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Kamaruzzaman’s execution of death any time: Family meets in Prison
5Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Kamaruzzaman’s execution of death any time: Family meets in Prison

Health condition of death row convict Muhammad Kamaruzzaman is sound, his son Hasan Iqbal said after meeting with his father at Dhaka Central Jail this morning. “I haven’t seen such a strong person like him”, Bangla Media reports quoting Iqbal as saying. Ten family members went to the jail in the morning and met the Jamaat-e-Islami leader, who was shifted to Dhaka from Kashimpur jail in Gazipur yesterday, for half an hour from 10:38am with the permission of the jail authorities. Kamaruzzaman’s wife Nurunnahar, sons Hasan Iqbal, Ahmed Hasan, Ikram Hasan and Hasan Imam, daughter Afia Nur, brothers Naziruzzaman and Abdullah Al Mahadi, sister Mohsina Begum, and nephew Abdul Alim, are among the family members who visited him at the jail. Shishir Monir, a counsel for the convicted war crim...
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Drinking while pregnant could become a crime
5Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Drinking while pregnant could become a crime

Drinking In Pregnancy Could Be Made Illegal Drinking In Pregnancy Could Be Made Illegal Drinking while pregnant could become a criminal offence after a court case to be heard today, women's charities have said.A local authority in the North West of England is seeking criminal injuries compensation for a six-year-old girl in care who has ''growth retardation'' caused by her mother's alcohol consumption during pregnancy.Both the local authority and the young girl cannot be named.If the Court of Appeal agrees that the mother committed a crime, the ruling could lead to the criminalisation of taking necessary medication or refusing a caesarean section, campaigners have warned. The lawyer acting on behalf of the council, Neil Sugarman, told Sky News that the court case was n...
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Holy Ashura today
4Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Holy Ashura today

  The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), will be observed today with due religious fervour    and solemnity. On this day in the Hijri year of 61, Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), along with his family members and 72 of his followers sacrificed their lives in the hands of Yazid's soldiers at Karbala desert. He stood for the supremacy of justice and righteousness. The day is a public holiday. Various religious and social organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the day. Shia community members will bring out tazia processions in the capital, marking the day. Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia have issued separate messages on the occasio...
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Top five Facebook scams revealed
4Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Top five Facebook scams revealed

© DPA Facebook Facebook users continue to fall for the same old scams, according to new research, with even well-educated people giving themselves up to inappropriate and even dangerous behaviour on the social network.In a two-year study of over 850,000 Facebook scams by Bitdefender, the internet security company revealed that scammers have infected millions of users with the same repackaged tricks.Almost half of social media threats prey on users’ curiosity to check who has viewed their profile. The most popular Facebook scam offers users the chance to see if ex-boyfriends or girlfriends have stalked them online. Around one in three scams attract victims with features that Facebook doesn’t even have – such as dislike buttons and different timeline colours, appealing to users' desire to...
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No chance for review petition: AG
3Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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No chance for review petition: AG

News Desk: Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has said there is no chance to file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict which upheld the tribunal's verdict giving death penalty to Kamaruzzaman.   "There is no scope to file a review petition according to the International Crimes (Tribunal) Act, 1973", he said. He also said, “Although in the case of Abdul Quader Mollah the defence had filed a review petition, the High Court rejected it." The defence, however, said they would file a petition to review the verdict of the Appellate Division (AD).
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WAR TRIAL: SC upholds Kamaruzzaman’s death
3Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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WAR TRIAL: SC upholds Kamaruzzaman’s death

This undated photo shows law enforcers taking war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman to a police van in the capital. Photo taken from Facebook/ Muhammad Kamaruzzaman The Supreme Court today upheld the death penalty to war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman for one charge but commuted the highest penalty to life term imprisonment for another charge. A four-member SC bench headed by Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha delivered the verdict at 9:10am upholding the death of Kamaruzzaman for killing 164 people at Sohagpur village in Sherpur during the Liberation War in 1971 by majority view. The apex court commuted his death penalty to life term imprisonment for killing Golam Mostafa at Gridda Narayanpur village in Sherpur. The Jamaat senior assistant secretary general’s exe...
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Death penalty for Mir Quasem
2Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Death penalty for Mir Quasem

Death for Quasem 10 out of 14 charges proved; defence to appeal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali shows V-sign on Sunday from a prison van at Dhaka Central Jail gate. He has been taken to jail after International Crimes Tribunal-2 awarded him death penalty for his crimes against humanity committed during the country's Liberation War in 1971. Photo: Palash Khan A special tribunal in Dhaka today handed death penalty to Mir Quasem Ali, infamous for leading Al-Badr force in torturing freedom fighters at a hotel in Chittagong, to death for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. Ten out of 14 charges have been proved against the 62-year-old, International Crimes Tribunal-2 announced while delivering the verdict. As the third most powerful man of the Al-Badr f...
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National grid failure hits country
1Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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National grid failure hits country

The country suffered power outages on Saurday as the Bangladesh-India power interconnection line at Bheramara in Kushtia tripped. After the disaster, the whole power transmission and distribution collapsed, plunging the country into blackout.
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Corporate disclosure, regulatory steps drive stocks upward
31Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Corporate disclosure, regulatory steps drive stocks upward

Key share price index in the country’s twin bourses—Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – returned  to black yesterday, the last trading day of the week, report agencies. Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) saw a sharp rebound yesterday upward with all market indicators substantially recovering the past two sessions’ losses. DSEX, the broader price index, regained 63.80 points to finish the week at 5173.2. The two selective indices - the blue-chip DS30 and the Shariah DSES - returned to the positive zone with 30.15 points and 17.20 points gain respectively. The DS30 ended the week at 1949.47 when the DSES closed at 1220.04. The market activities shoot up with nearly 33 per cent rise in the trade value and over 44 per cent in volume when 17.92 crore shares worth Taka 72...
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The 10 highest-paid jobs you can do from home
31Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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The 10 highest-paid jobs you can do from home

The 10 highest-paid jobs you can do from home Fed up with the daily grind? These are the skills you need if you want to work from home  Yahoo Finance UK/Fotolia - (Photo Yahoo Finance/Fotolia) Financial writing and contract drafting are some of the best paid jobs you can do from home Moneywise - Thu, Jul 31, 2014 11:50 BST The number of people working from home has surged in recent years. The economic downturn, coupled with changes in work patterns, means that freelancers have become the fastest growing group in the UK labour market.There are now 4.2m home workers - a rise of 30pc from 1998, according to the Office for National Statistics.Elance-oDesk, a jobs website which businesses use to hire freelancers across the world, says that 2.7m jobs are posted each ...
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