Archive for March 4th, 2007
Sunday, March 4th, 2007Chittagong University (CU) syndicate yesterday cancelled the LLB certificate of Judge Faisal Mahmud Faizee and 70 others on charge of tampering with their mark sheets, asking them to immediately return their certificates.A meeting of the university syndicate, which also cancelled the graduation certificate of around 2,350 examinees on the same offence, decided to refer the matter to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for taking necessary actions against the accused.Sources present at the meeting told The Daily Star that the syndicate also unanimously decided to lodge a case.The daylong 439th meeting of the syndicate was convened following submission of the report on ...
(read more) Sunday, March 4th, 2007Unknown assailants shot dead two members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday at Amin Bazar on the outskirts of the capital in the first of such casualties from direct attacks on the elite force since its formation.The slain Rab men were identified as Deputy Assistant Director Humayun Kabir and Constable Phool Mia. Both of them were members of the intelligence wing of Rab-11 unit.The bodies of Humayun and Phool, who had been in Rab on deputation from the Bangladesh Navy and police respectively, were found lying in a hut at a brick field around 3:30pm at Salehpur, 2 kilometres off ...
(read more) Sunday, March 4th, 2007Joint forces in Jessore recovered 103 corrugated iron (CI) sheets of state relief from different houses including the office of Astha, an NGO run by former BNP minister Tariqul Islam's wife Nargis Begum and local BNP leaders on Friday and Saturday.In the capital, police seized two vehicles including a luxurious one owned by BNP leader and influential DCC Ward Commissioner Chowdhury Alam.Besides, the joint forces raided former BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury's Dhanmondi residence last night. The raid was going on till filing of this report at 1:00am.Officer-in-charge (OC) of Dhanmondi Police Station told The Daily Star, "We don't ...
(read more) Sunday, March 4th, 2007The joint forces prepare to seize passports of at least 200 more individuals suspected of corruption and other criminal activities to prevent them from leaving the country, said sources.So far they have seized passports of 185 former ministers and lawmakers, politicians, bureaucrats and businessmen for alleged corruption and attempts to create anarchy. Seventy of them have already been detained. All the 50 graft suspects listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) are also among those [185].The law enforcement agencies are assisting the members of the armed forces in making the seizures, added the sources.Several names of the 200 people ...
(read more) Sunday, March 4th, 2007Former housing minister Mirza Abbas had allotted a two-bigha land in the capital, earmarked for a children's park, to his brothers, sisters and other relatives.Ignoring Rajuk's plan and local residents' demand, the housing and public works department, which was under Abbas' ministry, allotted 17 plots on the open field adjacent to Sonali Bank at Taltala, Khilgaon, among the relatives of the former housing and public works minister.Abbas was recently listed as one of the top 50 corruption suspects by the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC).People who had lost lands during the construction of Kamalapur Railway Station and Bishwa Road were compensated with ...
(read more) Sunday, March 4th, 2007While Chinese company CMC is mounting pressure on the government for immediate payment of about $30 million in cash and benefits for Barapukuria coal mine, the mine authorities' legal adviser has strongly opposed making such payment.The way CMC has failed to comply with its promises amounts to "criminal wrongdoing " and "fraud under the law of Bangladesh," he says.The Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd's (BCMCL's) legal adviser has firmly objected to payment of $15 million sixth instalment of a Supplier's Credit to CMC because it has repeatedly failed to fulfil contractual obligations. The payment is due on March 18.The legal ...
(read more) Sunday, March 4th, 2007Eminent jurists yesterday said controversial High Court (HC) judge Faisal Mahmud Faizee should immediately stop all judicial activities, and that legal steps should be taken against him on charges of fraud.They were reacting to Chittagong University Syndicate's decision to cancel Faizee's LLB certificate."If Chittagong University decides to cancel LLB certificate of Faizee, the chief justice should withdraw him from the court list and he should not sit in the court from tomorrow," Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud said when contacted last night.Stating that Faizee committed fraud with the Supreme Court, Bar Council and the government, Rokanuddin ...
(read more) Sunday, March 4th, 2007Failing to get fertiliser in this peak season for IRRI-Boro cultivation, aggrieved farmers barricaded highways and laid siege to upazila agricultural offices in Dinajpur, Pabna and Barisal in the last two days. In Dinajpur, several thousand farmers of Parbatipur and Chirirbandar upazilas put barricades at two points on Dinajpur-Bogra highway for hours yesterday leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on both sides, reports our correspondent there.At around 9:00am, the agitating farmers blockaded the highway at Ambari point that lasted for nearly two hours.Informed, officer-in-charge (OC) of Parbatipur Police Station and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officials of 15 Battalion rushed to the spot. ...
(read more) Sunday, March 4th, 2007The prices of essentials have been on the rise for the past two weeks causing much suffering to the people of low and middle income groups.Rice, fish, meat, vegetables, milk powder, edible oil etc, which got very pricey on the eve of the last Eid ul Azha, have become even costlier during this period, the consumers and shopkeepers at different markets in the city said.Vegetable market saw the sharpest rise in price in the past two weeks. Green chilli was earlier selling at Tk 40-45 per kg, which now costs Tk 60. The price of per kg bean went ...
(read more) Sunday, March 4th, 2007The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) yesterday sent back seven projects including three power schemes.At a meeting chaired by Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, it asked the ministries concerned to review the projects involving Tk 1,483 crore and place fresh proposals within a month.Especially the planning ministry officials were instructed to examine the projects closely before forwarding those to the Ecnec. "The chief adviser has asked them to weigh up the potential economic and environmental impact and necessity of the projects," said a meeting source.Finance and Planning Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam said, "The project proposals were returned ...
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