Politics, Chaos, Judges Insulted 13 lawyers banned from practice Chief justice asks for protecting sanctity of court as lawyers initiate peace move A High Court bench banned 13 opposition-backed lawyers from practising in any court of the country in a ruling yesterday, a day after the same court witnessed raucous protests against the two judges ... Read more
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Dhaka to hand over Chetia by mid-Aug
Bangladesh will hand over the general secretary of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), Anup Chetia, and others members of the front to India by the middle of August this year. Home minister Sahara Khatun on Wednesday said Bangladesh had started the legal process for the purpose. “We have asked the authorities concerned to complete ... Read more
Innocent unsafe from police
Kadar tells The Daily Star as he comes out of jail “Innocent people of the country are not safe in the hands of police,” said Abdul Kadar, a Dhaka University student who had been picked up by police and tortured in custody for 13 hours. A student of biochemistry and molecular biology, Kadar, was finally ... Read more
Kader released on bail
Dhaka University student Abdul Kader, who faced brutal torture in the hands of police personnel of Khilgaon police station, was released from custody, after obtaining bail, on Wednesday, in the remaining two cases filed by police on charges of possessing weapons and a robbery involvement. Earlier, on August 1, Kader had been granted bail in ... Read more
HC orders judicial probe into Aminbazar student killing
The High Court on Wednesday ordered judicial inquiry into the killing of six students by a mob on July 18 at Aminbazar on the outskirts of the capital. The HC division bench comprising Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif directed the chief judicial magistrate of Dhaka to form a one–member committee with a ... Read more
DU in serious financial crisis
UGC yet to disburse budgetary allocation; July salaries provided from other sources Dhaka University is facing an acute financial crisis as it has not yet received its budgetary allocation from the University Grants Commission. The DU authority had to pay the salaries of its teachers, officials and other employees for July with money collected from ... Read more
JS goes into session on August 18
The 10th session of the ninth Jatiya Sangsad will begin on August 18 amid uncertainty about the return of the boycotting main opposition BNP to the House. President Zillur Rahman called the session as per article 72 (1) of the Constitution, a parliament secretariat source said on Wednesday. President called the 10th session during the ... Read more
Kindergarten schools come under watch
200 of over 75,000 institutions obtain registration The government has made registration mandatory for nursery, preparatory or kindergarten schools, apparently bringing an end to the long-standing practice of not following any rules while establishing or running these institutions. From now on, anyone seeking to establish a nursery or kindergarten school has to follow some
Gold, forex seized from Dubai-bound passenger
Customs officials arrested a Dubai-bound passenger at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (SIA) in the city yesterday on charge of possessing 1.1 kg of gold and foreign currencies worth around Tk 2.5 crore. The arrestee was identified as Abdul Gafur, 40, of Mobarakpur village under Balaganj upazila in Sylhet. “The foreign banknotes included Saudi Riyal and ... Read more
Water crisis turns worse
Dhaka Wasa says sudden rise in demand in Ramadan leads to shortage Acute water shortage has gripped many parts of the capital despite promises of smooth water supply from the authority during Ramadan. Residents from several areas have complained that there has been barely any water in their taps for the last few days
PM wants new site soon
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday directed the authorities concerned to complete a feasibility study on the selection of a new site for the proposed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib International Airport within a week. The premier issued the directive while presiding over the weekly Cabinet meeting at the secretariat, a minister told New Age
Foreign ministry clarifies
Indigenous Issue Foreign ministry clarifies The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has accepted Dhaka’s concerns on indigenous issue by consensus in its 2011 substantive session, said a foreign ministry press release yesterday. Bangladesh raised concerns at the session over two paragraphs of the 2011 Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (PFII) Report about the ... Read more
Ramadan from today
The holy Ramadan, the month of self-purification through fasting, begins across the country today as the new crescent moon was sighted in Bangladesh sky yesterday evening. The National Moon Sighting Committee made the announcement at a meeting in the Islamic Foundation, Baitul Mukarram Mosque after reviewing the reports of moon sighting from different parts of ... Read more
Court grants bail to Kader
Abdul Kader, a Dhaka University student who was tortured in police custody after being arrested on July 16, was granted bail on Monday in a case of alleged carjacking. Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Utpal Chowdhury granted him the bail upon a bond of Tk 5,000 and also rejected a police plea for a seven-day remand to ... Read more
Fakhrul’s motorcade attacked in Laxmipur
He escapes unhurt Unidentified youths attacked the motorcade of BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in Laxmipur yesterday afternoon. Fakhrul escaped unhurt as his car was not damaged, but 10 others received minor injuries. The attackers vandalised two cars and three
HC summons Rajuk officials
The High Court on Monday asked all executive magistrates, authorised officers and inspectors of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha to appear in the court on August 4 along with the Rajuk chairman to explain what measures they had taken to enforce the safety rules on the buildings under construction in the capital. A bench of Justice ... Read more
8 officials charged with Tk 25cr graft
State-run Gas Company 8 officials charged with Tk 25cr graft The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday pressed charges against eight officials of Rupantorito Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL), a concern of state-run Petrobangla Ltd, for misappropriating Tk 25 crore petroleum products in five years between 2002 and 2007. They manipulated logbook and tampered with meters to show ... Read more
It’s amnesty time in KL
Undocumented Bangladeshi workers start to get registered, end years of sufferings After years of sufferings due to their irregular status, thousands of undocumented Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia today join many other irregular foreign workers for biometric registration as a step to their regularisation. The registration begins as per Kuala Lumpur’s earlier announced amnesty for about ... Read more
UN rejects govt’s view
Indigenous People UN rejects govt’s view The general segment of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) session rejected the official position of Bangladesh government on the non-Bangalee people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), and adopted the report of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. The Bangladesh government, represented by Abul Kalam ... Read more
Power-cuts to greet Ramadan
As the power supply situation deteriorated in the recent days, the Power Division yesterday decided at power-cut during the Ramadan not more than half an hour in each spell in any area. Ahead of the Ramadan, the country’s power generation drastically fell to 4,400 MW from an average 4,800 MW. Many areas in cities and ... Read more