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UNB, Dhaka

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Tuesday arrested nine people of a fake marriage media, including its managing director (MD), for their alleged involvement in fraudulent act.

RAB sources said they arrested nine people of DeshBangla marriage media - its female MD, Monalisa, 25, and eight employees - from a restaurant at Dhanmondi at about 3:30pm on charges of cheating people in the name of matchmaking.

They said the marriage agency used to take Tk 4,000 from each client introducing Monalisa as Canadian citizen and offering her hand in marriage.

Being informed by a client, RAB men in plain cloths accosted the nine members of DeshBangla marriage agency at Yummy Yummy restaurant at Dhanmondi where a deal was under way.

As they failed to show any legal documents, the elite forces took Monalisa and her eight accomplices into custody for interrogation.

UNB, Dhaka

Responding to the call of the Chief Justice, the government now considers providing round-the-clock gunmen security for the judicial magistrates in district and metropolitan areas.

Sources in the Home Ministry Tuesday said a letter requesting necessary measures to provide gunmen for the judicial magistrates working in district and metropolitan areas was received.

"The ministry is now considering the matter," said one source, three days after the CJ rang the alarm bell.

On Saturday, Chief Justice M Ruhul Amin at the annual conference of the Bangladesh Judicial Service Association urged the government to ensure security of the judicial magistrates.

UNB, Dhaka

A US-Canada company in the name & Style M/s Accessories World Limited will set up a garments accessories manufacturing industry in the Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ) with an investment of US$ 5.2 million.

The 100 percent foreign owned company will produce hanger, sizer stick, hanger sticker, plastic furniture, plastic toys, plastic tools, house hold items, pp band and other plastic items.

The company will create employment opportunity for 288 Bangladeshi and three foreign nationals.

An agreement to this effect was signed between the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and M/s Accessories World Limited in BEPZA Complex on Tuesday.

Member (Investment Promotion) of BEPZA Prasanta Bhushan Barua and Deputy Managing Director of M/s Accessories World Limited Ahsan Khan Chowdhury signed the lease agreement on behalf of their respective organizations.

UNB, Dhaka

Kazi Tajul Islam Faruque has been reinstated as chairman of the Westmont Power (Bangladesh) Limited.

Faruque, the complainant of an extortion case against former Prime Minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, was earlier relieved of the chairmanship of the Malaysia-based power company.

According to a press release of the Westmont Power, Faruque took over as chairman of the company yesterday.

UNB, Dhaka

Incumbent and former leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Tuesday strongly protested the demand for 50 percent appointments of High Court judges from among the members of Bangladesh Judicial Service Association (BJSA).

On Saturday, the BJSA put forward the demand before the Chief Justice at its 57th annual conference held at Osmani memorial hall in the capital.

Dismissing the demand as "unrealistic, unlawful and outcome of trade-union mindset", the apex court's lawyer leaders said such demand raised by the association is an evil effort' to weaken the highest judiciary.

This is "unfortunate and disappointing" after the separation of the judiciary from the executive control.

In a joint statement, they also urged the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary affairs to take appropriate step to restrain the judges of the subordinate courts from conducting such "trade union-like activities in the name of association".

The signatories to the statement are SCBA secretary AM Amin Uddin and ex-secretaries M Shahidul Karim Siddique, M Momtaz Uddin Fakir, M Mahbub Ali, Bashir Ahmed and M Enayetur Rahim.