Mohammad AliDisposal of cases is being delayed due to shortage of judges in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, raising sufferings of the justice seekers, sources in the SC said.Nearly 6,982 cases are pending before the Appellate Division where at least five posts of judges are vacant, said the sources.The posts of the Appellate Division judges are vacant from December last year as five judges retired from the division. The two more Jus...
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Staff ReporterHawkers clashed with the police apparently over extortion, leaving at least 35 people injured in the city's bustling Gulistan area.Paltan police officer in charge (OC) Shahidul Haq told The New Nation yesterday that there were 15 police members among the injured. He said 14 persons were detained from the scene.The rampaging hawkers, outraged at the loss of brisk business with barely a week before the Eid, vandalized at least eight v...
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Selim Reza, SirajganjOnrush of food water from upstream swelled Jamuna and its tributaries, inundating low lying areas and many villages of about 20 unions in different shoals and greater Chalan Beel region under six upazilas of Sirajganj district, causing immense suffering to the people. The water of Jamuna near Sirajganj town point was flowing about 15cm above its danger level yesterday, Water Development Board (WDB) officials said.Meanwhile, a...
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Staff ReporterDespite the high sounding commitments made by the government, the TCB and the apex business body FBCCI, the prices of essential commodities continued to remain high during the month of Ramzan.Meanwhile as the Holy Eid-ul-Fitr approaches the prices of spices, edible oil and other commodities recorded a higher price as surveyed in the city's kitchen markets yesterday reflecting the 'failure of mechanism' earlier taken by the concerned...
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Staff Reporter Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the 1/11 government is not the result of failure of four-party alliance government. The plan to occur the 1/11 had been taken long time ago and it was pre-planned incident, he said. He further said the 1/11 came in the country to ruin the four parties and other nationalist forces of the country.Addressing a discussion and doa mahfil marking the 2nd ...
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UNB, DhakaFinance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said that the government would give five percent incentive for exploring new export destinations."We shall give 5 percent for export to new markets. It won't be a cash incentive… there will be a separate fund or a separate window for exploring new markets," he told reporters after a meeting of the taskforce on stimulus package at the Ministry of Finance.Chaired by the Finance Minister, the meeting...
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BSS, DhakaState Minister for Law Advocate Quamrul Islam on Friday said investigation into war crimes charges against former Bangladesh Jamaat-e- Islami chief Golam Azam is going on."No scope to arrest Golam Azam at this moment, but might be held at anytime if found guilty in the investigation," he said.The minister was addressing as the chief guest a roundtable demanding arrest and trials of Golam Azam and others war criminals at National Press...
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BBC OnlineAt over 53 people have died in a suicide bombing at a Shia Muslim rally in Quetta city, south-western Pakistan.Nearly 197 others were injured in the explosion at a Palestinian solidarity march in the Meezan Chowk area.It was the second attack on Pakistan's Shia Muslim minority this week - bombs in Lahore on Wednesday kills dozens.The attack comes at a time when Pakistan is grappling with unprecedented floods that have displaced million...
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