Economists against extending time to whiten black money
By: Shudipta Sharma The top economists of the country on Monday advised the government for not extending the provision of whitening undisclosed money through paying tax in the next fiscal year. They said such privilege to black money holders from the government will be ‘an injustice’ to the regular tax-payers. Earlier on Saturday last, [...]
By: The Editor Police in the Bangladesh setting have a singularly important role to play for good governance. But after showing a flicker of hope under the immediate past caretaker government that the police force would be truly reformed and comprehensively to achieve good governance, the hopes died down even under that government as a [...]
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3,616 people across the country are arrested by Police and Rab members during 24 hours till 6:00am on Saturday. The sources in the police and Rapid Action Battalion said they have arrested around 1,700 more people than they are used to arrest each day. Meanwhile, BNP leaders claimed that police and Rab have been conducting [...]
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A high-ranking police official and his family members were mugged in the capital city’s Mohamadpur area in the early hours of Thursday. Mohammadpur police said a gang of muggers robbed additional deputy inspector general (DIG) of police Abu Musa Fakhrul Islam and his family members intercepting his car in the Mohammadpur area. The muggers snatched [...]
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011 Open Letter to Government ofBangladesh 23 March 2011 Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister of Bangladesh Old Sangsad BhabanTejgaon, Dhaka-1215Bangladesh Re: Call for the end of harassment against Odhikar staff Your Excellency Madame Prime Minister, The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), a membership based regional [...]
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Sat, 07/01/2012 While there has been a fall in incidents of extra-judicial killings, the number of ‘enforced disappearances’ allegedly at the hands of law enforcers saw an alarming rise last year, the rights group Odhikar said yesterday. Revealing its Human Rights Report 2011, the organisation termed the country’s overall human rights situation in 2011 “disappointing”, [...]
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The High Court on Sunday summoned five police officials of Gulshan zone in connection with torture on Rakib Hossain, a grandson of the country’s first prime minister Tajuddin Ahmed. The court also asked home secretary, inspector general of police and commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police to explain in 10 days why they should not be [...]
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A Jamaat-e-Islami activist was shot dead Monday afternoon when Jamaat men clashed with police in Rajshahi city. The deceased was identified as Shafiqul Islam Rentu. Two officers-in-charge and 50 others injured during clashes between police and Jamaat activists over holding pre-scheduled mass procession in the city on Monday. Police opened fire to disperse the Jamaat [...]
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Inspector General of Police (IGP) Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said that the incidents of police action that led to death of 3 people in Chadpur and Laxmipur will be investigated and action will be taken against those law enforcers for any default or negligence in duty. “We will also see if there was any negligence [...]
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January 29, 2012 Ruling party in Bangladesh has visibly pushed the entire country towards massive confrontation, political unrest, mass movement and series of deaths. Meanwhile on Sunday, police opened fire on protestors in Chandpur and Laxmipur districts killing 3 people. Following such extreme brutality of police, who are continuing to behave like mere political cadres, [...]
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The BNP has urged the ruling Awami League to withdraw its rally rescheduled for Monday since it coincides with opposition’s mass procession. The BNP hopes the government would not create any obstruction during BNP’s mass rally scheduled for the same day, BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a press [...]
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The authorities in Bangladesh have announced an inquiry into a recent spate of killings and disappearances. Police say they have recovered the bodies of seven men in the last eight days. One was an opposition activist – it is unclear who the rest were. At least 40 people have disappeared between January 2010 and November [...]
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