Development about war crimes trial may be visible before March 26: Qamrul Qamrul told reporters that the meeting decided to provide more logistic support to the investigation agency Dhaka, Feb 27 (UNB)-Thirty police personnel-10 Inspectors, 10 Sub-inspectors and 10 Constables will be appointed to assist the investigation agency under the International Crimes Tribunal • FULL STORY 2,000 Bangladeshis move out of Libya- Evacuation begins The government 'is ready to bear all incidental costs' for movement and stay of Bangladesh nationals, stranded in Libya About 2,000 Bangladesh nationals have reached Egypt, Tunisia and Greece from trouble-torn Libya by road and ship, the government said Saturday.An additional 6,000 Bangladeshis are expected to leave Libya in a day or two, it said.(The New Age BD) • FULL STORY Conitinental Shelf - Dhaka submits claim to UN The claim, made on Friday in New York, ranges from 400 to 460 nautical miles (NM) in the sea-bed of the Bay of Bengal. Dhaka, Feb 26 (bdnews24.com) – Foreign minister Dipu Moni has formally submitted Bangladesh's claim to the United Nations on the extended continental shelf in the Bay of Bengal. • FULL STORY Hospital for poor primarily 'serves the rich' 'Once this hospital was for poor people but now it is for the rich,' said rickshaw mechanic Nasar Ali, who has worked in front of the hospital for seven years A hospital intended to be used by the government for people of limited incomes has been leased to a business group, which charges commercial fees.(The New Age BD) • FULL STORY Only people's graft to be under watch Changes to anti-corruption law kept under wraps; from president to UP members to be beyond ACC's jurisdiction Maintaining utmost secrecy the government is set to amend the Anti-Corruption Commission laws clipping the anti-graft watchdog's authority to file cases against any public servant beginning from the head of state to the members of union parishads.(Ther Daily Star ) • FULL STORY International commission calls for inquest into Bangladesh ethnic violence On Tuesday the International Commission for the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) sent a letter to the prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, calling for the formation of an impartial commission of inquiry into recent violence The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission calls for an impartial commission of inquiry to investigate ethnic unrest in Bangladesh's restive Chittagong Hill Tracts region.((opendemocracy.net- File Photo) • FULL STORY Relatives of expats in Libya block highway Transport movement on the highway resumed after the protestors withdrew their barricade at about 11:30am Relatives of the expatriate Bangladeshis living in Libya put barricade on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Bhairab of Kishoreganj for two hours on Saturday demanding government's initiatives to bring back their near and dear ones.(The Daily Star) • FULL STORY Demo against open-pit mining on March 05 Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, announced the programme at a press conference at the city's Mukti Bhaban on Saturday. Dhaka, Feb 26 (bdnews24.com) — A citizens' platform has declared a countrywide demonstration programme for Mar 5 to realise its seven-point demand, including an end to open-pit mining and land acquisition at Barapukuria.(File Photo) •FULL STORY "Swechchhasebak Dal men coordinated AL leader killing" The killers were hired for Tk 20,000 and already received Tk 8,000 in the first installment, Javed alias Prince, and Arif Hossain, both aged 19 years, said. Two youths arrested early Saturday claimed that five men took part in the killing of Awami League leader Mohammad Ullah in Jurain in the city.(The Daily Star ) • FULL STORY | | |
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