of the underground outfit, in Pabna.Our Jhenidah correspondent reported that acting on a tip-off, a team of Rab-6 arrested Sabur and Titumir at a house at Naran Kandi village under Alamdanga upazila of ...
(read more) Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Energy experts at a seminar yesterday said due to the lack of a proper energy policy, investments in the sector have been plundered and contracts that are against the national interest have been signed with different foreign companies.They placed emphasis on setting up an institution that would help formulate a proper energy policy for the country as well as train local experts and technicians who should be able to explore, extract and utilise the energy resources.Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan (Bapa) in association with Bangladesh Environment Network (Ben) organised the seminar on "Energy Sector and Development in Bangladesh" yesterday at the ...
(read more) Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Army men along with the police arrested a Jubo League activist and a BNP leader at their houses in Kurigram town on Thursday night. The arrestees are Jewel, Jubo League activist, and Samiur Rahman Hira, sports secretary of BNP district unit.They also raided the house of Shafiqul Choudhury, younger brother of former Jatiya Party (Ershad) lawmaker Tajul Islam Choudhury, but failed to arrest anybody.Police said Jewel and Hira were arrested on allegations of involvement in criminal activities in the town.Duty officer of Kurigram Sadar Police Station told this correspondent that the two were being quizzed at the ...
(read more) Saturday, December 23rd, 2006The country cannot develop without reforms in its land policy, speakers said yesterday at the National Seminar 2006.The recent trends of "development" have actually taken the country towards a dual-economy. One million "most powerful" people--sitting in the driving seat during the rule of any government--represent one economy and the rest 139 million people represent the other, they said.Those who belong to the second category are the most deprived, the seminar noted, stressing the need for land reforms to address these people's deprivation.Bangladesh Economic Association (BEA) organised the seminar at the auditorium of Institution of Engineers Bangladesh, in association with Association ...
(read more) Saturday, December 23rd, 2006The home ministry yesterday gave a one-month detention on Mobarak Hossain, who returned from Guantanamo Bay prison on December 17, for his involvement in anti-state activities.Metropolitan Magistrate Abdur Rouf Khan ordered to send him to Dhaka Central Jail saying that his bail was not granted as the home ministry has recommended a one-month detention order for his anti-state activities.A special US Air Force plane on December 17 flew Mobarak Hossain, 30, son of Abul Hashem of Brahmanbaria in Bangladesh and handed him over to the Zia International Airport Immigration.Mobarak, who was detained at Guantanamo Bay for five years for his ...
(read more) Saturday, December 23rd, 2006Only two candidates filed their nomination papers for one of the eight Dhaka city constituencies yesterday, the third day of the five-day window for submitting nomination papers.Independent candidates Loskor Keramot Ali Siddique and Shah Alam filed their nomination papers for Dhaka-5 constituency yesterday.Candidates of the BNP-led four-party alliance are yet to file their nomination papers in any of the eight constituencies except Dhaka-11.So far, 16 candidates, mostly independent ones, have filed their nomination papers for the constituencies of Dhaka city.Four-party alliance candidate SA Khaleque submitted his nomination papers for Dhaka-11 constituency on Thursday at Zila Election Office, Agargaon.However, Abdul Kader ...
(read more) Saturday, December 23rd, 2006An informant of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police, whose tip-off led to the arrest of JMB Second-in-Command Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, was slaughtered by unidentified assailants at village Binnakuri in Muktagachha upazila on Thursday night.Police and locals said the informer, Anwar Hossain, son of Yead Ali of the village, came under attack while he was returning home from his medicine shop at Binnakuri Bazar at around 10:30pm.On information, police and a team of Rab-9 went to the spot yesterday morning, recovered the body and sent it to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) morgue for autopsy.Police arrested a man ...
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