The war crime tribunals will be led by a Supreme Court justice and the investigation agency will consist of 12 members and will be led by a retired inspector general of police, the Law Minister said.
With the restoration of the 1972 constitution, religion based political parties, including the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, will be banned in Bangladesh. Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said.
The US will take quick steps to send back killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as soon as it comes to know the whereabouts in the country, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed said.
Law minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed yesterday informed the Jatiya Sangsad that nearly Tk 34 crore was deposited with the government funds through the Truth Commission after collection from different persons.
The home ministry has recommended withdrawal of 2,903 cases including two filed against BNP leaders Moudud Ahmed and Tarique Rahman, Law Minister Shafique Ahmed told the House yesterday.
To add a new impetus to the anti-graft crusade, initiative has been taken to enact a law titled Whistleblowing Protection Act to protect informers who will provide secret information about corruption in government and semi-government offices and different companies.
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed has said the government is yet to make any list of war criminals.
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on Wednesday said the government has taken all necessary logistic arrangement for starting the trial of 1971’s war crimes.
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.
The law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister, Shafique Ahmed, on Sunday said that the government would amend the Penal Code with a provision for life imprisonment instead of maximum three years’ imprisonment for drivers responsible for killing people with reckless driving. ‘I think the existing punishment is inadequate,’ the law minister told the parliament as he answered a call attention notice by ruling Awami League lawmaker Tarana Halim, who said the punishment for killing in reckless driving should be imprisonment for life.
