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Khaleda’s freedom anytime: High Court grants bail for three months in Nico, GATCO cases
Staff Reporter
The High Court yesterday granted there months bail to detained former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in GATCO and Niko graft cases for three months in each.
The Vacation Bench of the High Court Division comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Mamnoon Rahman passed the duo-bail orders, after hearing the bail petitions.
With these Begum Zia has secured bail in all the four cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Now, no obstacle is there in the way of her release through legal process.  |
AL demands JS polls first EC schedules for JS, DCC, upazila polls in 3 days
Staff Reporter
The leaders of the Awami League (AL) urged the Election Commission (EC) to hold the parliamentary election ahead of all other polls, to withdraw state of emergency and to ensure unconditional release of party chief Sheikh Hasina.
The AL leaders placed these demands during the two-hour long dialogue with the EC, which started at 2:00pm and ended at 4:00pm on Tuesday, the last day of the third-round of electoral dialogue.
Acting President of AL Zillur Rahman, coming out from the dialogue, told reporters that the dialogue was fruitful. |
Zardari pledges to fight terror: Karzai attends swearing-in
AFP, Islamabad
Asif Ali Zardari took office as Pakistan's new president Tuesday, and immediately pledged to work with Afghanistan to stop the terrorist scourge that is killing countless people in both countries.
Zardari, the controversial 53-year-old widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, was sworn in at a closely guarded ceremony at the presidential palace in the capital Islamabad.
He becomes the 14th president in the short but often turbulent history of the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline US "war on terror" ally, after a weekend win in elections among lawmakers. |
DMP patrol mount feeble motorbike : Criminals out manoeuvre police Mamunur Rashid
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) is unable to efficiently prevent crime or chase criminals in the city and across the country with the help of the China-made Zongshen 125cc motorbikes.
Source said there are about 1,050 Chinese motorbikes on patrol duty in the DMP. The quality and performance of these motorbikes were worse than that of the Japanese, Korean or Indian-made motorbikes for civilian use and mostly owned by private citizens in the country. |
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Internet Edition. September 10, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
