Ganojagaron Mancha joyous procession

DHAKA: Ganojagoron Mancha activists brought out a joyous procession demanding immediate execution of the verdict of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury on Tiesday afternoon.
Coordinator of Ganojagaron Mancha Dr Imran H Sarker, also convener of bloggers and online network activists, told journalists: “After Ghulam Azam’s verdict this verdict was very import. Now we are happy.”
Earlier in the day, BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was sentenced to death for his involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.

Sanjay released for 2 weeks

DHAKA: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt was temporarily released Tuesday from an Indian prison where he is serving time for illegal possession of weapons linked to the 1993 terror attack in the financial capital of Mumbai.
The 54-year-old actor said he would spend his two weeks of leave, granted by prison authorities for good behaviour, at home with his family.

War Crimes Trial PM seeks support of war friends

DHAKA: Expressing firm determination to complete war crimes trial, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought support of the friends of Liberation War to the end trial.
She came up with the observation while addressing a function arranged to honour foreign friends of the Liberation War at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) Tuesday.
 Sheikh Hasina said: “It is a daunting task to bring the perpetrators to book after more than four decades of the crimes they committed against humanity. But we are determined and we need your support to finish the task.”

1,148 flats for DCC cleaners ECNEC endorses project

DHAKA: Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved a project for constructing 1,148 flats for cleaners of Dhaka City Corporations.

The approval came ECNEC meeting Tuesday at NEC conference room at capital’s Sher-e-Banglanagar with Prime Minister and ECNEC Chairperson Sheikh Hasina in the chair.

Corruption in BD edu lessened

DHAKA: Transparency International (TI) in their report said the corruption in education sector in Bangladesh decreased.
In a press conference on Tuesday, executive director of Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) Iftekharuzzaman presented the report titled ‘Global Corruption Report: Education’ at Mahakhali BRAC Centre Inn in the city.
The report said that 12 percent of the people of Bangladesh have the experience of paying bribe to educational institutions or education affairs whereas the global rate is 17 percent.
In India, the rate is 48 percent, the most corrupted country of the world in the sector.

Death penalty for SQ Chy

DHAKA: BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was sentenced to death for his involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 found BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury guilty of nine charges out of total allegations of war crimes including genocide and killings.
Out of total 23 charges, SQ Chowdhury was, however, acquitted of eight charges while the prosecutions failed to prove six other allegations.
ICT read out the verdict and made the observation on Tuesday.

RCC Mayor demands compensation Legal notice to Apollo Hospitals

RANGPUR:  Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) mayor Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhantu on Tuesday issued a legal notice to city’s Apollo Hospitals for giving compensation money bringing allegation of ignorance in treatment.

Lawyer Advocate Abdus Sobhan issued the legal notice accusing eight doctors on behalf of the city mayor.

The accused doctors are Nanda Kumar, Ajay Abrol, Shams Manwar, Julfikar Hayder, Chandra Prakash Dakwal, Sandeep Kumar Das, Proshanta Agarwal and Saiful Islam.