Hall-Mark scam Report submitted; 25 accused

DHAKA: After a long waiting, the report about much-talked Hall-Mark scandal was submitted to the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).

An ACC team led by ACC investigation department director general Zia Uddin Ahmed submitted the report on Sunday.

The report included the names of 25 officials of Hall-Mark group and Sonali Bank and sought approval of submitting charge sheet before the court.

‘BNP to prevent AL vote-rigging’

FROM RANGPUR: Opposition BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia declared to prevent any vote rigging by Awami League in upcoming election.
She came up with the observation while addressing a mass rally at Rangpur Zilla School ground on Sunday afternoon.

9 charges found against Subhan

DHAKA: War crimes investigation agency finalized its probe report against Jamaat-e-Islami nayeb-e-ameer Abdus Subhan and found nine charges of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s liberation war in 1971.

The investigators will submit the report to the prosecution on Sunday as it is the scheduled day of the final report submission.

Chief of the investigation agency Mohammad Abdul Hannan Khan came up with the disclosure at a press conference in his Dhanmondi office at around 11:00am Saturday.

India should remove all trade barriers

DHAKA: Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed on Saturday said India should look at removing all trade barriers to help increase exports by the neighbouring country.

“I have just met the Indian Commerce Secretary S R Rao and Revenue Secretary Sumit Bose. I have urged them to remove all tariff and non-tariff barriers on Bangladeshi exports,” Mahbub Ahmed said.

Decision on observers at proper time: EU

DHAKA: European Union (EU) has not yet decided to send observers in the upcoming general election of Bangladesh.

This was clarified on Saturday in a press release issued in this regard on Saturday.
The new release read: “We have repeatedly stated that the current mission in Dhaka is fact-finding and exploratory. It has not yet reached any conclusions.”

Joy urges Vote for qualified candidates

CHITTAGONG: Bangabandhu’s Grandson Sajeeb Wazed Joy, also a computer scientist, urged people to vote for the talented and competent candidates in upcoming general election.
“If the court gives any final verdict of war crimes before next election, Awami League will execute it, he added.
He came up with the assertions in a programme titled ‘Let’s Talk’ with various colleges and universities students of Chittagong at the Club Auditorium of the City, arranged by Centre for Research and Information (CRI) on Saturday.
Addressing the young generation, Joy said, “Many things are depending on you as you have votes to cast. If you cast your vote for talented and competent candidates, country will move forward. Otherwise, we will recede to darker ages.”

Rail links on Dhk-Ctg-Sylt restored

COMILLA: Train communications on Dhaka-Chittagong-Sylhet routes was restored around 8:15pm on Saturday evening.
Earlier, the communications were halted as the engine of Subarna Express went out of service at 7:10pm in Rasulpur of Comilla.