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Police, not ACC, to handle private fraud cases

Private fraud and forgery cases will be excluded from the sections of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Act. From now on, police will handle the fraud cases. acc-logo_3However, ACC will handle the cases involving government property and the fraud charges against government officials and bank officials. The draft of ACC (Amendment) Act-2015 has been approved on principle at the cabinet meeting on Monday. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said it is troublesome for ACC to resolve thousands of...

Promoting Vietnam- Bangladesh friendship

President Md. Abdul Hamid arrived in Hanoi on Monday, beginning his State visit to Vietnam from August 9-13 at the invitation of President Truong Tan Sang. The visit, being made at a time when the bilateral relations are on fine development, aims at consolidating and promoting the traditional friendship and multifaceted co-operation between Vietnam and Bangladesh. [caption id="attachment_18821" align="alignright" width="648"]President Vietnam Bangladeshi President Md. Abdul Hamid and his spouse are warmly welcomed in Hanoi.[/caption] Viet...

Politics keeps parliamentary bodies ineffective: TIB

Parliamentary standing committees are unable to work effectively as watchdogs due to political influence and conflict of interest among committee members, a new study of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) revealed. The study says that the members of parliamentary committees have business interests in their respective parliamentary bodies and often they use the committees as tool to gain their own interest, UNB news agency reported. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe study, titled ‘Effectiveness of Parliamentary Standing Committees of Bang...

JU student held for derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu, PM

The authorities of Jahangirnagar University (JU) handed over a student to the Ashulia Police on Wednesday for making derogatory remarks on the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on facebook. shamsul alomUniversity security officer Zefrul Hassan Chowdhury said, after getting allegation from JU BCL leaderas and activists, we handed over him (Babu) to the Ashulia Police Station’. The accused was identified as Shamsul Alam Babu, a final year student of Government and Politics Department and a residential student ...

Philippines 4th fastest-growing economy in 2015

Philippine economic growth this year is projected to be the fourth fastest in the world, data compiled by CNN Money showed. The chart showed the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth has been forecast at 6.7 percent, which is below the government’s seven to eight percent target for the year. The figure trails behind China’s estimated economic expansion of 6.8 percent, Qatar’s 7.1 percent, and India’s 7.5 percent. Economy PhilipinesThe Philippines’ projected economic growth is higher than Bangladesh’s 6.3 percent, Viet...

Bangladeshi enclaves in India get ready to celebrate

Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India. [caption id="attachment_18594" align="alignright" width="450"]enclave1-450x337 Mansur Ali Mian and Mansur Ali Khandakar busy for the preparation at Poatarkuthi (Enclave), which from midnight from July 31st, 2015 will become a part of India.[/caption] More than 14,000 residents of 51 enclaves are eagerly waiting for August 1 when they can hoist a flag of a country they can c...
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