Archive for February 8th, 2010
Monday, February 8th, 2010A recent High Court verdict brought the Warrant of Precedence into the centre of discussion as its longstanding practice would be changed if the government revises the current precedence following the court verdict.The HC verdict, which declared the existing Warrant of Precedence illegal and void on Thursday, sparked mixed reaction among people in the judicial arena and administration.In its verdict, the HC bench said, "As the constitution is the Supreme Law of the land, all constitutional office-holders are to be placed first in order of priority in the table of the new Warrant of Precedence."The directives came following a writ ...
(read more) Monday, February 8th, 2010t was a gold rush for Bangladesh on the tenth day of the 11th South Asian Games yesterday. And believe it or not the ladies picked up more than the men on a day Bangladesh crossed their previous best effort in the regional showpiece event by winning six gold -- an astonishing four in karate, one in taekwondo and the last but not the least -- a dream gold in cricket.Jaw U Pru led the way of a never-seen-before golden day for Bangladesh by winning the women's individual kata event after defeating India's Sadhya Chandrakar. She also combined with Munni ...
(read more) Monday, February 8th, 2010Md Hafizur Rahman, the prime accused in Chittagong Arms case, in a confessional statement here Saturday night hinted at involvement of the same high officials of intelligence agencies and leaders of United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), as mentioned in his previous confessional statement.He made the statement under section-164 in the arms smuggling case filed under the section-25/B of Special Powers Act, one of the two cases filed in connection with the seizure of the deadly consignment.Hafiz took eight hours since 5:00pm to make the confessional statement before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahabubur Rahman, who recorded the ...
(read more) Monday, February 8th, 2010Judges of the Supreme Court divisions should publish their wealth statements in the interest of a transparent judiciary, chief justice-designate Mohammad Fazlul Karim yesterday said."The judges in India place their wealth statements in annual court reports, and I feel that the judges in our country too should do that for transparency," he said.Justice Karim was talking to reporters at his SC office yesterday afternoon.Appointed 18th chief justice of the country on February 4, he will take oath at the Bangabhaban at 11:00am today.Karim said he would examine if there had been any “disaster” in the appointment of ...
(read more) Monday, February 8th, 2010The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is likely to initiate a probe into alleged misappropriation of Tk 2.5 crore by former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar, his deputy Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui and former chief whip Khandaker Delwar Hossain as parliament yesterday forwarded its investigation report to the anti-graft body for further investigation.The ACC has also initiated separate inquiries against the daily Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman, former caretaker government adviser Barrister Mainul Hossain and former communications minister Anwar Hossain Manju on charges of amassing wealth beyond known sources of income and misuse of power.On February 5, the commission decided to initiate inquiries against ...
(read more) Monday, February 8th, 2010Hundreds of tonnes of rubbish is being dumped into the Buriganga every day, making futile the Tk 6 crore project of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to clean the riverbed.The rubbish is dumped into the river on both banks of the river stretching from Mohammadpur to Postogola and Kholamora to Zinzira.Dhaka City Corporation (DCC)-sponsored door-to-door rubbish collectors collect the household rubbish generated in densely populated areas like Kamrangir Char, where around a million people live, Shahidnagar, Sowarighat, Waizghat, Babubazar, Shyambazar, Mitford Nolgolla and beyond, and invariably unload their rickshaw-bins into the river.Solid waste management is nonexistent along the river ...
(read more) Monday, February 8th, 2010Extortion and threat to high profile people using cell phones is going unabated as law enforcers could hardly trace the criminals who manage their SIM cards without following proper registration procedure.Sources observe that the menace has reached an intolerable level as even Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her nephew lawmaker Fazle Noor Taposh could not escape such threats issued recently by the criminals.However, following threats issued from a newly registered cell phone number, Rab and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission in a joint drive arrested three cell phone distributors--Lokman Hossain, Rafiqul Islam alias Miraj, Shafiqul Islam alias Ranju on Thursday.The ...
(read more) Monday, February 8th, 2010Ruling Awami League formally starts its move today to strengthen the party's grassroots level activities, resolve conflicts and promote coordination among the party leaders, workers and lawmakers, according to a decision taken at its extended meeting on January 30.Main opposition BNP has also started similar programmes on February 6 to strengthen the party.Meanwhile, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya was reinstated as general secretary of Dhaka City unit of AL yesterday through a decision by an executive committee meeting of the city AL.Qamrul Islam, state minister for law, was discharging duties as acting general secretary although Maya returned home before the December ...
(read more) Monday, February 8th, 2010Air pollution in the capital has taken an alarming turn, posing serious health problems for city dwellers.Things get worse in dry season as air, thick with particulates, becomes a prevalent cause of chest and respiratory diseases, say health experts.According to some sources of Department of Environment (DoE), the density of airborne particulate matter (PM) has reached 247 micrograms per cubic meter (mcm) in Dhaka which is nearly five times the acceptable level of 50 PM per mcm set by the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) of Bangladesh.Although there is no definite study, doctors suggest exposure to such ...
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