Services of 5 HC judges regularised
The government has regularised services of five additional High Court judges, excepting ABM Altaf Hossain, as judges, according to a notification of the law ministry.
Archive for June 9th, 2014
HC questions law endorsing some martial law ordinances
The High Court on Monday directed the government to explain in four weeks why the law legalising ‘some martial law ordinances’ promulgated during former dictator HM Ershad’s regime should not be declared illegal.
Muhith blames partisan directors for loan scams
Finance minister AMA Muhith on Monday said persons appointed as the board of directors on political consideration could be blamed for the widespread loan scandals…
ACC sues DG Food
The Anti Corruption Commission has filed a case against Director General of Food Ahmed Hossain Khan on charge of an alleged corruption in a project sponsored by the World Bank…
Pakistan airport cleared of militants after attack kills 28
Twenty-eight people were killed as Pakistan’s military fought an all-night battle Monday with Taliban gunmen who besieged Karachi airport armed with rocket launchers and suicide vests, leaving a nascent peace process…
No-confidence petition filed in Milky murder case
The plaintiff of Riazul Haque Khan Milky murder case on Monday filed a no-confidence petition against the charge sheet submitted by Rapid Action Battalion…
PM hopes new avenue of cooperation with China
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday expressed her firm optimism that her ongoing China visit would further strengthen Dhaka-Beijing bilateral ties and open up a new avenue for economic and political cooperation…
Three farm labourers killed in Manikganj road crash
Three farm labourers were killed and eight others injured as a pickup van they were ridding overturned on the Dhaka-Aricha highway under Shibalaya upazila in Manikganj district…
Attack on Pakistan’s main airport leaves 24 dead
Heavily armed militants launched an assault on Pakistan’s busiest airport in the southern city of Karachi, leaving at least 24 dead including 10 militants in a six-hour siege that the army quelled at dawn…
Five dead in ‘tragic’ Las Vegas shooting
Two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian were killed in an apparent ambush Sunday that ended with the two gunmen killing themselves…
Process on to send Chetia back
State minister for home affairs Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said in parliament that a process to repatriate detained United Liberation Front of Asom leader Anup Chetia to India was under way…
19 projects likely to be approved
The inter-ministerial committee reviewing the detailed area plan of the Dhaka city is going to allow development of water bodies and open spaces spanning not more than 20 kathas for building construction changing the area plan…
BNP ready for dialogue, Khaleda tells EU team
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday told a visiting official of the European Union that her party was ready to join
dialogue with the government anytime over holding of a participatory election…
2 more power purchase contracts to get extension
The government is likely to extend by five years two more contracts to buy electricity from two private power plants with combined generation capacity of 164MW…
BB asks banks for account details of 3 RAB men
The Bangladesh Bank on Sunday issued letters to all banks seeking account details of three former Rapid Action Battalion officials, now arrested in cases of the murder of seven people after their abduction in Narayanganj on April 27…
Warm welcome for Hasina in Beijing
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of revolutionary struggle of China by placing a wreath at the Monument to the People’s Heroes at Tiananmen Square in Beijing…
Delhi yet to reply to Dhaka’s request
India has sent no reply yet to Bangladesh’s recent request for reconvening the postponed meeting of the Bangladesh-India Joint Rivers Commission in Dhaka to resolve outstanding Teesta water sharing issue…
At least 30 killed in DR Congo ethnic violence
At least 30 men, women and children were killed in inter-ethnic violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo overnight, most of them slaughtered as they slept in a church, local sources said Saturday…
HC asks Nizam Hazari to explain why his JS seat won’t be vacated
The High Court on Sunday directed the Election Commission and ruling Awami League MP from Feni 2, arms case convict Nijam Uddin Hazari to explain why his Parliament seat would not be declared vacant…
ACC to sue 3 former ministers, MPs
The Anti-Corruption Commission is likely to file cases against at least three of the seven ministers and lawmakers of the immediate past government, who are now under ACC scanner…
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