BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said her son Tarique Rahman would come back home after getting completely well. "It will take him some more time to get fully well. Tarique was not provided with proper treatment when he was in jail", Khaleda said in Bogra on the 45th birthday of Tarique.
A Narayanganj court on Friday put former deputy minister and BNP leader Abdus Salam Pintu into fresh remand of three days in June 16, 2001 Chasara explosion case.
The light of justice yesterday completely removed the darkness that had hung over the nation for 34 years following the heinous killing of Bangabandhu as the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence to a dozen killers earlier confirmed by the High Court.
The government on Thursday sought expression of interest from the international investors to construction an elevated expressway in the capital which some experts believe would be less viable in solving the city’s nagging traffic problems. Transport experts and city planners preferred dedicate bus services, more space for the pedestrians and creation of a circular waterway to elevated expressway and metro rail to solve the city’s nightmarish traffic snarls.
The Election Commission on Thursday wrote to three political parties, including the ruling Awami League, asking for further amendments to their respective constitutions which, it said, had provisions in conflict with the Representation of the People Order. The two other political parties which have been asked to amend their constitutions in line with the RPO provisions are Liberal Democratic Party and Jatiya Party (JP-Manju).
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia left Dhaka for Bogra Friday morning in a motorcade of more than a hundred vehicles, to attend the birthday ceremonies of son, Tarique Rahman, presently living in the UK.
The govenment shut down the test transmission of private Jamuna Television late on Thursday night. Police and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission officials went to the station's office at Pragati Sarani and forced a stop to the airing at 10:30pm for not having government clearance. They did not let any crew of the station in.
The ruling Awami League (AL) has welcomed and expressed satisfaction over the Supreme Court verdict in Bangabandhu murder case. The party announced a countrywide programme of milad mahfil and special prayers today at all mosques, temples, pagodas, churches and other places of worship.
Several hundred locals allegedly set fire to the house of Bangabandhu murder case convict Maj AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed at Galachipa in Patuakhali after the final verdict was delivered yesterday.
The government will make fresh diplomatic efforts soon to have six of the 12 condemned killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mijubur Rahman extradited or deported back home, to bring them to justice. As part of the efforts, Dhaka will soon write to governments of all countries seeking their help in bringing the absconding killers back.
All the political parties have applauded the Supreme Court judgement on Bangabandhu murder case saying the historical verdict has established the rule of law in the country. They also demanded implementation of the verdict without further delay.
The process for the execution of death sentences of the five detained death-row convicts in the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman murder case already began on Thursday as the jail authority received the copy of the Appellate Division’s verdict a few hours after its pronouncement.
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