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Govt to appoint lawyers for war trial early March

Tue February 16, 2010 - 5:06pm BdST

Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on Tuesday said prosecutors and investigators would be appointed in the first week of March for trial of the 1971 war criminals.

Fazlul Karim made new chief justice

Thu February 4, 2010 - 1:06pm BdST

Mohammad Fazlul Karim, senior most judge of the Supreme Court Appellate Division, has been appointed new chief justice. President Zillur Rahman made the appointment on Thursday. Karim replaces Md Tafazzul Islam who took oath of office as the 17th chief justice on Dec 23. Islam will retire on Feb 7. Karim's appointment will be effective from Feb 8. Karim is due to go on retirement on Sept 30.

2 secys appointed to law ministry

Mon February 1, 2010 - 9:44pm BdST

The law ministry has appointed secretaries to its two recently-formed divisions, after more than a month without any secretary at the helm due to a legal ruling on the ministry's former top bureaucrat. Additional secretary Anwarul Haque was made secretary to the Law and Justice Division, while additional secretary Mohammad Shahidul Haque was made secretary to the Legislative Drafting and Parliamentary Affairs Division.

General Hafiz appointed UN forces commander in Ivory Coast

Sun December 27, 2009 - 12:14pm BdST

The Chief of General Staff of Bangladesh Army (CGS), Major General Abdul Hafiz, ndc, psc has been appointed forces commander of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast. General Hafiz told The Independent yesterday that he had received the UN appointment letter appointing him as the forces commander of the UN peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast. "I will join the UN peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast by end of March next year," he said.

Kamaluddin made envoy to Iraq

Thu October 8, 2009 - 3:18am BdST

The government has appointed Muhammad Kamaluddin, former Bangladesh high commissioner to Malaysia, the ambassador to Iraq to reopen the Baghdad mission after a lapse of more than six years, a foreign ministry release said Wednesday.

6,000 docs to be appointed on ad-hoc basis

Tue October 6, 2009 - 3:15am BdST

Nearly 6,000 doctors would be appointed on ad-hoc basis within two months. Besides, 10,000 community clinics, which were closed during the rule of the previous BNP-Jamaat alliance government, would be reopened. A project has been initiated for repair of the closed clinics and construction of new ones.

Ruhul Alam Chowdhury appointed Khaleda's advisor

Thu October 1, 2009 - 11:19pm BdST

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday appointed retired major general Ruhul Alam Chowdhury to her advisory council, a press release said.

ACC assigns IO to probe Matin, 8 others’ graft charges

Wed September 16, 2009 - 3:26am BdST

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday appointed an inquiry officer (IO) to probe the allegations of corruption against former Shipping Adviser Maj Gen (retd) MA Matin and eight others in the Tk 9-crore container handling deal for Chittagong Port brought by a parliamentary standing committee.

3 state banks get new chairmen

Thu September 10, 2009 - 12:09am BdST

The government has appointed new chairmen to three state-owned commercial banks, two being Dhaka University professors including the incumbent DUTA president. Finance secretary Mohammad Tarek told the news agency that a notification in this regard issued from the finance ministry yesterday.

HC appoints 3 amici curiae for Sircar petition

Thu September 3, 2009 - 4:43pm BdST

The High Court today appointed three amici curiae for their expert opinions on the legality of formation of a parliamentary probe body to investigate corruption allegations against former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar. The amici curiae are barrister Rafique-Ul Huq, advocate Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan and Dr M Zahir.