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The death sentence against BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and all others convicted of war crimes must be overturned, the Amnesty International, a global rights body, said on Tuesday. “The death sentence imposed against a Bangladeshi MP convicted of crimes against humanity is not the way to bring justice to the many victims of the ... Read more

Electing Grameen Directors DCs to have no role The government will not appoint deputy commissioners (DCs) to oversee the election for nine borrower directors of Grameen Bank as it does not want to involve public servants in the election process. A two-member government committee made the suggestion for appointing the DC, but the finance ministry ... Read more

The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for the government to release the genetically modified (GM) crop, Bt Brinjal, in the country. Following a petition filed by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, chamber judge of the apex court,

A High Court (HC) judge on Wednesday felt embarrassed to hear on a writ petition filed seeking a stay on the government’s move to start construction of the Rampal power plant till an assessment of the environmental impact of the project is carried out. The HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider Chowdhury and Justice Jafor ... Read more

Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday proposed a new electoral system, on the basis of proportionate ratio of votes obtained by different political parties, for electing public representatives. “Voters will not cast their votes for any candidate or any specific constituency. They will cast votes only on the symbol of political parties. The ... Read more

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena on Wednesday said he is still hopeful of a political settlement between the two major parties – Awami League and BNP – before next general election, reports UNB. “I’m still confident that at the end, major political players will find a way for free, fair and credible election,” ... Read more

The by-election to the Barguna-2 constituency of the Jatiya Sangsad will be held today without participation of the main opposition BNP. Two candidates — Shawkat Hachanur Rahman Rimon of ruling Awami League and Golam Sarwar Hiru of Islami Andolon Bangladesh are contesting the polls.

The sale of the city super markets has marked significant fall following  the government’s  imposition of  four per cent VAT on  essential items in the current fiscal year,  Bangladesh Superstore Owners Association (BSOA) leaders said on Wednesday. A buyer has to pay  additional Taka  40 as VAT

A 12-year-old boy was crushed under the wheels of a train at Sitakundu upazila in Chittagong Weednesday morning. The victim was identified as Robin, 12, son of Mohammad Robiul Alam, from Sheikhpara of Sitakundu upazila, and a student of Class VI at the local high school. Robin received serious injury when

An international crimes tribunal on Tuesday handed down death sentence to Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for committing genocide and killings in Chittagong during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. The three-member International Crimes

Claiming the ongoing war crimes trial thoroughly independent, prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday voiced her resolve to finish the daunting task of bringing the perpetrators to book after more than four decades of crimes against humanity, and sought support from foreign friends to this end. ‘The process is thoroughly independent. We’re confident that

Govt orders probe The government has ordered an investigation after controversies arose over the alleged leakage of the verdict against Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in a war crimes case. A copy of the document said to part of the verdict delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal 1 on Tuesday was made available ... Read more

BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, immediately after being sentenced to death for war crimes, said aloud in the courtroom that the judgement was an order from the ministry. International Crimes Tribunal 1 on Tuesday handed Salauddin death sentence in the case of

The government, the ruling Awami League and a cross-section of people on Tuesday welcomed the International Crimes Tribunal 1 verdict that sentenced Salauddin Quader Chowdhury death sentence for crimes he had committed in the 1971 war of independence. The information minister, Hasanul Haq Inu,

Families of the victims of BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in Chittagong said that they were happy about the verdict International Crimes Tribunal 1 delivered on Tuesday sentencing him to death. They, however, demanded an expeditious execution of the verdict. He was sentenced to death for genocide and killings during the independence war in 1971.

International Crimes Tribunal 1 in its judgement on Tuesday sentencing BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury to death said that the accused was the sitting lawmaker but his attitude towards the judiciary was disrespectful. The tribunal made the observation in a judgement chapter titled ‘The demeanour of accused Salauddin Quader Chowdhury as D.W. 1.’

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a platform of pro-BNP lawyers,  has termed a ‘farce’ the verdict of International Crimes Tribunal-1 that handed down death penalty to BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. The forum made the remarks at a news

Urging his audience to imagine a poverty-free world, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus has said no problem will remain unresolved when business gets involved with solving problems. ‘The distance between the possible and the impossible is shrinking.  It’s just a matter of our imagination. Let’s imagine a world where

Education Sector Graft Tk 70cr bribery a year: TIB  Around 12 percent of people had to pay bribes for receiving education or other services from primary to higher education levels in Bangladesh last year, a TIB report said yesterday. The amount of bribery or undue payment can be estimated at around Tk 70.3 crore annually, ... Read more

The government is likely to curtail the power of the executive board of Grameen Bank by scrapping the latter’s authority of preparing rules. Finance ministry officials said such a proposal had been inserted in the draft of the Grameen Bank Act 2013 that is scheduled to be placed