Archive for November 13th, 2009
Friday, November 13th, 2009The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday pressed money-laundering charges against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's younger son Arafat Rahman Koko, around eight months after filing of the case.It charged Koko and Ismail Hossain Simon, son of former shipping minister late Akbar Hossain, with siphoning 28.84 lakh Singaporean dollars and 9.32 lakh US dollars out of the country.ACC Deputy Director Mohammad Abu Sayeed, also investigation officer (IO) of the case, submitted the charge sheet to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka in the afternoon.He showed 23 people as prosecution witnesses.Simon's name, which was not in the first information report, was included as ...
(read more) Friday, November 13th, 2009After 34 years of the brutal killings of Father of the Nation Bangabnadhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members, the Appellate Division of Supreme Court (SC) will finally deliver its verdict in the murder case on November 19.A special bench of the SC Appellate Division comprising Justice Md Tafazzul Islam, Justice Md Abdul Aziz, Justice BK Das, Justice Md Muzammel Hossain, and Justice SK Sinha will deliver the verdict.After hearing for 29 days the appeals filed by five condemned convicts in the case challenging their convictions and sentences, the apex court scheduled the date for judgement.Convicts Lt ...
(read more) Friday, November 13th, 2009The grenades that went missing from the Chittagong 10-truck arms cache in 2004 were used in all grenade attacks including the one on August 21 Awami League rally, detained former BNP state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar has told interrogators.The grenades were used in attacks on Shah AMS Kibria, former British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury, AL leader Suranjit Sengupta and Sylhet City Mayor Badruddin Ahmed Kamran, Babar told Criminal Investigation Department officials during interrogation in the August 21 grenade attack case.The former state minister said three days after the August 21 incident Harris Chowdhury asked him to ...
(read more) Friday, November 13th, 2009Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said the projects funded by World Bank would be implemented as per its guideline but no change would be made in the recent amendments to the Public Procurement Act."The changes made in the Public Procurement Act would not be altered. However, where they [the WB] have any objection, they would follow their own guideline," Muhith told reporters after a meeting with the WB's new country director in Bangladesh Ellen Goldstein at his secretariat office.In the meeting, they discussed recent changes in the Public Procurement Act, among other issues.The government amended the PPA, waiving the lottery ...
(read more) Friday, November 13th, 2009Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the new generation members of the Armed Forces to know the true history of country's independence and democracy on their own effort so confusion does not cloud anyone's vision in the march forward."Try to know about the true history of the country. Because, in the past, by inserting untrue information into the textbooks, children and new generation like you have been confused," she said.The PM was addressing the National Standard Presentation Parade of the East Bengal Regiment (EBR) of Bangladesh Army at Chittagong Cantonment.Hasina observed that acquiring true history about the country's ...
(read more) Friday, November 13th, 2009Major (retd) Jasim Uddin, whose candidacy in the ninth parliamentary election was declared illegal by the Supreme Court, joined six sittings of the last session of the House ignoring a constitutional provision, legal experts said.Citing constitutional provision, legal experts said Jasim is now liable to a penalty of Tk 1,000 for each sitting he joined, as he clearly knew that he is disqualified for membership of parliament following the SC verdict.According to article 69 of the constitution, if a person sits or votes as a member of parliament when he knows that he is not qualified or is ...
(read more) Friday, November 13th, 2009Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Narayanganj district administration jointly knocked down a number of makeshift structures on both sides of the river Shitalakhya near Kanchpur Bridge yesterday.They also put the sand removal work up for auction as part of the ongoing drive to free Shitalakhya from encroachment through sand filling.BIWTA Deputy Director Alamgir Kabir said, “We have dismantled around 20 bamboo-made structures erected on the river banks.”Sand traders Nazrul Islam and Shajalal won the bidding for one lakh taka to remove the sand from Shimrail area located to the north of the Kanchpur Bridge.Our Narayanganj correspondent ...
(read more) Friday, November 13th, 2009The Power Development Board (PDB) tender for 10 power plants of 820 megawatt capacity yesterday received only 28 bids.This has surprised officials as bidders had purchased 122 tender documents till Wednesday in a clear mark of their enthusiasm. But this enthusiasm was not reflected in yesterday's tender closing.There was only one bid each by one single company for two plant sites. Due to this lack of competition, these two power projects are likely to go for re-tender.A number of Chinese companies dominated in the bid, in which South Korean, Egyptian and a Bangladeshi company also competed.Japanese company Sumitomo ...
(read more) Friday, November 13th, 2009The tax evasion case against the Bashundhara Industrial Complex Ltd will not be settled out of court, National Board of Revenue Chairman Nasiruddin Ahmed said yesterday.“The case has to be settled in court as there are legal complexities,” Nasiruddin said at a press briefing on online income tax return submissions at his office yesterday.“We have nothing to do with it as the case is not compoundable,” he said.The NBR chairman also said taxpayers would be able to submit their tax returns online from January next year.The NBR had been considering an application of the company for an out-of-court settlement ...
(read more) Friday, November 13th, 2009Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and sacked Brig Gen Abdullahil Amaan Azmi in separate rejoinders have protested a part of The Daily Star's November 10 report headlined "Attack on Taposh, 5 army men detained".Jamaat's Publicity Secretary Prof Md Tasnim Alam said the information that Brig Gen Habibur Rahman Rokon Uddin is a rukon (member) of their organisation is "false and misleading".He said as a matter of principle, Jamaat disapproves of running party activities within the armed forces. It is always in favour of keeping the military above party politics and opinions. So for Jamaat having a member in the army is out of ...
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