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JS rejects MPs’ yen to become advisers to city corpns

Tue October 6, 2009 - 2:32am BdST

The parliament on Monday passed the Local Government (City Corporation) Bill, rejecting a recommendation of the parliamentary standing committee to make parliamentarians the advisers to the city corporations in their respective constituencies. The House also rejected another recommendation of the committee for making two councillors of the city corporations deputy mayors of their particular city corporations.

Moeen files plea for rejecting defamation suit

Wed September 9, 2009 - 10:46am BdST

Former army chief Moeen U Ahmed today filed a petition with a Dhaka court for rejecting the plaint of a defamation case filed against him by former BNP state minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku. Moeen's counsel Advocate Humayun Kabir filed the petition with the Third Joint District Judges Court, Dhaka.

Ashraf rejects BNP demands for Chakravarty ouster

Fri July 3, 2009 - 2:34am BdST

Awami League spokesperson Syed Ashraful Islam, rejecting BNP's demands to take action against Indian high commissioner Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty, said Thursday that the envoy did not overstep diplomatic norms in remarks about the Tipaimukh dam.