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Death, life top penalties for rape, killing

Both death and life term can be awarded as highest punishment for rape and killing, the Supreme Court ruled today. The judgement upheld a High Court verdict that scrapped the provision of single punishment in the concerned law – which was death. supreme court_0Now, Section 6(2) of Women and Children Repression Prevention (Special) Act 1995 will become void. The amendment made later in 2000 which offers life sentence as alternative punishment along with the death penalty will take effect. On March 2, 2010, High Court ann...

India cabinet approves land boundary deal with Bangladesh

The Indian cabinet today approved a constitution amendment bill to operationalise Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the meeting held in New Delhi, our correspondent reports. bd-indiaIt is however not clear immediately whether the bill includes Indian state of Assam. Earlier, Indian media reported claims that New Delhi decided to introduce a major change in the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, keeping Assam out of the purview of the pact, which was strongly opposed by the Congress. THE ASSAM PUR...

Midland Bank signs MoU with Hotel Sarina

Midland Bank Limited (MDB) has recently signed a MoU with Hotel Sarina. Under this agreement, MDB Visa cardholders enjoy discount on rooms and dining from Hotel Sarina, Dhaka. Press PhotoMd. Ridwanul Hoque, SVP & Head of Retail Distribution of Midland Bank Ltd. and Ekramul Hoque, General Manage of Hotel Sarina signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations, at a simple ceremony held at Hotel’s premises, Banani, Dhaka. Khodoker Nayeemul Kabir, Deputy Managing Director, Muhammad H...

Go home Indian media, Nepal Twitterati says

If the Indian media has devoted wall-to-wall coverage of the Nepal earthquake, they were shown their place on social media on Sunday, the top trending hashtag being #GoHomeIndianMedia, which until evening had collected about 144,000 tweets. indian mediaThe online outrage is connected to the accusation that Indian TV channels have engaged in “insensitive” reporting of the aftermath of the earthquake. The TV channels, with their penchant for shoving microphones at suffering victims, have been accused of gross misconduct, in some situations even c...

Stop filling Gomoti River: HC

The High Court on Monday asked the government to stop construction of a dam and earth filling on the Gomoti river in Muradnagar upazila of Comilla in 24 hours. COMILLA-GOMOTI_55475c2b0e1c0In response to a writ petition that was filed, the court directed the government to submit a report before it in seven days after complying with the order. The authorities concerned were also asked to file a case in three days against those responsible for constructing the dam and filling earth in the river. As p...

Company to operate proposed Rooppur nuclear plant

The cabinet at a regular meeting on Monday cleared a draft law namely Nuclear Power Plant Act 2015. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting. RooppurThis law allows forming company to operate Bangladesh’s proposed nuclear power plant at Pabna’s Rooppur. A company, Nuclear Power Company of Bangladesh, will be set up under the Act. Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said, the government expects the plant to start production in 2021. Power-starved Bangladesh has inked an agreement with Russia for constructing a nuclear pow...
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