Bdnews24.com . Dhaka Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar, the outgoing speaker and a failed contender from BNP-led alliance of ninth parliamentary election has said he feared a ‘parliamentary autocracy’ as the incoming treasury bench would have a massive majority in the house. In an interview with Bdnews24.com on Saturday the speaker said after administering oath to the ... Read more
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Concern over checks by small opposition
Roundtable calls for participatory democracy Staff Correspondent Representation of mass people has to be ensured in the next parliament to guarantee accountability of lawmakers and establish participatory democracy in the country, speakers said at a roundtable yesterday. The next parliament will not be effective if parliamentary affairs are conducted on the basis of seat proportion ... Read more
Dilshan defies Bangladesh
Azad Majumder . Chittagong Some poor fielding and wicket-keeping marred Bangladesh’s fine bowling efforts as Sri Lanka piled up a massive 371 for six thanks to a century from Tillakaratne Dilshan on the opening day of the second Test at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium on Saturday. The visitors were struggling at 75 for four when ... Read more
MPs-elect take oath today, tomorrow
Shakhawat Liton Members-elect of parliament belonging to Awami League (AL)-led grand alliance will take oath this afternoon at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban and the remaining MPs-elect will
Sheikh Hasina’s acid test
Commentary Sheikh Hasina’s acid test Mahfuz Anam The first cabinet will give the clearest sign of her promised change Two recent elections have been fought on the promise of ‘change’ — Barack Obama’s in the US and Sheikh Hasina’s in Bangladesh — and both of them received resounding endorsement from the electorate and both now ... Read more
About 300 Languish in Jails After Terms
6 foreign prisoners freed, 20 more await their turn Kailash Sarkar The jail authorities have started freeing the foreign nationals languishing in Bangladeshi jails for years after serving their sentences because of diplomatic and bureaucratic tangles. They took the step after failing to repatriate them through the normal procedures. At least six foreign prisoners — ... Read more
Second Test from today
Azad Majumder. Chittagong After a spirited show in Dhaka, Bangladesh are keen to keep up the momentum when they face the visiting Sri Lanka in the second Test at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium starting today. ‘The performance in the second innings of the first Test in Dhaka, gave us a lot of confidence. We are ... Read more
Govt should realise need for rapport: BNP to cooperate for making JS effective
Staff Reporter Conceding the defeat by its rivals in the just concluded parliamentary elections, BNP secretary general Khandker Delwar Hossain yesterday said the victorious party should form the government and rule the country. Delwar, who, earlier made allegations of vote rigging said, “Let the Awami League led grand alliance form the next government as they ... Read more
AL leaders want Zillur as president
Staff Reporter Awami League (AL) general secretary Abdul Jalil yesterday said the cabinet of the coming AL government would not be consist of 40 to 50 members and it will be blended with the veterans, experience and youths merit. Jalil also informed that the party leaders and supporters want to see veteran Zillur Rahman president ... Read more
SCF looks to AL govt for war crimes trial
Bdnews24.com, Dhaka The Sector Commanders’ Forum is optimistic that a pro-independence Awami League-led government will start the legal procedures to hold war crimes trial as soon as possible. “The forum firmly believes, the Awami League-led elected government will start the legal procedure to try war ‘criminals’ and thus the nation will get rid of a ... Read more
Malaysia fast-tracks deportation of illegal migrants
Agence France-Presse . Kuala Lumpur Malaysia said Friday it is fast-tracking the deportation of illegal migrants under a pilot project that will see offenders handed a fine and a one-way ticket home — bypassing court and jail. ‘We have got more than one million people who are illegals in this country so I don’t think ... Read more
Two BCL activists arrested from DU hall
DU Correspondent Two activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League were arrested on Friday noon for their alleged involvement in Thursday’s clash between two groups of students at Ziaur Rahman hall of Dhaka University. Central leaders of the BCL, the student wing of the Awami League, provided the provost the names of Maola Baki and Ziaul Huq, ... Read more
Counterfoils of ballots found in Chandpur
Bdnews24.com . Chandpur The Chandpur police on Friday retrieved 300 abandoned ballot counterfoils from a ditch close to Chandpur Akkas Ali Government Primary School. Chandpur Sadar model police sub-inspector Monir Ahmed told bdnews24.com Jihad, a seventh-grade student of the primary school went to the school ground for playing cricket with his friends in the morning. ... Read more
Lawmakers-elect likely to take oath Sunday
Nazrul Islam The outgoing Jatiya Sangsad speaker Jamiruddin Sircar is expected to administer oath to the lawmakers-elect to the ninth parliament on Sunday. ‘I wish to administer oath to the lawmakers-elect to the parliament on Sunday, provided the official gazette on the election results are available by Saturday,’ Jamiruddin told reporters in his office on ... Read more
CEC urges all to respect people’s verdict
He leaves Khaleda’s allegations of stage-managed polls for people to judge, UZ polls as per schedule Staff Correspondent Terming Monday’s elections free, fair and credible, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda on Thursday called on all to show respect to people’s verdict. He said the EC is satisfied with holding such an election that ... Read more
Young MPs-elect to rule AL cabinet
Prominent old guards may be sidelined in charter for change Hasan Jahid Tusher Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina may pick younger, educated and deft leaders in the party as cabinet colleagues to implement her party’s electoral pledges at the earliest. Party sources said the AL chief might opt for a small cabinet comprised of ... Read more
Fate of 3 MPs-elect hangs in the balance
Shakhawat Liton The Supreme Court’s (SC) verdict and Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) probe report will decide the fate of three MPs-elect as two of them contested Monday’s national election following an interim SC order and the other is an alleged loan defaulter. The lawmakers-elect might lose membership of parliament if the court verdict and probe report ... Read more
ACC’s chief prosecutor Mukul quits
Staff Correspondent The Anti-Corruption Commission’s (ACC) Chief Special Public Prosecutor (CSPP) ABM Sharfuddin Khan Mukul yesterday resigned on “personal” grounds. Mukul told The Daily Star that he submitted his resignation letter to the ACC chairman at noon. “I have moved the corruption cases on behalf of the Anti-corruption Commission against Awami League President Sheikh Hasina, ... Read more
Graft cases must be disposed of
Staff Correspondent Shujan opposes dropping of charges against MPs-elect The authorities must complete the trial of the cases the new members of parliament are facing, instead of withdrawing the charges, to end the practice of impunity, Shushashoner Jannoy Nagorik (Shujan) said yesterday. “The cases must be settled in the court. We do not want them ... Read more
Agro-credit disbursement up 27.22 pc in Jul-Nov
Staff Correspondent Agricultural credit disbursement recorded a robust growth of 27.22 per cent in the first five months of the current fiscal as the central bank took some measures including relaxation of rules and regulations of loan payment. Eight state-owned banks and financial institutions along with the private commercial banks (PCBs) disbursed Tk 33.77 billion ... Read more