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Behind-the-scene high drama at an undisclosed place: SCBA poll deferred
Staff Reporter
The election of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), scheduled for yesterday and today, has finally been deferred by one month in the face of government ban order. Now, the overdue election will be held on April 28 and April 29 next.
The decision was taken at a meeting between the Law Adviser and SCBA leaders, which was followed by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two.
The hour long meeting was held at an undisclosed place in Gulshan in the city.  |
Gilani elected premier: Pak PM orders release of detained judges
Reuters, Islamabad
New Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani ordered on Monday the immediate release of all judges detained by President Pervez Musharraf after he imposed emergency rule in November.
"I order the immediate release of detained judges of the superior judiciary," Gilani told the National Assembly, shortly after it overwhelmingly voted for him to become prime minister.
Gilani, a top member of the party of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, also appealed to judges to resolve disputes through parliament, not through protests. |
Olympic torch lit amid protest
Agency, Athens
The Olympic torch has been lit at a ceremony in Greece that was briefly disrupted by protesters.
Two pro-Tibet activists broke through the cordon of 1,000 police officers in Olympia and attempted to display a flag as China's envoy spoke. Activists had vowed to protest over the violence in and around Tibet.
The torch will now be carried around Greece before being sent to China to start a journey through 20 countries, returning to Beijing on 8 August.
The route includes the torch being taken to the top of Mount Everest and through Tibet. |
3 more VIP prisoners sent back to jail: Doctors barred from entering prison cell with cellphone Staff Reporter
The prison authorities yesterday sent back three more VIP prisoners to Dhaka Central Jail from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for violating the jail code.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG-Prisons) Maj Shamsul Haider Siddiqui said that they returned detained former BNP lawmakers Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu and Salauddin Ahmed, who were undergoing treatment in the prison cell of BSMMU, to the central jail yesterday morning. And another VIP detainee, Abul Hashem, chairman of Partex Group, was supposed to be brought back to jail yesterday evening. |
Lack of confidence among traders persists: Annisul
UNB, Dhaka
Lack of confidence among the businesspeople is still there although the situation has slightly improved following various steps of the government, said newly elected FBCCI president Annisul Huq.
"Lack of confidence still there among the businessmen, although the situation has improved a little bit as the government has taken various steps in this regard," he said.
He was speaking after taking over charge as president of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) from its administrator Syed Monjur Elahi at its conference room. |
BDR DG urges business people Import more, make less profit
UNB, Dhaka
BDR Director General Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed yesterday urged the business leaders to import more and make profit less as a measure to help contain the spiraling prices.
"Though the food prices are high on the international market, but the prices in Bangladesh much higher compared to that. It cannot be allowed to go. But we don't want to interfere, you should take immediate steps in this regard," he told the business leaders.
The BDR DG was exchanging views with the importers and leaders of various business forums at Moulvibazar Business Association office in old Dhaka. |
Sarkozy's ex-wife marries: Revenge wedding
BBC News
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's former wife Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz has remarried at a private ceremony in New York's Rockefeller Center.
She wed Moroccan-born public relations executive Richard Attias in the New York landmark's Rainbow Room. Arriving in a black limousine with tinted windows, the couple avoided photographers by using an underground car park. Sarkozy himself remarried less than two months ago.
He tied the knot with Carla Bruni on 2 February - less than four months after the end of his volatile 11-year marriage to Ms Ciganer-Albeniz. |
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Internet Edition. March 25, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
