Govt wants to divide judges, says CJ
The chief justice, SK Sinha, said on Tuesday said that the government wanted to create division among judges. Justice Sinha made the remarks during a hearing in the Appellate Division, two days after law minister Anisul Huq at a discussion in Jessore on Sunday reportedly said, ‘The judiciary doesn’t mean only one person.’
Conjoined twins separated at DMCH
The 10-month old conjoined twin girls from Gaibandha, Toufa and Tahura, were separated through a nine-hour surgery at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday. ‘We began the surgery at 8:00am and ended at 5:00pm. A team of 22 experts from paediatric surgery, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, urology, orthopaedic surgery and anaesthesiology department conducted the surgery,’ said paediatric surgery department associate professor Shahnoor Islam, who led the surgery.
RAPE, TORTURE IN BOGRA Protests continue all over
Political and cultural activists demonstrated for the second consecutive day on Tuesday protesting at the Bogra rape and torture incident and demanded exemplary punishment of the politically influential perpetrators.
Eight shops burnt in Comilla fire
Eight shops were burnt in a fire that broke out at Syed Ali Mansion Market at Chandina in Comilla early Wednesday. Fire service officials said the fire might be originated from a short circuit at a shop around 12:15am and it soon engulfed the adjoining shops.
SC split over president’s control of lower courts
The Seven-judge Appellate Division on Tuesday released split views, three against the president retaining the power to control subordinate courts, three in support and another judge gave no opinion.
JU students stage sit-in for 2nd day
The students of Jahangirnaar University on Tuesday continued their indefinite sit-in programme in front of the university's administrative building for second consecutive day to press their four-point demand including the withdrawal of case filed against 56 students for vandalism and attempt to murder.
24-hour operation at Benapole from today
Benapole land port will be kept open round the clock for seven days a week from Tuesday in a bid to expedite trade facilities with India
Indian doctors see no hope of recovering Siddiqur’s eyesight
The Indian doctors treating Titumir College student Siddiqur Rahman, whose eyes were grievously damaged in police action at Shahbagh in Dhaka on a student demonstration on July 20, said on Monday that there was almost no hope of recovering the eyesight of Siddiqur, according to his family.
Hajj office embarrassed as pilgrims travel to Jeddah without visas
At least two pilgrims have travelled to Saudi Arabia without visas from the host country, causing tension among the Bangladeshi officials in Jeddah. The Saudi immigration authorities have spotted two cases recently and criticised poor hajj management by the Bangladeshi authorities.
SC stays Justice Fazlul Haque’s trial in graft case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial proceedings in a corruption case against former adviser to caretaker government Justice Md Fazlul Haque, also a former Appellate Division judge.
