Archive for March 2nd, 2007
Friday, March 2nd, 2007A new list of corruption suspects might be released by the end of March after the government brings amendments to the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) Act and formulates necessary ACC rules.Sources said the ACC also wants to quickly plug the legal loopholes and resolve complications before cases can be filed against already listed 50 corruption suspects.During separate meetings between the three-member ACC and the chief adviser (CA), law adviser and communication adviser on Monday, the anti-graft commission members stressed the importance of closing the legal gaps that might jeopardise actions against corruption suspects.Currently, there is no ACC rule although the ACC ...
(read more) Friday, March 2nd, 2007At least 80,000kg of formalin-treated fishes daily enter the country from Myanmar, posing serious health hazards to millions of consumers.Neither the Department of Fisheries nor the Directorate of Health, not even the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has any policy for import of fish.Although fisheries department strictly controls the quality of the fishes they export under Fish and Fish Product (inspection and quality control) Law '97, there is no provision or instruction or regulation to inspect or test the quality of imported fishes.The BSTI Ordinance 1985 (amended into an act in 2003) gives instructions to test standards ...
(read more) Friday, March 2nd, 2007The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday asked all commercial banks to suspend immediately all transactions of accounts of the 50 graft suspects listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, and three others.The NBR also asked the banks to inform it after suspending transactions with them.The three others are former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain, former lawmaker from Savar Dr Dewan Mohammad Salahuddin and businessman Niaz Rahman.The NBR directive to the banks attached with it a list containing the names and addresses of the 53 persons, their tax identification numbers (TIN) and names of their family members.The list ...
(read more) Friday, March 2nd, 2007The Election Commission (EC) has drafted a set of electoral reform proposals including those for barring civil or military bureaucrats from contesting the parliamentary election within three years since retirement and stringent provisions against the loan defaulters. The EC will soon take part in an inter-ministerial meeting and sit with the political parties seeking their opinion about the proposals, the acting secretary to the EC Secretariat said yesterday.Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda and two election commissioners--Sohul Hossain and Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hossain--yesterday apprised Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed of the proposals.The meeting held at ...
(read more) Friday, March 2nd, 2007Though the immediate past parliament's tenure expired more than four months ago, appointments at different offices of it are going on. Even the Speaker has appointed a huge number of employees for the offices of chairmen of parliamentary standing committees that stood dissolved automatically at the end of the parliament's tenure.In a surprise initiative in the last few days, Speaker Jamir Uddin Sircar appointed 84 personal assistants and office assistants for different offices including those of the standing committee chairmen.The parliament secretariat has confirmed the job of 42 of them as they were serving for the last five ...
(read more) Friday, March 2nd, 2007Newly appointed Chief Justice (CJ) Mohammad Ruhul Amin in his maiden speech yesterday stressed the need for restoring discipline in the Supreme Court."Let us take the vow for restoring discipline at all levels of the institution and also of being mutually respectful," he said addressing a reception accorded by the Supreme Court Bar Association.Describing the people's confidence particularly that of the litigants as the 'soul' of the apex court, he said,"Unfortunately for some time past the people in general, particularly the litigants are whispering about integrity and impartiality of the institution. I am sure the same is not correct."But ...
(read more) Friday, March 2nd, 2007Joint forces yesterday arrested Baufal upazila Jubo Dal president and a local Awami League leader of Noakhali and seized 159 corrugated iron (CI) sheets meant for relief mostly from the houses of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami workers in different places.Police and Rapid Action Battalion personnel arrested 1,502 people including 19 convicts, 826 wanted criminals and six charged under Arms Act in 24 hours ending at 6:00am yesterday, home ministry sources said.Members of the armed forces arrested 57 people including 25 criminals during the time.In Dhaka, the joint forces arrested Salah Uddin, president of Jubo Dal's Baufal upazila (in Patuakhali) unit, ...
(read more) Friday, March 2nd, 2007The industries ministry probe body for investigating Monday's blaze at BSEC Bhaban at Karwan Bazar in the capital has almost finished its job and is likely to submit its report to the ministry today.Although the probe body was supposed to submit its report yesterday, it received 24-hour extension of time as it failed to complete its analysis of the findings, senior information officer of the ministry told reporters yesterday.Meanwhile, the ntv authorities yesterday told their staff at a consultative meeting in the city that they would soon move to a new office and resume their activities.Addressing the consultative meeting held ...
(read more) Friday, March 2nd, 2007Instructed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on February 22, the Public Works Department (PWD) yesterday started assessing the price of two houses of arrested former state minister for civil aviation and tourism Mir Nasiruddin in Chittagong.Two teams of PWD staff went to a four-storey building of Mir Nasir in the city's Chandgaon Residential Area and a three-storey building Dalia Kunja owned by his late wife Dalia Naznin Nasir at Gazi Shah Lane on Chatteswari Road to assess their price.In his statement submitted to the ACC, Mir Nasir showed his wealth to be worth Tk 47 crore. He stated Dalia Kunja ...
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