Archive for February 12th, 2007
Monday, February 12th, 2007Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus in an open letter to the people yesterday asked for views on his plan to float a political party to establish political goodwill, proper leadership and good governance and build a new Bangladesh.He observed that the current political climate seeks to destroy the potential of the country and so without a comprehensive change there, it would never be possible to take the nation "to the height it deserves."In the letter, he called on everyone to briefly outline how he should go about the task and how they can contribute to it."If they say 'go ahead', I'll ...
(read more) Monday, February 12th, 2007The government may soon remove the state law officers loyal to the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami fearing that they might become biased to high-profile leaders of the immediate past government during their trial for corruption.All the state law officials were appointed on political consideration and many of them are actively involved with BNP and Jamaat politics while a large section of them are incompetent, high-level government sources said.The government may remove these law officers before initiating the trial of the graft cases against the political and business bigwigs and top corrupt people.Several members of the caretaker government's committee on anti-corruption have ...
(read more) Monday, February 12th, 2007Elections to Dhaka, Rajshahi and Khulna city corporations are unlikely to be held on time because of the state of emergency and lack of a credible voter list. The Election Commission (EC) has shelved the plan to hold elections to the three city corporations, tenure of which will expire in May and June this year while elections to the local government bodies are supposed to be held within 180 days before expiry of their tenure.The EC has discussed the issue and will soon take a decision in this regard, Election Commissioner Sohul Hossain told reporters at his office yesterday. ...
(read more) Monday, February 12th, 2007A seven-member technical committee is expected to recommend the government by February 15 how to award licences for the voice over internet protocol (VoIP) quickly by protecting national interest.The committee is also considering limiting the licences to Bangladeshi companies only for now to maximise financial gains for the country, sources said.A quick awarding of licences for VoIP operation has become urgent in the backdrop of the recent crackdown on the illegal internet telephony which has bogged down the cheap and easy international calling system.At the same time, however, in the absence of a common platform through which all VoIP calls ...
(read more) Monday, February 12th, 2007Dear citizen, I am writing this letter to you with the hope of receiving a personal reply from you. You might have noticed in what situation many people requested me to join politics and why I had to consider it with utmost importance. I, like you, witnessed where our political culture has brought the country and how it attempted to destroy the country's future possibilities. The way the present caretaker government is trying to create an acceptable atmosphere by carrying out necessary reforms has made me optimistic along with all citizens of the country. In this situation, I feel it with ...
(read more) Monday, February 12th, 2007The president yesterday promulgated Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 completing the legal process of separating the judiciary from the executive."President Iajuddin Ahmed has approved the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) Ordinance 2007 for separation of the judiciary," said a communiqué from Bangabhaban.Attorney General barrister Fida M Kamal told UNB over cellphone that he would submit the Ordinance before the full hierarchy of the Supreme Court today to meet the latest deadline.The long-awaited ordinance to amend the century-old Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) for separating the magistracy from the executive control was earlier endorsed by the council of advisors of the caretaker ...
(read more) Monday, February 12th, 2007Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Commissioner Maniruddin Ahmed tendered his resignation to President Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday morning.Maniruddin did not attend office yesterday and sent the letter of resignation to the president through his personal assistant.In his resignation letter he said he is submitting the notice of resignation in accordance with section 10(1) of the ACC Act on the basis of earlier discussions with the president, he told The Daily Star last night.According to section 10(1) of the ACC Act, an ACC commissioner will have to provide a month's notice before he resigns.He requested the president to take necessary actions as per rules ...
(read more) Monday, February 12th, 2007The joint forces yesterday raided four warehouses at Silimpur village in Shahjahanpur thana and recovered over 52,000 sacks of date expired lentils worth around Tk 14 crore along with relief materials from Prime Minister's Relief Fund including several thousand pieces of blankets, sweaters and saris. The estimated value of a total of 52,028 sacks of date expired lentils was Tk 14 crore. The relief materials, with Prime Minister's Relief Fund tags on them, included 4,475 pieces of blankets, 1,900 pieces of saris and 890 pieces of sweaters.Police arrested from the scene Mohammad Shokrana, owner of the four warehouses, and ...
(read more) Monday, February 12th, 2007A Mymensingh court yesterday placed former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain under a month's detention while another court in Netrakona sent LDP presidium member and former lawmaker MA Karim Abbasi to the district jail. The joint forces picked up Mosharraf from his Mymensingh residence on February 8, while Abbasi was arrested at his house in Durgapur upazila under Netrakona on Saturday night on charges of corruption and nepotism.Meanwhile, the army-led joint forces, police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 1,718 people on various charges in 24 hours in the countrywide drive until 6:00am yesterday. They also seized 18 ...
(read more) Monday, February 12th, 2007Detained former BNP lawmaker and businessman Mosaddak Ali Falu will be shown arrested today in a case filed against him for embezzling government property.The army-led joint forces seized government relief materials from a factory site in Savar owned by Falu on February 9.Following the seizure, Ashulia police filed the case against Falu and several other officials and employees of the factory but their names were not mentioned.Sub-Inspector Mohammad Ismail Hossain of Ashulia Police Station, who is also the investigation officer of the case, told The Daily Star yesterday that he would submit a petition before the First Class Magistrate's Court, ...
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