Three arrested A schoolgirl of Manikganj has been forced to lead a life of a sex worker at a house in Savar on the outskirts of the capital for the last two months. The victim disclosed the horrific story of her confinement to the press at the office of the superintendent of police of Manikganj ... Read more
Month: August 2013
Only one incident of police extortion
The inspector general of police has reported to the High Court that he knows of only one incident throughout the country in which the police were involved in extortion from truck drivers. The report was submitted to the court in compliance with an order of July which had in addition asked the IGP to stop ... Read more
ICT contempt rule against HRW Sept 2
Ghulam Azam Trial ICT contempt rule against HRW Sept 2 The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday set September 2 for its decision on the prosecution’s contempt petition against New York-based Human Rights Watch. The war crimes prosecution brought the contempt charge against the international human rights watchdog alleging that it made ‘scandalous’ comments
Govt cautious on Rampal project
The government is very much cautious about implementing the Rampal coal-fired power plant near the Sundarbans and is open to any suggestion from any quarter to prevent damage to the mangrove forest, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s energy adviser Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury on Thursday. “We will implement the project in accordance with the law and ... Read more
Dispute as India film import move begins
A dispute has erupted between cinema owners and feature filmmakers over a recent change in the country’s import policy which allows Indian films to be imported in Bangladesh. Section 49 (C) of the latest import policy 2012–2015 states that films from South Asian Free Trade Area member countries can be imported as long as their
Case delay adds to agony of death row convicts
As many as 987 convicts are languishing in condemned cells across the country, because of a huge pile of death reference cases waiting for disposal in High Court. The number of condemned cell prisoners were 1,000 last year, which, till Monday, stood at 987, due to the death reference cases pending in High Court,
An emotional reunion
The story began almost three years ago, on November 12, 2010. Anwar Hossain, a staff of Bangladesh Marine Fisheries Academy, was restlessly waiting in front of the emergency department of the navy hospital in Chittagong. Doctors had told him that his pregnant wife Jannatul Ferdous, who was in her third trimester, was in a very
Petition of Oishee’s lawyer rejected
Bar On Info Disclosure Petition of Oishee’s lawyer rejected A Dhaka court yesterday rejected a petition by the lawyer of Oishee Rahman seeking directives on police to stop disclosing information about her to the media. Schoolgirl Oishee is the prime suspect in the killing of her parents Mahfuzur Rahman and Swapna Rahman. Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Nur ... Read more
Country lacks rule of law, democratic values
Says Dr Akbar Ali Khan Former adviser to a caretaker government Dr Akbar Ali Khan yesterday said the country was not enjoying the benefits of democracy due to a lack of the rule of law and democratic values. “There is a shell of democracy in Bangladesh, it has no life,” he told Dhaka YES Conference ... Read more
EC pins hope on ordinance
Rpo Amendment EC pins hope on ordinance The Election Commission is pinning its hope on promulgation of an ordinance to amend the Representation of the People Order 1972 as the chance of the RPO amendment bill passage in the next session is very thin. President Abdul Hamid has convened the 20th parliamentary session of the ... Read more
People to resist polls under party govt: Fakhrul
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has said people would resist the government’s move to hold the coming general election under a partisan government. Inaugurating a political training workshop of the party at a city hotel on Thursday, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
MK Anwar gets bail in ICT case
A Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka on Thursday granted bail to Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member MK Anwar in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology Act. Metropolitan magistrate Mustafa Shahriar Khan granted the bail after Anwar surrendered to the court seeking bail. Anwar’s defence counsel
Shakhari Bazar dev in limbo
More than four years have passed since Shakhari Bazar was announced a national heritage site but indifference of the authorities concerned was turning the historic neighbourhood of old Dhaka into a pile of wreckage. The life of the people living in the neighbourhood is at stake as no step for the restoration or renovation of ... Read more
Khulna dist admin set to evict 98 grabbers from RHD land
The district administration of Khulna is set to pull down by the next month illegal structures developed on 1.87 acres of land of the Roads and Highways Division. The land was grabbed by 98 influential people of the city. The decision was made at a recent meeting at the deputy
Govt to allocate Tk 20cr for Moheskhal sluice gate
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday assured Chittagong business leaders of allocating Tk 20 crore to resolve the waterlogging problem of Moheskhal in Agrabad area. She assured the leaders of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) of the allocation after MA Latif, CCCI’s former president and also MP,
Violence against minorities seldom tied to religion
Says Mozena The violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh is seldom about religion, US Ambassador Dan Mozena said yesterday. Rather, it is about the pursuit of power and financial gain of the cheap politicians and greedy land grabbers, he told a seminar on “Religious Tolerance and Peace” organised by Inter-Faith Dialogue Forum (IFDF) at the ... Read more
National dialogue now essential
Resolving Ongoing Political Crisis National dialogue now essential Suggests SHUJAN roundtable A national dialogue involving representatives of political parties, the media, business community and civil society has become essential to resolve the growing political stand-off in the country, speakers told a roundtable yesterday. The rigid stance of the major political parties on the issue
DSCC opens tenders for cattle markets
The Dhaka South City Corporation on Thursday started selecting tender for leasing out 10 cattle markets under its jurisdiction for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Some bidders alleged that Awami League activists came to the DSCC headquarters, Nagar Bhaban, to show off their power.
Anti-repression day observed
The Rajshahi University students observed the ‘day against repression’ on Thursday, demanding withdrawal of all cases filed against students who protested at repression on teachers, students and employees of the university by law enforcers on the campus on August 22 in 2007 during the then army-backed caretaker government. That day, law enforcers
Man held with firearm in Syllhet
Local people confined a young man along with a firearm and handed him over to the police in Sylhet city Wednesday night. The detainee was identified as Akash Chowdhury Babul, 26, son of Aftab Uddin of Nayapara at Akhalia in Sylhet city, the police said.