Archive for July 14th, 2009
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Gunmen killed a youth and injured eight others in the city's Mirpur area yesterday.The attack, believed to have resulted from a feud over control of Swadhin Bangla Supermarket at Mirpur section-1, left Abdur Rahim alias Mintu, 32, dead on the spot.Anwar Hossain Litu, general secretary of the market's shop-owners association, is among those wounded. A former president of Mirpur Chhatra League, he was the main target, said locals and police.Mintu used to work as Litu's bodyguard.The other injured were sand trader Mohammad Khokon, 32, tea vendor Bishu, 35, Mehedi Hasan, 32, Solaiman, 65, Kamal, 37, Sekander, 45, and Yunus, ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 14th, 2009The all-party parliamentary probe body's recommendation for stripping Jamiruddin Sircar of his membership in parliament for corruption and contempt of House sparked extensive debate over the House's authority in taking away membership.Parliamentarians of rival political parties and constitutional experts are divided over the authority of the House to cancel membership of a lawmaker. This issue has been raised for the first time in the country's parliament history.Internationally acclaimed parliamentary affairs experts of USA, UK and India, however, highlighted the power of the House to this effect as the parliaments of the advanced democracies accrued such power through years ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 14th, 2009The High Court yesterday scrapped the 13-year jail sentence against Awami League lawmaker Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir in a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission adjudging the conviction against him illegal.A special judge's court in Dhaka earlier awarded Alamgir, also former state minister, jail sentence on charge of amassing wealth illegally and concealing information in wealth statement submitted to the ACC.The HC bench of justices Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Md Rais Uddin delivered the verdict upon Alamgir's appeal against the lower court judgment.The lawyers said it is the first HC verdict to rescind the conviction and sentence handed down ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a series of meetings with the heads of the states and government on the sidelines of Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) Summit to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves for Egypt this morning to attend the 15th summit that begins in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh tomorrow.The planned construction of Tipaimukh dam and trade imbalance between Bangladesh and India might also come up for discussion at a crucial meeting to be held with her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh, sources said.“Apart from bilateral issues, she is expected to have talks on ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Thirteen people were killed and 15 others injured in a tragic road accident on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway early yesterday morning when an over loaded truck skidded off the road and fell into a ditch.Police said, the accident took place at Chelerghat Bagan area in Trishal upazila when the Sherpur bound truck from Dhaka -- carrying cement bags and passengers -- skidded off the road.One of the truck's front wheels punctured and the truck fell into a roadside ditch some 10 feet deep killing 13 on the spot and injuring 15 others at around 5 am.The injured were given ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 14th, 2009The Attorney General's (AG) Office has taken preparations for hearing of the long-pending Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman assassination case as the government is going to appoint four judges to the Appellate Division.Earlier on Sunday, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told The Daily Star his office is prepared for hearing of the appeals filed by five condemned prisoners against the verdict in the case."We'll place arguments on behalf of the state when the hearing of the case starts at the Appellate Division," he said. The hearing will start when the chief justice constitutes a bench of the apex court, he added.Law ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 14th, 2009BNP could not start forming its upazila level committees as most of the district convening committees, which have been assigned to suggest the names of members to form upazila units by tomorrow, are still awaiting central committee's approval.The delay in finalisation of the conflict-ridden district committees has made formation of upazila committees uncertain.Every district committee is supposed to send a 31-member convening committee for each upazila level unit but no district committee has sent the names, party sources said.BNP's central committee has so far approved only 20 district committees out of 71 to be tasked with naming full ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has proposed an embankment project to protect the rivers surrounding the capital from encroachment and to sustain the drive against river encroachers.“I have already sent a proposal to the shipping ministry to undertake a project by the Water Development Board under water resources ministry,” said BIWTA Chairman Md Abdul Mannan Howlader.They will also send another proposal for constructing walkway, landing and other facilities, and taking tree plantation programme along the riverbanks.“We hope to send a Tk 100 crore draft project pro forma to the ministry by this week,” said Howlader.Meanwhile, the anti-encroachment drive ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Law and order in the country has been deteriorating due to rise in criminal activities, which in many cases are being aided and instigated by elements within the ruling party, according to law enforcement and intelligence agencies.They also said return of many absconding seasoned criminals from abroad since the election, and a lack of leadership from the home ministry in curbing crime are also reasons for the upward trend in violent crimes.Highly-placed home ministry sources said unless the government takes immediate measures to arrest criminals, the numbers of killings, extortions, and tender manipulations will continue to rise.According to police ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 14th, 2009The three-member probe committee on Habiganj BTCL office siege on July 8 submitted on Sunday its report to the deputy commissioner, making nine recommendations in a bid to strengthen security to the office.Insufficient security measures and negligence of the officials concerned at Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd (BTCL) office in Habiganj helped much in the incident and suspected militant Shahin took advantage of the poor security arrangement, the report said.The committee was formed the next day of the incident and it was asked to submit its report on security arrangement of the building and reasons for the incident within three ...
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