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Govt unveils probe report on BDR mutiny, main reasons yet to be identified, Hasina’s handling of the situation praised: Mastermind missing
Staff Reporter
The government probe committee on the February 25-26 carnage at the Bangladesh Rifle (BDR) headquarters in the Peelkhana has blamed years of pent-up anger of the ordinary troops over pay scales and lack of other facilities for the mutiny.
The BDR jawans have been pressing their demands for the appointment of officers from their own organization, 100 percent ration, reorganizing their pay scales on the line of pay structures of the army and sending them abroad on the UN peace keeping mission.  |
Govt notice asking Khaleda to vacate house stayed: High Court issues Rule on Govt
Staff Reporter
The High Court yesterday stayed for three months the government notice asking Leader of the Opposition in Parliament and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to vacate her cantonment house.
A High Court Bench comprising Justice Syed Refat Ahmed and Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury asked the Government to explain in three weeks why the impugned May 24 notice should not be declared "illegal" and in violation of the petitioner's fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution. |
Aila toll climbs to 155 Staff Reporter
The death toll by deadly Aila climbed to 155 yesterday by unofficial count which is sure to rise further as rescuers and local people are still spotting many bodies. At least 113 death has been confirmed so far officially.
Tens of thousands of people are leaving in extreme misery when military and civil relief workers are struggling to reach remote areas delivering food, fresh water and shelters.
Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzak said conditions on the ground were desperate but that a major relief and rescue operation was in full swing. |
'Point of order or disorder’: Iajuddin’s interview sparks controversy
Hasanuzzaman Khan
Anwara Ahmed, wife of former president Iajuddin Ahmed, and Kazi Jessin, a TV presenter of a private channel, appeared to have landed in a row over telecasting a live programme on the former president.
In the programme, the former president said, he ordered the arrest of Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia during the post-1/11 emergency period. He also consulted others before promulgating emergency. Crusade against corrupt political bigwigs was not beyond his knowledge.
His above mentioned comments created a stir in the political arena of the country. |
Fresh torture allegations against MI5: British govt faces legal action Staff Reporter
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith faces legal action over allegations that MI5 agents colluded in the torture of a British former civil servant by Bangladeshi intelligence officers, the Guardian reported on Wednesday.
Lawyers for the British man, Jamil Rahman, are to file a damage claim alleging that Smith was complicit in assault, unlawful arrest, false imprisonment and breaches of human rights legislation over his alleged ill-treatment while detained in Bangladesh.
The claims bring to three the number of countries in which British intelligence agents have been accused of colluding in the torture of UK nationals. |
Tipaimukh Dam: All-party JS body to be formed: PM UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said a Parliamentary Committee comprising Members of Parliament from all political parties will be formed to review Bangladesh's position on the construction of Tipaimukh Dam on the Barak River by neighboring India.
She spoke of the decision when Indian High Commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty called on her at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) yesterday. "The Parliamentary Committee will visit the areas around the Tipaikmukh region and report its findings. After submission of the report, the position of Bangladesh on the construction of Tipaimukh Dam will be decided," she said. |
Ctg arms haul: Ex-NSI DG denies his involvement: Former DD Liaquat arrested
BSS, Chittagong
Former Director General (DG) of National Security Intelligence (NSI) Brig Gen (retd) Abdur Rahim, an accused in the country's ever-biggest arms and ammunition haul case, made his confessional statement before a metropolitan magistrate here on Wednesday afternoon denying his involvement in the incident.
Court sources said Rahim started making his confession under 164 of BPC before Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Osman Gani after he was taken to the chamber of the magistrate at about 2.55 pm today. Deposition of his statement continued till 5.45 pm. |
Restriction on rickshaw movement fails to stop traffic jam in city
Mahbubur Rahman Khan
Imposing ban on rickshaw movement on different roads of the capital could not stop traffic jam rather it accentuated the economic woes of people, pushed more rickshaw pullers into poverty trap and created transport problem for a large number of commuters.
Hundreds of poor people in the capital mange their bare necessities of life by pulling rickshaw. The earnings of the rickshaw pullers, however meager, could make dent on poverty and alleviate sufferings of their family members in the countryside at least to some extent. |
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Internet Edition. May 28, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
