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HC ruling mute about changing Constitution
M. Shahidul Islam
The much feared doom and gloom is almost over, and the hurriedly convening of a committee to amend the Constitution may prove as putting the cart before the horses. The parliamentary committee not only predated the release of the copy of the High Court (HC) ruling from which the rationality to amend the Constitution is supposed to be derived, the ruling itself seems to have rendered that necessity 'redundant'; its main preoccupation being with the Martial Law Regulation V11 of 1977, which got validated in conjunction with other post - August- 1975 proclamations and orders...[ FULL STORY ]
SC verdict voids diversion by Constitutional furore
Sadeq Khan
Sheikh Hasina's government has suddenly got busy pursuing a number of tricky targets. Its propaganda barrage over those targets has all at once briskly begun to be translated into 'direct action.' Such actions are of no consequence to the suffering public whose overwhelming preoccupation now is to obtain relief from the curse of multiple jeopardy. High on the list of perils encumbering civic order are proliferating extortion rackets at all levels of society and coercive practices of both law-enforcement agents and ruling party cadres...[ FULL STORY ]
With tears people bid final adieu to Mannan Bhuiyan
Special Correspondent
Multitude of people from all walks of life bade, amidst tears of love and admiration, the last farewell to their beloved leader in Dhaka and Shibpur in Narsingdi district.
A valiant freedom fighter, national political leader and former BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan was laid to eternal rest on Tuesday last.
Mr Bhuiyan had been suffering from lung cancer since long and breathed his last at 12:01 am at the Square Hospital at the age of 67.
Bhuiyan was admitted to Square Hospitals with breathlessness on July 7. He was on life-support system due to his inability to breathe normally.
Earlier, the ailing politician had undergone treatment at the Critical Care Unit (CCU) in Singapore National University Hospital. He had been given chemotherapy eight times...[ FULL STORY ]
Indian Maoists observe 'martyrs' week'
Shamsuddin Ahmed
New Delhi alerted the worst Maoist-hit states as the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist) observes the 'martyrs week' July 28 - August 3. West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Maharashtra state governments have been asked to tighten security of public places and rail lines. More than one lakh special police and paramilitary forces are deployed in these states to combat the rising Maoists, said to have posed the gravest internal security threat to India. Government admits 40,000 sq km area of 'red corridor' stretching from Bihar to Orissa is under the Maoist control where authority of the government is absent.
Maoist party observes the 'martyrs' week' to protest the shooting down in custody its spokesman Chemkuri Rajkumar alias Azad by Andhra Pradesh police and atrocities of the joint forces. Maoist leader Kishenji has vowed to avenge the killing of Azad...[ FULL STORY ]
Despite leaks US Senate approves
new war funding
Fazle Rashid in New York
Despite British website WikLeaks damning report on war in Afghanistan which said that Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) has been arming, training and funding the Taliban for years, the US House Representative approved an additional fund of $59 billion for financing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
ISI official in Pakistan dismissed the report as "fiction" stating the leak documents were inconclusive and one-sided. The Obama administration has also poured cold water on the report by questioning its veracity. Our on-going commitment to deepen our partnership with Afghanistan and Pakistan would not be affected, US national security adviser Jim Jones was quoted as saying. The Pentagon is investigating the sources of the leaks...[ FULL STORY ]
STRING PULLING BY DELHI
Nepal fails to elect PM
Special Correspondent
Nepalese politicians appear to be loosing respects of the people after failing twice to reach a consensus to elect a prime minister in the parliament. The third round is now set for August 2. Diplomats and political analysts in Kathmandu believe that none of the contenders will be able to master support of the majority in the 601-member house.
Even the laymen in Kathmandu understand that New Delhi is pulling the string from behind for it does not want loose the age old political and economic clout over the landlocked country. Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal alias Prachanda and Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel are contending for the post of prime minister...[ FULL STORY ]
ABCC meet in NY draws
NRBs from all over
Our Correspondent in New York
The America-Bangladesh-Canada Convention (ABCC) drew the attention of the nonresident Bangladeshis (NRBs) living particularly in North America this year. The convention which was held on July 17 and 18, 2010 at the Merry Luis Academy of New York, was attended by many Bangladeshi luminaries living in New York. NRBs of Europe and Middle East also participated in this convention. People from all walks of life thronged the venue which was packed for two days and was a source of exchange of opinions among the Bangladeshis...[ FULL STORY ]
INTERVIEW WITH UCBL CHAIRMAN
Private banks make big difference
Shamsul Huda
Keeping abreast with the global technological development, Dhaka's banking sector has come a long way to be at par with the global standard, said Mr. MA Hashem, Chairman of the United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL), in an interview with the Holiday.
Before emergence of the private commercial banks, the state-owned banks' handling of international business was not satisfactory. The entrepreneurs were facing multifarious problems, specially in opening letters of credits (L/Cs) and monetary transactions, and the banking sector lacked the diversified products of investment that now it has
developed...[ FULL STORY ]
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