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Politics in Bangladesh: One and only one

 As the opposition takes a break from politics, the government tightens its grip

 THE Supreme Court of Bangladesh has just rejected appeals by a former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, over the appointment of a judge in a corruption case against her. The ruling clears the way for Mrs Zia to stand trial. Prosecutors accuse her of having siphoned off cash from charitable trusts set up in memory of her late husband, Ziaur Rahman, who was an army leader at independence and was later assassinated as president. If found guilty, the country’s second-most-powerful woman could face time in jail.

Three banks donate for flood victims

Islami Bank

Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited donated Tk. 10 million to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund to help and rehabilitate the flood and river erosion affected people of the country. Press releaePrime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the cheque from Prof. Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, Chairman of the Bank on September 18, 2014 Thursday at Gonobhaban. Md. Nazrul Islam Mazumder, Chairman, Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) was present on the occasion.

Bank Asia

Bank Asia contributed an amount of Tk.5.00mln in ai...

Steroid-fattened cattle start coming to Eid markets

Violating the law and driven by the motive for making quick money, traders and farmers are using excessive harmful drugs to fatten cattle for the Eid market, posing a serious threat to public  health, experts said. Terming such process of fattening cattle ‘unethical’, veterinary experts said the process had enormous health impact on cattle and it could kill the cattle as well, reports the New Age. Cattle traders with the help of veterinary quacks and dishonest livestock officers are using ‘cheap’ steroidal drugs like Oradexon, Decason, Dexamithson, Streron and Presdnisolon, they said.

Narayanganj 7-murder: Rab officers ‘asked to kill Nur too’

A top official of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) had ordered former Rab officers Lt Col Tareque Sayeed Mohammad and Maj Arif Hossain to kill Nur Hossain, alleged mastermind of the seven-murder incident in Narayanganj. The top official gave the order when Tareque, commanding officer (CO) of Rab 11, and Arif, company commander of the elite force unit, met him at the Rab headquarters two days after a Rab team led by Arif had killed Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam and six others, reports the Daily Star. They, however, did not execute the order as the situation in Narayanganj had already heated up following the abduction, sources said quoting from the confessional statement of Arif Hossain.

Why al-Qaeda will fail in India and Bangladesh  

In the space of a short few months, the self-styled Islamic State (also known by the acronym ISIS) has claimed to have established a fundamentalist state and revived the Caliphate, while seemingly monopolizing the market on young foreign fighters from Europe and North America, while conducting a sophisticated social media and propaganda campaign. Amid the highly publicized beheadings of Western journalists, soldiers and aid workers accompanied by personal messages to U.S. President Barack Obama, ISIS has established itself as the main jihadist group in the world today, leaving al Qaeda struggling to make an impact.

Separation of powers in Bangladesh under threat

Bangladesh MPs passed a controversial amendment to the country's constitution that grants the parliament authority to investigate and sack judges of the nation's Supreme Court. DW examines the decision. The verdict could not have been clearer: With 327 votes to 0, the parliament in Dhaka voted on September 17 for the ruling party Awami League's (AL) so-called constitutional 16th Amendment. The new amendment bestows parliament the power to investigate and sack the South Asian nation's top judges on the grounds of incapability and misconduct. The reason for such a unanimous decision: The country's main opposition party - Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) - has no representation in the legislature as it boycotted the parliamentary elections held earlier this year.
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