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Legal reforms needed for remedy: ACC becomes toothless tiger, says Chairman
Staff Reporter
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) which had chased mighty and influential graft suspects out into jails during the military-backed Caretaker Government has now turned into a "toothless tiger" for its weak legal weapons to fight in trial process, Chairman of ACC Golam Rahman lamented.
"Gradually, the authority of the ACC is being curtailed," Golam Rahman told newsmen at his office yesterday.
Rahman, who recently took the charge of the anti-corruption body after the unceremonious departure of former chief of army staff Lt Gen (rtd) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, said the ACC cannot function properly due to weaknesses in the legal process.  |
EU team concerned at cross-fire, custodial deaths
Special Correspondent
Human Rights Ambassadors from the European Union have expressed their concerns about extra-judicial killings and deaths in custody in Bangladesh.
They are from the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark who came to Bangladesh on a five-day visit on October 11 to take stock of the human rights situation in the country following general elections of December 2008.
The new government is on the right track in general terms and is making rules in line with the various international frameworks but it must put efforts to improve the judiciary, maintain law and order, and ensure human welfare, said Gunter Nooke, German Federal government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid. |
Myanmar border troops buildup: Govt taking cautious steps: Tuku
UNB, Dhaka
State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Huq Tuku ruled out reasons for getting worried but said there must be alert in place over the reported Myanmar security buildup on the frontier with Bangladesh.
Talking to reporters at his ministry yesterday, he observed it is the duty of the government to protect the nation's sovereignty and maintain law and order in the country.
"The government is taking measures cautiously in this respect," said the State Minister for Home Affairs about the neighbor's reported military movements, apparently over the maritime-boundary disputes. |
Slow investment growth cripples economy Pulack Ghatack
Slow trend in investment growth coupled with decline in export earnings has been causing a crippling effect in the country's economy, official statistics revealed.
The public sector has been increasingly becoming dependent on bank loans following sluggish trend in revenue earnings.
The foreign exchange reserve in the Bangladesh Bank has, however, been described as quite satisfactory as it crossed US$9 billion at the end of August. This has been attributed to the remittances by the overseas employees and also to the decline in import payment. |
Extrajudicial killings: Action to be taken if cops found guilty: PM
UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina categorically said if anyone of the country's law-enforcing agencies is found guilty regarding extra judicial killings, they would be given stringent punishment as she made it clear that everybody is entitled to legal protection.
She made the remark when Human Rights Ambassadors of the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany Arjan Hamburger, Amold de Fine Skibsted and Gunter Nooke paid a courtesy call on her at the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday and discussed human-right situation and parliamentary affairs among other matters of common interest. |
Bangabandhu murder case: Argument by defence counsel begins UNB, Dhaka
The decisive legal battle with arguments for overturning the High Court judgment affirming the death sentences to the five appellants in the Bangabandhu murder case kicks off Thursday in the appellate division of the Supreme Court.
On the 8th day of hearings, Barrister Abdullah Al Mamun, the counsel for condemned prisoner Maj (retd) Bazlul Huda, concluded before the five-member appellate division bench the reading out of excerpts from a bulky paper-book containing the whole case documents, including the lodging of the First Information Report (FIR) and all judgments. |
Installation of N-power plant: Team flies to Russia for inspection Oct 17 UNB, Dhaka
After a long wait, a seven-member high-powered Bangladesh delegation is going to Russia on Saturday for a spot inspection of their nuclear installations to get elaborate ideas about installing nuclear power plants in the country.
"On return home, we'll give our opinion to the government about the signing of deals with Russia for installing a nuclear power plant in the country," State Minister for Science and Information Communication Technology Yeafesh Osman told reporters Wednesday after a seminar. |
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Internet Edition. October 15, 2009, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
