Staff Correspondent : The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami till January 21, challenging the judgment of the High Court (HC) that declared the registration of the party illegal. A four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Syed Refaat Ahmed passed the order after hearing in part of the civil petition filed by the party. Barrister Ehsan A Siddiq and Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir moved the plea before the court for Jamaat for the second day. The Appellate Division started its hearing on the plea…
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DJ Desk : The special counsel who prosecuted Hunter Biden accused US President Joe Biden on Monday of undermining public confidence in the justice system with his criticism of the investigation into his son. Hunter Biden, 54, was convicted of gun and tax crimes in cases brought by special counsel David Weiss but was pardoned by his father in December. Weiss, in his final report on the case released Monday, noted that the president, in announcing the pardon, had criticized the prosecution of his son, calling it “selective,” “unfair,” “infected” by “raw politics,” and a “miscarriage of justice.” “This statement…
Staff Correspondent : President Mohammed Shahabuddin today urged Kuwait government to recruit more skilled and semi-skilled manpower from Bangladesh. He made the call when the ambassador-designate of the oil-rich Middle Eastern country Kuwait in Dhaka Ali Tunyan Abdul Wahab Hamadah presented his credentials to the President at Bangabhaban this noon. Noting that Kuwait is hosting over 3.50 lakh Bangladeshi workers, the Head of the State expressed gratitude for the recruitment of skilled professionals, including nurses and technical staff. He suggested exploring ways to build on the 2023 Bangladeshi nurses and technical staff to meet Kuwait’s growing demand for skilled manpower.…
Staff Correspondent : Home Adviser Lt. Gen. Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) today said the situation at the border is almost normal as the construction of barbed wire fencing had already been stopped. “There is no tension in the border now,” he said while relying to a question after emerging from a view exchange meeting with the divisional officers in Mymensingh. The Home Adviser said a Director General (DG) level meeting of the two frontier forces of Bangladesh and India will be held next month. “The issues will be discussed at the BGB-BSF level DG meeting,” he said. Jahangir also…
DJ Desk : The impeachment trial of South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol begins on Tuesday to decide the former star prosecutor’s fate after his short-lived martial law decree. The country’s Constitutional Court will rule on whether to uphold parliament’s decision to impeach Yoon or restore his presidential powers. AFP takes a look at what we know: – What is happening? – Armed troops stormed the National Assembly building on December 3 following Yoon’s martial law decree, scaling fences, smashing windows and landing by helicopter. The country’s opposition-controlled parliament voted the decree down hours later, forcing Yoon to lift…
Staff Correspondent : Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store has expressed his strong support for the Bangladesh interim government’s efforts to initiate “much-needed” reforms and conduct free and fair democratic elections. “I have followed developments in Bangladesh over the past year closely, and I am writing to express my strong support for your efforts to initiate much-needed reforms and conduct free and fair democratic elections,” he wrote in a letter sent to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus. Norway Ambassador in Dhaka Gulbrandsen handed over the letter to Chief Adviser Prof Yunus when he called on him at his office in…
Staff Correspondent : The magistracy power of officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force have been extended for another 60 days which will come into effect from January14 aiming to maintain law and order across the country. The public administration ministry today issued a notification in this regard. According to the notification, commissioned officers holding the rank of captain and above in the Bangladesh Armed Forces have been granted special executive magistrate powers for another 60 days across the country . Besides, military officers serving on deputation in the Coast Guard and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have also been…
Staff Correspondent : The government has formed a seven-member “Law and Order Committee” headed by Home Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury to advise on appointments, transfers, and disciplinary matters of district police superintendents (SPs), deputy inspector generals (DIGs), and higher-ranking officials. The Cabinet Division issued a notification to this end on Sunday. Other members of the committee are: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Md. Khuda Baksh Chowdhury, Home Secretary Nasimul Ghani, and inspector general of police…
Staff Correspondent The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) said that there was no legal weakness or interference in scrapping five cases against Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus by the High Court. Advocate Mustafizur Rahman Khan, lawyer of Dr Muhammad Yunus, disclosed this observation of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court to BSS today. A three-member panel of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam on December 8 rejected the leave to appeals by the government against the High Court orders. The full text of the judgment has recently published where the apex court said that there…
Staff Correspondent Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) President Taskeen Ahmed today said that the government would have to ensure comprehensive cooperation to the private sector to overcome LDC graduation challenges if the country graduates in 2026. The DCCI President said this at a press conference held at the DCCI in the capital today. He said that for preparation of LDC graduation, Bangladesh was actually moving on the right direction, but due to Covid-19 pandemic, the Russia- Ukraine conflict, unrest in the Middle East, aftermath of local political unrest coupled with geo-political situation, instability in the financial market, low…
