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DU Correspondent

A group of Students formed a human chain in front of the Vice Chancellor's office of Dhaka University yesterday demanding the release of the detained teachers and students.

The students wrapped their bodies with the cloth of coffin during 15 minutes lasting human chain programme.

Nobody responded from the Vice Chancellor office to receive its memorandum rather the security guards locked the collapsible gate to halt the students to enter the office.

After waiting some times, the students left the VC office area, sources said.

Staff Reporter

Hamdard Bangladesh has launched three new products at the 13th Dhaka International Trade Fair 2008. An expert Hakim is providing free prescription service to the customers in its stall No-79 at the fair ground at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

The three products are Fevnil, Hamdard Chyabanprash and Jinsant. Two more products- Alvasin and Marbelus have already been released in the market just few days back.

Kazi Mansur-Ul- Huq, Director Information and Public Relations of Hamdard said, "Fevnil is a medicine, which offers effective cure from fever and kidney related complications. Hamdard Chyabanprash cures people from cold and fever and Jinsant is a good medication for people suffering from physical weakness."

Nearly 120 different medicines of Hamdard are available at the DITF stall, he said.

Staff Reporter

Islamic Banking is a growing trend, not only in Muslim countries but also successfully implemented by many non-Muslim multinational banks across the world, said Islamic Banking expert Dr Muhammad Kabir Hassan.

"Islamic Banking system is still at its primary stage in Bangladesh, despite holding vital potential to flourish. It is because of lack of academic training and technical knowledge among bankers and Shariah experts," he said.

He was addressing a press conference yesterday to inaugurate a five-day long training programme on Islamic Banking Supervision, Basel-II and Capital Adequacy, to start today in the city by the Prime Bank Training Institute.

"In the training, I will try to advocate business profitability in Islamic Banking System in Bangladesh to the participants from various banks in Bangladesh. In the meantime, I will also learn their field level experiences and difficulties," added by Dr Kabir. He will train local banking staffs as the main resource person.

Senior executives of six Islamic Banks and nine other conventional banks, having Islamic Banking branches including Prime Bank, will take part in the Training Programme.

Azam J Chowdhury, Chairman of Prime Bank Limited inaugurated the function as Chief Guest. Managing Director M Shahjahan Bhuiyan, Deputy Managing Director Nasiruddin Ahmed of Prime Bank, Abdul Awal Sarker, DGM in charge of Islamic Banking Department, Bangladesh Bank and Dr M Kabir Hassan, Professor of New Orleans University, USA and resource person of the Training Course spoke on the occasion.

Staff Reporter

Summit Power Limited (SPL) has requested the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to allow issuance of right shares after one of its directors, who was a loan defaulter, resigned from its board.

Earlier, the capital market regulators had expressed its inability to accord approval to the application of SPL for issuing four right shares against every five shares as per the decision of the EGM of the company held on September 29, 2007.

Fazlul Haque, the independent director of SPL, resigned after the regulatory authority expressed its inability due to his inherited loan from one of his family businesses, said a company release yesterday.

SPL board has accepted his resignation and requested SEC to reconsider the application for allowing issuance of right shares.

The release said that SPL would soon be able to overcome the unfortunate set back and assured that the issuance of right shares would take place at the earliest opportunity.

It also emphasized that the temporary impediment created in development works would not, in anyway, hamper the present operations of existing power plants of SPL.

BSS, Dhaka

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh yesterday condemned the filing of a murder case against the party's central leaders including the Ameer Moulana Matiur Rahman Nizami and Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid.

The Jamaat, in a resolution adopted by its Majlish-e-Shura, the highest policy making body on Friday said one Muzaffar Ahmed Khan filed the case on December 17 last after 36 years of the independence against the Jamaat leaders to tarnish their image.

The allegation of killings and arson attacks brought against the leaders in the case is totally false and baseless, the resolution said and added that the case was filed with an ill motive only to harass the Jamaat leaders politically.

The Majlish-e-Shura is of the opinion that the Jamaat leaders have been contributing to the politics of Bangladesh for the last 36 years and played a glorious role in different democratic movements with other political parties including BNP and Awami League, which received appreciation from the countrymen, the resolution said.

Besides, no case or general diary was filed against the leaders during the last 36 years anywhere in the country, the Majlish-e-Shura said.

The Shura further said as cabinet ministers the Jamaat chief and its secretary general ran three ministries during last four- party alliance government and the present government did not bring any charge of corruption or extortion against them.

Jamaat will fight the case through legal means as the party believes in the rule of law, the resolution added.