Tuesday, July 24th, 2007The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has not accepted a letter from detained Awami League President and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in which she said the notice served by the ACC asking for her wealth statement is full of errors. In a press briefing yesterday, ACC Secretary Md Mokhlesur Rahman said the commission did not take the letter into consideration, and there is no scope for asking an explanation (from it).He said the issue of serving notice on former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been resolved. "If they do not submit the reports, non-submission cases will be filed against them."Both the ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Six British lawmakers yesterday demanded release of former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina on bail saying that she poses no 'conceivable' security risk or risk of attempting to evade justice as she has surrendered her passport.Meanwhile, US Deputy Secretary of State John D Negroponte and US Congressman Joseph Crowley urged the government to follow due process of law so that 'no one is deprived of justice', New York-based news agency News World reports.The British MPs from Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties, wrote a letter to a London-based daily The Times expressing their 'grave concern' on, what they termed, the ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 24th, 2007The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday granted the government five weeks for completing official formalities to implement separation of judiciary from the executive.The seven-member full bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin, granted the time following a prayer by the government seeking two months time for completing required administrative process.On May 7, SC directed the government to complete the process for implementation of separation of judiciary from the executive and to inform the court about its execution by July 19. The court had fixed July 23 for its further order regarding the whole process of ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 24th, 2007BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has warned of stern action against party leaders whose involvement in corruption will be proved and also those conspiring to break the party."Stern actions will be taken against those (party leaders) whose involvement in corruption will be proved and at the same time those who are conspiring to break the party," she said in a teleconference with Japan BNP leaders on Sunday night.Criticising the interim government, the former prime minister said, "Arrests are being made at whim and extortion cases are filed against them after the arrest. This should be stopped in the interest of democracy." ...
(read more) Tuesday, July 24th, 2007Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday afternoon arrested a PWD staff who later admitted to his involvement in the killing of advocate Sayma on July 17.The arrestee, Faizul Islam, an assistant accountant of public works department (PWD), who was held from Newmarket area, said the lawyer was murdered as she had failed to provide him (Faizul) with the job for which she took Tk 12 lakh from him.During a press briefing at Rab-2 office in the capital, Faizul told reporters that he stabbed Sayma first and then three others who accompanied him to Sayma's residence slit her throat.He also named ...
(read more) Monday, July 23rd, 2007Torrential rain pounded the capital intermittently throughout the day yesterday as many parts of the city went under knee- to waist-deep water, throwing life and trade in a terrible mess.Thousands of commuters were stuck in traffic jams for hours on the waterlogged streets. To make situation worse, a large number of vehicles broke down in rainwater that swamped almost every road including the one in front of the Chief Adviser's Office in Tejgaon.The Met Office recorded 134 millimetres of rain in Dhaka between 6:00am and 3:00pm, which was the highest in the country. The weather will remain unchanged for another ...
(read more) Monday, July 23rd, 2007Accusing the military backed caretaker government of breaching the emergency act, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia urged expatriate Bangladeshis to protest the 'injustice' since 'the government is not treating everyone equally'."The government does not follow the emergency act, it imposed restrictions on our movements while it is not touching those who are speaking about reforms," the former prime minister said during a tele-conference with leaders of the Australia chapter of BNP on Saturday night.She also said, "The government is harassing us but it is not taking any action against those who did wrong and got involved in corruption.""I didn't do anything ...
(read more) Monday, July 23rd, 2007Detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked people to be united against 'injustice' and hoped that she will be freed if due and transparent processes of law are followed in conducting her trial.The AL is gearing up to launch an all-out legal battle against the government for Hasina's release. The plan even includes hiring of high profile lawyers from Europe and the US.Hasina also expressed her doubt that due process of law will not be followed in her case as the caretaker government is determined to punish her by any means to keep her out of the next ...
(read more) Monday, July 23rd, 2007The Chittagong Divisional Court yesterday sentenced former BNP lawmaker Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan to 20 years in jail and fined Tk 10 thousand for concealing information about Tk 6.36 crore of his assets in the wealth statement submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).Special Divisional Judge Mohammad Habibur Rahman also ordered the confiscation of Bhuiyan's movable and immovable properties and said Bhuiyan would have to spend an additional three months in jail if he fails to pay the Tk 10 thousand fine, reports our Chittagong correspondent.Bhuiyan's lawyer Salehuddin Mahmud later told reporters that they will appeal in High Court against the verdict.Bhuiyan's ...
(read more) Monday, July 23rd, 2007Several districts across the country have been hit by floods in the wake of intermittent rain for two consecutive days crippling normal life while the flood situation in two hilly districts has improved.The Surma at Kanaighat and Sunamganj, Someswari at Durgapur, Gumti at Comilla and Debiddar, Muhuri at Parshuram and the Khowai at Habiganj were flowing above respective danger levels yesterday morning."Most of the rivers in all the basins, except the south-eastern hill basin, observed rise in water levels," a Flood Forecast and Warning Centre bulletin said.The Flood Forecast and Warning Centre said the flood situations in lower portion of ...
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