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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...

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...

Hasina to face charges of genocide, crimes against humanity

A complaint against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been filed with the investigation agency of the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Supreme Court lawyer Gazi MH Tamim made the application today on behalf of Md Bulbul Kabir, father of Arif Ahmed Siam, a student who succumbed to his injuries two days later, after being shot by police during the anti-discrimination student movement in Savar on August 5. The complaint has been filed...

Shafiqul press secretary to Chief Advisor

Shafiqul Alam, Bangladesh bureau chief of international news agency AFP, has been appointed as the press secretary to the Chief Advisor of the interim government, according to a gazette notification received here today. In line with the order of the president Mohammed Shahbuddin, the Ministry of Public Administration issued the gazette notification on Tuesday. The status of the press secretary will be equivalent to a secretary of the government. The duration of the contractual appointment depends...
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