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Separation of judiciary: Admn Cadre warned against dissent: Magistrate Rokonuddowla incites disobedience among govt officials, threatens to paralyse administration
Staff Reporter
Demanding postponement of the implementation of Separation of Judiciary from the Executive from November 1, leaders of the Administrative Cadre Service yesterday at a seminar said the separation should not be done before 2021 for the best interest of the nation.
Addressing the seminar titled 'Separation of the Judiciary for Good Governance', organised by Bangladesh Institute of Administrative Management (BIAM) in the city, anti-adulteration drive-famed Magistrate Rokonuddowla threatened to cripple the civil administration from upazila to the Secretariat if the Government goes ahead with the implementation of the separation plan as scheduled.  |
War against corruption to continue till present CG stays: Some quarters out to make Bangladesh a failed state: Moeen
Staff Reporter
Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed has said the present caretaker government came to power to reestablish democracy. But, everybody should remember that corruption engulfs democracy. So, war against corruption will continue as long as it can be brought down at tolerable level.
"Anti-corruption drives will continue as long as the present caretaker government remains in power," he said while addressing a reception hosted in honour of him at Breakers' West Club Auditorium at West Palm Beach in Florida Saturday evening. |
Durga Puja ends, immersion ceremony held
Staff Reporter
Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, ended yesterday through the immersion of images of Devi Durga after five days of festivities.
The Hindu community observed the Bijoya Dashami yesterday and exchanged Bijoya greetings before joining the final show. Bijoya Dashami is the special ceremony to reiterate peace and good relations among the people. The day was a public holiday.
The Devi Durga descended on the earth by riding palanquin and departed on elephant-back. Under the Hindu mythology it symbolises that the country will reap abundant crops this year. |
Judiciary separated as per popular demand: Law Adviser Staff Reporter
Acting on popular demand and in accordance with the Constitution, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein said yesterday, the judiciary has been separated from the executive.
Barrister Mainul said, separation and independence of the judiciary from the executive is a 37 year-old demand.
" I don't think the judiciary cannot be made independent in the face of any opposition from a section of officers of the administration cadre", Barrister Mainul said while he was replying to a question put by journalists yesterday at his residence. |
Attack on Benazir: Taliban are the prime suspect
BBC Online
Police in Pakistan have questioned three men in connection with a suicide bomb attack on the convoy of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Thursday.
At least 130 people died in two blasts in Karachi. Bhutto, returning from self-imposed exile, escaped unhurt.
The carnage has raised questions of safety around elections due in January, which Ms Bhutto says she will contest.
The three men were arrested in Punjab province and brought to Karachi for questioning.
A police source told the Associated Press news agency that the men were linked to the vehicle that had been used by one of the attackers. |
Taliban created under Benazir's rule, says Fatima Bhutto
AFP, Karachi
Benazir Bhutto bears the responsibility for the deaths of 139 people in an attack on her homecoming parade by exposing them to danger for the sake of her own "personal theatre", her estranged niece said.
Newspaper columnist and poet Fatima Bhutto, the granddaughter of late Pakistani premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, also told AFP in an interview that her aunt's return from exile would plunge the country further into turmoil. "She insisted on this grand show, she bears a responsibility for these deaths and for these injuries," the 25-year-old said at her plush family home in Karachi two days after the bombings. |
US gets first Indian state governor
AFP, Washington
The son of Punjabi immigrants won an election in Louisiana to become the first Indian-American US state governor, media reports said.
Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, 36, a Republican member of the House of Representatives, is also the first non-white to hold the post since the 1870s and the nation's youngest governor.
"My mom and dad came to this country in the pursuit of the American dream. And guess what happened? They found the American dream to be a alive and well right here in Louisiana," Jindal told a cheering crowd, in a televised speech after his victory. |
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Internet Edition. October 22, 2007, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
