The 14th session of Parliament begins today with the opposition parties continuing their boycott. The opposition chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque on Monday confirmed that the opposition parties would continue with their boycott. Opposition MPs attended Parliament on March 18, after a 77-day boycott of
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Graft-talkers are wrong
Abul laughs off allegation at anti-graft office Former communications minister Syed Abul Hossain yesterday claimed that there was no corruption or irregularities in the Padma bridge project. “My conscience is clear and I am clean before the Most Merciful Allah…. Those who are talking about corruption and irregularities in the Padma bridge project are wrong,” ... Read more
Witness’s brother was killed by Kamaruzzaman, Al-Badr
A dentist on Monday testified that the detained assistant secretary general of the Jamaat, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, and his Al-Badr cohorts on 29 June, 1971 caught his younger brother, who was later tortured and killed. Md Hasanuzzaman, the sixth prosecution witness against Kamaruzzaman, made his deposition before the International Crimes Tribunal-2, popularly known as
Quader’s counsels try to incriminate witness
Md Amir Hossain Mollah, the ninth prosecution witness against the detained assistant secretary general of the Jamaat, Abdul Quader Molla, on Monday told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that a case was lodged against him in Pallabi thana on 4 April, 2012 by one Moniruzzaman. The witness, a freedom-fighter who was being cross-examined by Quader’s defence ... Read more
FFs’ attempt to kill Salauddin failed in Sept 1971: witness
War Crimes Trial FFs’ attempt to kill Salauddin failed in Sept 1971: witness A freedom fighter on Monday testified that the detained BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury might have escaped an attack by freedom fighters during the liberation war, in which his driver was killed. The freedom fighters’ operation failed due to wrong information, said ... Read more
Modasser may be quizzed
Sonali Loan Scam Modasser may be quizzed Anti-graft body interrogates Hall-Mark bosses The Anti-Corruption Commission will quiz Syed Modasser Ali, health adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as part of its ongoing investigation into the Hall-Mark loan scam. ACC Commissioner Md Badiuzzaman, acting chairman of the anti-graft body, yesterday officially informed journalists that the adviser’s ... Read more
Sonali moves to suspend 2 top managers
Sonali Bank has recommended that the government take “proper action” against two of the bank’s deputy managing directors over the Hall-Mark loan scam. The bank’s letter to the finance ministry yesterday did not mention any name but referred to a Bangladesh Bank directive, according to which the two DMDs are Atiqur Rahman and
BUET protests on
Resignation deadline extended BUET students on Sunday continued holding protests, giving the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor a fresh deadline of 11:00am today to resign. Activists of the disbanded university unit of the Chhatra League, the ruling Awami League-backed student organisation, meanwhile on the day, faced off the students, who were rallying for the removal
Quader sorry for slapping railway staff
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said “sorry” for slapping a train attendant while visiting Ishwardi Railway Station on Saturday. Also in charge of the railways ministry, Quader slapped Boloram Das across the face for charging extra money for a ticket from
Carjacking too easy for gangs
Police capture 6 criminals, recover 12 cars Rajib Molla had been prowling the Mirpur area on an August evening, looking for his prey. He had been on the search for hours. But fortune would not favour him that night readily, not yet. However, Rajib would rather give another try than give up. Around 5:00am as ... Read more
Admission seekers postpone agitation
Intake tests for MBBS, BDS courses this year, minister tells them Admission seekers on Sunday postponed their 20-day agitation following the health minister’s assurance that intake tests would be held for enrolment in medical and dental colleges this academic year. During a meeting with the representatives of the admission seekers at his ministry, health minister ... Read more
BNP briefs EU diplomats
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday briefed diplomats of European countries about the evolving political situation of the country and the party’s stance. The briefing, a routine exercise of the main opposition to keep the foreign diplomats posted on political issues, focussed BNP’s position over the current development, particularly the party’s ongoing
Charge against Bachchu Razakar on 10 counts submitted
The war crimes prosecutors on Sunday submitted formal charges on 10 counts of crimes against humanity in 22 incidents against Abul Kalam Azad, who was known in Faridpur as Bachchu Razakar during the 1971 War of Independence, to the registrar of the International Crimes Tribunal. The charges brought against Bachchu include genocide, murder, rape, abduction,
Freedom fighter didn’t hear of Sayedee’s atrocities
The first defence witness for the detained nayeb-e-amir of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Delwar Hossain Sayedee, on Sunday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that he had not heard of any of Sayedee’s atrocities. Shamsul Alam Talukdar, a 68-year-old freedom-fighter, made his deposition before
BSF kills 1 in Lalmonirhat
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader along Burimari border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat on Saturday. The victim was identified as Babul Hossain, 31, of Islampur village in the upazila. Helal Uddin, camp commander of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) 31 Battalion, said a BSF
Mashiur all set to go?
Padma Loan Crisis Mashiur all set to go? In the interest of Padma bridge funding, Mashiur Rahman has tentatively agreed to step down as the prime minister’s economic affairs adviser, highly placed government sources have said. The co-financiers of the project — Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) — have extended ... Read more
BUET students give VC, pro-VC till 10am today to quit
BUET students on Saturday gave the university vice-chancellor, SM Nazrul Islam, and the pro-vice-chancellor, Habibur Rahman, till 10:00am today to resign. They said that they would, otherwise, wage a tough movement to push for the removal of the two top officials of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Univs running without elected representatives
Govt-appointed partisans occupying top positions and making vital decisions Public universities are being run by non-elected and government-nominated vice-chancellors, without elections of students unions and with unelected representatives of registered graduates in the Senate. No election to the vice-chancellor panel in the Chittagong University has been held for the last 20 years, in Rajshahi University ... Read more
Janata, Agrani too partners in crime
Hall-Mark Loan Scam Janata, Agrani too partners in crime Finds central bank inspection State-run Janata Bank and Agrani Bank breached banking rules to provide loans to the textile company Hall-Mark Group in connivance with Sonali Bank, helping embezzle crores of depositors’ money, the central bank has found. Janata’s corporate branch located at Janata Bhaban and its ... Read more
A new formula for polls time government
Unveils citizens’ body The next parliamentary election cannot be free and fair if held under the present government and without dissolving the incumbent parliament. And the Election Commission, no matter how strong it is, alone will not be able to hold free and fair polls with the administration