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ACC sues MP Bodi, ex-state ministers Mannan, Mahbubur for illegal wealth

The Anti-Corruption Commission today sued an incumbent lawmaker and two former state ministers on charges of amassing illegal wealth. The accused are Awami League’s Cox’s Bazar-4 lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi and former state minister for water resources Mahbubur Rahman and state minister for housing and public works Abdul Mannan Khan. acc-logo_3ACC Deputy Directors Khairul Huda, Nasir Uddin and Abdus Subhan filed separate cases with the Ramna Police Station in Dhaka around 4:00pm, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya, media and public relations offi...

16th amendment bill soon to impeach judges

The cabinet has approved the proposal for amendment of constitution to pave the way for restoring the parliament’s authority to impeach the Supreme Court judges for misconduct or incapacity. Once Constitution (16th amendment) Act-2014 is passed in the parliament, it will raise public confidence upon the judiciary, Cabinet Secretary M Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said while briefing media on the amendment move. Thigh courthe approval came at a regular meeting of the cabinet at Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the ...

Bangladeshi jobseekers being smuggled into Hong kong

The illegal jobseekers, mostly from Bangladesh and Pakistan are allegedly being smuggled into Hong Kong (HK) through Shenzhen of China, an HK-based English daily reported on Sunday. The South China Morning Post report claimed that illegal immigrants from Bangladesh or Pakistan had entered HK by boat in the past years. [caption id="attachment_8803" align="alignleft" width="300"]china-sampan Middlemen are supposedly paid HK$10,000 to HK$12,000 to take illegal immigrants to Hong Kong by high-speed boat. Photo taken from South China Morning Post....

National Mourning Day being observed  

The National Mourning Day is being observed today marking the 39th anniversary of the death of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Mujib was assassinated along with all but two of his family on August 15, 1975 at his Dhanmondi residence in Dhaka by a group of army personnel. His daughters – Sheikh Hasina, now the prime minister, and Sheikh Rehana – survived the massacre as they were abroad at that time. The government, political parties, and different cultural and social organisations are already holding month-long programmes to pay homage to Sheikh Mujib and the members of his family who were killed.

Land crisis irritates cross border trades in Sonamasjid  

Crisis in export through an Indo-Bangladesh cross-border trade gate has reached an unprecedented height to prompt the traders to knock the door of top officials at diplomatic level. It is Mahadipur Land Customs Station in West Bengal that has Sonamasjid Land Port of Bangladesh in the other side of border, that has become a concern for the Indian cross border traders. “Lack of infrastructure in Bangladesh side of the port has become a nightmare,” said Mr. Ujjal Saha, Secretary, West Bengal Exporters Coordination Committee, a body affiliated to Federation of Indian Export Organization.

Sonadia Port dilemma: Is the US Navy the answer?

Bangladesh faces a tough challenge in going ahead with plans to set up a deep seaport at Sonadia due to various implications for both national security and regional stability. The naval strategies of China, India, and the United States are on a collision course, as all three naval powers are vying for a strategic presence in the Bay of Bengal. A presence in the Bay is aimed at furthering the strategic objectives of these external powers in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, including the positioning and counter-positioning of naval fleets, establishing naval bases and surveillance stations, and ensuring accessibility to key ports via joint naval exercises.
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