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HT Imam hits back at Suranjit: Sending judges into retirement and reinstating them a settled issue: Certain quarter out to embarrass govt
Staff Reporter
Prime Minister’s adviser HT Imam yesterday said that the sending of two judges to forced retirement and reinstating them again is a settled issue.
Addressing a press conference he said that people who want to embarrass the government is taking the issue in this direction.
“When some members of the government talk in the same vein it makes people surprised. The issue needs to be investigated,” Imam told newsmen at his Hare Road residence.
He said the move in no way was extra-constitutional. The two judges were sent to retirement according to the retirement law of 1974.  |
Poor screening at ZIA blamed: 19 more Swine flu victims detected
BSS, Dhaka
The country has recorded 19 more new swine flu cases in the last 24 hours after health authorities were blamed for lax screening of suspected people on arrival at Zia International Airport, country's main entry point.
"We have recorded 19 fresh A H1N1 virus infected people in the country and now the total number rose to 163," the government's spokesperson on infectious diseases said on Friday.
Prof Dr Mahmudur Rahman, also the director of institute of epidemiology disease control and research (IEDCR, however, denied allegations of poor screening for homebound passengers at the airport, saying 'rather steps have been taken to strengthen it. |
5000 corruption cases to be revived Ershad, Moudud among the bigwigs involved
Mamunur Rashid
At least 5,000 old cases of now defunct Anti-Corruption Bureau will be revived by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for fresh investigation, sources in the ACC have said.
Of these cases, some were against political bigwigs including former president and Jatiya party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad and BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed.
Besides the old cases during the period of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, the present ACC filed nearly 500 cases mostly against political leaders, bureaucrats and business tycoons during the tenure of the immediate past caretaker government
Ershad was incarcerated for a couple of years in connection with corruption cases filed by the then Anti-Corruption Bureau when BNP came to power in 1991. |
Market remains restive: Sugar price continues to shoot up
Talha Bin Habib
The prices of essential commodities kept soaring in the city's kitchen markets yesterday foiling the government's mechanism to contain the volatility of the market price during the month of Ramzan.
On the other hand, despite sufficient stock and withdrawal of tariffs and import duties, the price of sugar has again shot up in the markets due to alleged price manipulation by unscrupulous businessmen. |
Amisha patel in Dhaka
Staff Reporter
Heavy crowd converged in front of the newly established fashion house named Zaara at block number 14 of posh Gulshan yesertday afternoon to have a glimpse of heart-throbbing popular Bollywood film star Amisha Patel who inaugurated it.
The pressure of the enthusiastic crowd was so heavy that it was virtually impossible for any transport to pass through the block.The line of her curious fans extended up to Gulshan-Mohkhali Road creating unbearable traffic jam for about an hour. |
Mystery shrouds Shastri's death: Grandson poses question why poisoning suspect was released
BBC Online
Was India's third prime minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri, murdered? Officially, the diminutive leader died of a heart attack in a dacha in Tashkent, hours after he signed a peace agreement with the Pakistani president, Ayub Khan, on 11 January 1966, some four months after the end of the second war between the two neighbours. But if you believe surviving members of Mr Shastri's family and an enthusiastic Delhi-based journalist, Mr Shastri was possibly poisoned.
What has added grist to the conspiracy mill is the Indian government's refusal to declassify a document it has in its possession pertaining to Mr Shastri's death. |
2.5 lakh buildings vulnerable to quake in 3 cities bdnews24.com, Dhaka
Around 250,000 buildings in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet cities have been bracketed by a recent survey as being vulnerable to earthquake.
"The survey results were absolutely shocking," says ASM Maqsud Kamal, national adviser to Comprehensive Disaster Management Programme for tsunami, cyclone and earthquake.
"As many as 142,000 out of 180,000 buildings in Chittagong, 24,000 of another 52,000 structures in Sylhet and 78,000 out of 326,000 buildings in Dhaka cities have been labelled as risky," Kamal added. |
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Internet Edition. August 29, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
