| True justice objective of independent judiciary
Attendance in full court time
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Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin addressing the crowing ceremony of Chittagong District Bar Association at its auditorium on Monday. Photo : AUH Dulal |
Staff Correspondent
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Mohammad Ruhul Amin on Monday night urged the judicial magistrates to put in their best discreetness for independent judiciary by applying important criminal procedure.
“The independence of judiciary is by no means that the judges have the rights to flout the existing laws or not to take into considerations of the interests of the greater civil society” the chief justice firmly said this while addressing the installation ceremony of the Chittagong District Bar Association-2007 at bar auditorium .
Referring to the journey of the independent judiciary since November 1 last year Ruhul Amin said its basic objective was to ensure true criminal justice in magistracy level through complete application of the magistrate’s clear dexterity .
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Researcher Dr. Imam rescued
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Staff Correspondent
Police in a successful drive just after eight hours of kidnapping bid, rescued a kidnapped educationist-turn-researcher from city's Hazighona area in Firozshah Colony hours before dawn Tuesday. Police rescued the researcher Dr. Imam Uddin Bhuiyan, a researcher of United National University, Japan, from the residence of Ranu Begum.
Police, simultaneously, arrested three alleged kidnappers during the drive. The arrestees were identified as Salahuddin Sallu, Tofazzal Haque Raju and Ranu Begum.
The arrested alleged kidnappers are now under questioning in the Khulshi police station under Sub-Inspector Rabiul Hossain.
Police said that a group of kidnappers abducted Dr. Imam Uddin Bhuiyan in front of Garibullah Shah Housing Society at about 7:45 p.m. Monday and demanded TK 1 lakh ransom for his release. The snatchers made the educationist senseless before kidnapping.
Police rescued the educationsist from city's Feroz Shah Colony area at about 3:00 a.m.
The kidnapped researcher informed it to his friend Professor Yunus and asked him to manage money.
Professor Yunus, a retired teacher, informed it to local police station and police went out in search of Dr. Imam. As part of drive, they arrested Salahuddin who has been shouldering dozens of criminal cases.
He was immediately sent to police questioning and following his information police raided at the Hazighona area and rescued the researcher.
Dr. Imam told the reporters that the kidnappers tortured him during the confinement. When the addicted kidnappers slept down Dr. Imam managed to flee from the spot and took shelter at a nearby residence.
The kidnapped educationist filed a case with Khulshi police station in connection with the incident.
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CU Gha Unit admission
test result published |
Staff Correspondent
Result of first year honors admission test under Social Science Faculty (Gha Unit) for the academic session 2007-2008 published yesterday.
Earlier, the result was published within 12 hours of the examination and later suspended for false information.
The highest grand total of the examination was 108.06. A total of 523 seats are available in the Social Science faculty under five departments - Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology and International Relations.
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| Chief Justice
visits court
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Staff Correspondent
Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin yesterday visited Chittagong court building. He spent nearly three hours in the court building from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and discussed with the judges on different issues.
He also observed court proceeding in the court discussed with the judges on different under-process
cases. Assistant registrar of Supreme Court Farid Ahmed Shibly and General Secretary of Chittagong District Lawyers Association Iftekar Saimul Chowdhury accompanied the chief justice during the visit.
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National News |
Polls ahead of timeline
Dream of returning to pre 1/11
politics pointless: Mainul |
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P View desk
Law and Information Adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein Monday launched a veiled attack on politicians saying that it would be pointless to dream of returning to politics of plunder and anarchy that prevailed before January 11 2007.
"We're not trying to retain power… We're trying to salvage democracy from ruination," he told a seminar titled 'Freedom of Mass Media and People's Right to Information' at PIB, UNB reports from Dhaka.
The Adviser said it is not possible for only 11 Advisers to restore democracy and urged the people to extend their hands to the caretaker government in its efforts to establish democracy.
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| Govt mindful of food
availability for poor : CA |
P View desk
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Monday said the government has taken steps and is giving serious attention to ensure that people living below the poverty line do not suffer for lack of food availability amid rising prices.
He made the remark while receiving donations for the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund from individuals and organizations at his office for the people affected by the November 15 Cyclone 'Sidr'.
The Chief Adviser informed that under the VGF programme food would be given to 5.70 lakh more families who live below the poverty line in flood and poverty prone areas of the country in addition to earlier allocated 26 lakh VGF cards for the 'Sidr' affected people, UNB reports from Dhaka.
He said it is "a testimony of the unity of the nation" the way people of different professions, organizations and other benevolent people came forward in aid of the distressed people during the two consecutive floods last year and after the recent Cyclone 'Sidr'.
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| Rice OMS
begins
tomorrow |
P View desk
Rice from the OMS centres would be available every alternative day as the government's rationing programme begins Wednesday.
Each person will be entitled to receive 3 kgs of rice at Tk 25 per kg from 807 spots in the city corporation, municipality and upazila areas across the country, UNB reports from Dhaka.
A top Food Ministry official said a necessary government order (GO) was issued yesterday (Monday) while necessary preparation completed to put rice on OMS
through 1,990 dealers.
"The joint forces will monitor the whole process to ensure proper distribution," Food Secretary Dr Mohammed Aiyub Mian told reporters today (Monday). He said some 25,372 metric tons of rice would be required this month to run the OMS
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EC secretariat to be accountable
to parliament: Sohu |
bdnews24.com Dhaka
The Election Commission Secretariat will be accountable to parliament for its job once it is freed from the Prime Minister's Office, a commissioner said Monday.
"The prime minister or a representative will reply to the questions related to the EC secretariat in parliament," commissioner Sohul Hossain told bdnews24.com.
Asked what facilities the EC secretariat would enjoy once the separation gets through, the commissioner said: "The work speed of the secretariat will multiply."
"The commissioners will be able to do their jobs such as recruitment and transfer of employees. The allocation of the budget is another vital thing," he said. |
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| Daring burglary in
BRAC Bank Dhaka |
P View desk
A daring burglary has been committed in BRAC Bank's Dhanmondi branch in the capital, breaking 75 lockers in its vault.
Bank officials said a security guard found 75 of 103 lockers of the vault broken when he entered the strong-room along with a customer on Sunday morning. Of the looted lockers, 62 belonged to depositors, UNB reports from Dhaka.
He instantly informed the bank authority of the matter. The bankers later informed Mohammadpur police station about the heist.
Mohammadpur thana OC, the DC of the Detective Branch of police, DMP Commissioner Naye
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Global News |
Benazir in cover story of US magazine
I am what terrorists most fear |
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AP/UNB, New York
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was featured on Parade magazine's cover Sunday, 10 days after her assassination, and in the accompanying story she warned that her enemies wanted her dead.
"I am what terrorists most fear, a female political leader fighting to bring modernity to Pakistan," Bhutto told author Gail Sheehy, who interviewed her weeks earlier in her hometown of Larkana. "Now they're trying to kill me."
Parade's publisher, Randy Siegel, said the magazine went to press on Dec. 21 and was already on its way to the 400 newspapers that distribute it when Bhutto was killed in an attack following a Dec. 27 campaign rally in the city of Rawalpindi.
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Iranian boats `provoke`
US Navy ships in Hormuz |
bdnews24.com
Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three US Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a major oil shipping route off the Iranian coast, over the weekend, CNN reported on Monday.
Citing unidentified U.S. officials, CNN said the Iranian vessels came within 200 yards (metres) of the U.S. ships in international waters in the strait on Saturday, and U.S. sailors came close to opening fire.
Oil prices rose about 30 cents to over $98 a barrel after the CNN report, with traders citing increased risk of disruptions to oil shipments along the key shipping route.
U.S. military officials told CNN the boats were "attack craft" that they believed were operated by Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.
The Iranian boats made threatening maneuvers against the U.S. warships and threatening radio transmissions, the officials told CNN.
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