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OC asks for mercy for false case
bdnews.com The police officer who falsely implicated Dhaka University student Abdul Kadar in a robbery case has apologised to a Dhaka court and sought mercy from it, saying that he was compelled to do so under orders from his boss. File Photo Sub-inspector of Khilgaon Police Station Alam Badsha, complainant of the case, also pledged [...]
Manmohan assuresMamata on Farakka
bdnews.com India’s Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has assured Mamata Banerjee that the leakages of Farakka Barrage will be plugged by March this year. File Photo Simply put, it means that the excess water which Bangladesh is drawing on account of the leakages from gate no 16 and gate no 13 will end next month. [...]
Travel agency worker stabbed dead in city
bdnews.com Unidentified miscreants stabbed a middleman of a travel agency to death in the city’s Paltan area early Wednesday. Hailed from Habiganj district, Saiful Islam alias Jalal, 30, was residing at a mess in Paltan area. Victim’s roommate Rana told The Daily Star that Jalal was talking with two unknown persons in front of the [...]
HC orders demolition of tructures adjacent to Shahid Minar
bdnews.com The High Court directed the government on Wednesday to demolish all structures situated within the land of Central Shaheed Minar in the capital in 48 hours. The order is not applicable for an old graveyard, which is situated on the land of Shaheed Minar, the court said. In response to a writ petition, the [...]
Transport strike paralyses Rajshahi div
bdnews.com Transport workers enforced a 72-hour strike in eight districts of Rajshahi division Wednesday morning, suspending road communications between Dhaka and 16 northern districts. Bangladesh Transport Workers Federation started the strike at 6:00am to realise their eight-point demand, including appointment letter for transport workers. Our Rajshahi correspondent reports, a very few tempos were seen plying [...]
Fake Rab men commit robbery in Manikganj
bdnews.com 7 held with uniform, arms Our Correspondent, Manikganj Police arrested seven robbers impersonating as Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) men at Ghior upazila in the district and recovered cash and ornaments worth over Tk 30 lakh on Monday night. The police also seized two shotguns, two machetes, a knife, two sets of Rab uniform and [...]
20 AL men hurt in Noakhali in a dispute over paying tribute
Twenty people were injured in separate factional clashes of Awami League in Sonaimuri and Hatia upazilas of Noakhali in the early hours of Tuesday over paying tributes to language martyrs. The AL men locked in arguments over placing wreaths first at local shaheed minars, reports our Noakhali correspondent. Local administration imposed section-144 in [...]
HC ask why structures being demolished
bdnews.com The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities concerned why their failure to preserve two archeological structures in Old Dhaka — ‘Shankhanidhi House’ and ‘Radha-Krishna Temple’ — should not be declared illegal. In response to a writ petition, the bench of Justice HM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Jahangir Hossain also asked why the failure [...]
1,100 NU employees lose jobs
bdnews.com The High Court on Monday declared illegal the appointments of around 1,100 employees of National University – who were recruited in 13 months from November 2003 – for anomalies in advertisements and recruitment process. The termination will come into effect immediately after pronouncement of the verdict Monday, the court ruled. The NU has been [...]
Politicians frustrate us: HR chief
bdnews.com Head of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) vented his frustration on the country’s politicians saying that the people will have to realise their rights themselves because politicians will not do anything for them. “Politicians are busy working on how to take control of Dhaka, they will not help people realise their rights,” [...]
Enactment of Law not mandatory
bdnews.com Shakhawat Liton By passing a private member’s resolution on the war crimes trial last Thursday, Parliament in fact expressed its opinion on the matter. The resolution says: “Parliament’s opinion is that legal provisions be enacted to take action against those obstructing the war crimes trial…”And it is not binding upon the government to move [...]