LEGALITY OF FIFTH AMENDMENT
HC verdict stayed
for two months
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday extended for two months the stay on a High Court verdict that declared illegal the fifth amendment to the constitution, made through martial law proclamations. The full court of the division, with the chief justice, Syed JR Mudassir Husain, presiding and comprising all the six judges, also directed the government to file a regular petition for leave to appeal
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‘Islamists and
ultra-leftists carried
out Aug 17 blasts’
The August 17 countrywide chain-bombing was a combined attack of two Islamic extremist groups and a faction of an underground ultra-leftist party, said intelligence agencies investigating the unprecedented bombing attacks...[ + ]
Huge cache of arms, ammo recovered
in Bandarban
Joint forces of the Bangladesh Army and the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the remote Lembuchari area of Bandarban...[ + ]
BNP turns 27 today
No national council held since 1993
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party will observe its 27th founding anniversary today. The late Ziaur Rahman, former president, founded the party on September 1, 1978...
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Saifur sets time for some SOEs to go public
The finance and planning minister, M Saifur Rahman, on Wednesday gave timeframe to some public enterprises to float the shares and directed others to restructure the enterprises to make them ready, both technically and legally, for floating shares. Instantly, the government can opt for floating shares of enterprises such as Eastern Cable, National Tube, Osmania Glass Sheet and also AB bank and IFIC Bank, according to decision of the meeting, said sources there...[ + ]
Pump owners threaten shutdown from Sept 28
Petrol pump owners have threatened to close all filing stations from September 28 unless the government meets their 11-point demands including increase in fuel sales commission. An association that groups petroleum dealers, distributors, agents and service station owners gave this ultimatum at a press conference in Dhaka on Wednesday...[ + ]
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