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Ensure full autonomy of Bangladesh Bank

The Bangladesh Bank Officers Welfare Council today called upon the interim government to amend the Bangladesh Bank Order 1972 for ensuring complete autonomy of the central bank. They made the demand in a memorandum submitted to the finance adviser of the interim government and later informed journalists about the demand in a press conference at the central bank headquarters in the city. The council recommended that Bangladesh Bank should be kept free from political interference and influen...

Hasina charged with murder for firing from helicopter

Another murder case was filed against 16 persons, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as a fourth grade student died in random firing from helicopter over the protesters at city's Mohammadpur on July 19. Victim's uncle Abdullah Abu Sayeed Bhuiyan filed this case in Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhuri's court today. The court accepted the statement of the plaintiff and ordered Mohammadpur Police Station to register the complaint as a first information report (FIR). The other accused in the c...

To probe atrocities UN team due next week

The United Nations (UN) is sending a fact finding team here next week to probe atrocities committed in Bangladesh during the Student Revolution in July and early this week, said an official release of the chief adviser's press wing. UN human rights Chief Volker Turk announced the move as he called Chief Adviser to the Interim Government of Bangladesh Professor Muhammad Yunus late Wednesday, it said. This will be the first time the UN is sending a fact finding mission in Bangladesh since its independence in 1971 t...

Rizwana and the Rebirth of Bangladesh

Justice for all those who died and suffered injuries during the recent student-led quota reform movement in Bangladesh and reforms to the systems to ensure that this justice takes place are not negotiable, an adviser to the Bangladesh interim government, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, told IPS in an exclusive interview “The interim government has decided to ensure justice and it will be very transparent. Justice will be ensured not only for those who were killed and injured but it will accurately bring the perpetrators to justice so that innocent people are not affected.” Hasan was sworn in as an advisor to Nobel laureate economist

UN to begin probe into killings of protesters

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk has informed Bangladesh's interim government Chief Adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, that the UN will soon launch an investigation into the killings of protesters during the recent "student revolution." In a phone call on Wednesday, Türk conveyed that a team of UN experts would visit Bangladesh shortly to initiate the investigation. Professor Yunus expressed his gratitude to Türk and his long-time friend, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, for their support of the Bangla...

Constitutional and legal reforms for economic development stressed

At a dialogue titled “Challenges and Actions for the Interim Government,” organized by the Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), speakers called for an extensive constitutional amendment. They stressed the need to address the culture of impunity that has persisted in Bangladesh over the past 15 years and emphasized the importance of constitutional and legal reforms for economic development. The event, moderated by CPD Executive Director Dr. Fahmida Khatun, began with a minute of silence in remembrance ...
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