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Shirshobindu Desk: The High Court today upheld a government decision not to regularise the job of ABM Altaf Hossain as an additional judge at the HC. The government in June regularised services of five additional HC judges leaving out the name of Altaf, who was appointed as an additional judge in June, 2012 along with the others. The government did not mention any reason for the decision. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Muhammad Ullah today came up with the order after rejecting two writ petitions filed in July by Supreme Court Lawyer Idrisur Rahman and Altaf challenging the legality of the government decision. The High Court's additional judges, whose services have been regularised recently, were sworn on June 12 this year. The five judges are Ashish Ranjan Das,...

  Law Minister Anisul Huq News Desk: The government is likely to enact a law in three months to determine the procedure of removal of Supreme Court judges on ground of incapacity and misbehavior, the law minister said today. Opinion will be sought from legal experts before formulating the law, Anisul Huq said while talking to reporters after attending a programme as chief guest at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka. The law minister said that he will not take any hasty decision in this regard since the law will be formulated on the basis of the experts’ opinions. The law minister’s remark came a day after President Abdul Hamid gave his assent to the 16th amendment bill amid widespread criticism. With the president signing the bill passed in parliament last Wed...

News Desk: President Abdul Hamid has given consent to the 16th constitution amendment bill that empowers the parliament to remove Supreme Court judges for misbehaviour and incapacity. The approval came five days after the parliament unanimously passed the amendment bill, according to the Parliament Secretariat. On September 17, the parliament passed the bill rejecting all calls for soliciting public opinion and bringing some changes to the bill. Today, the BNP-led 20-party alliance enforced the hartal protesting the 16th constitutional amendment. The passage was bizarre, though, in that the opposition and the ruling alliance MPs, who themselves had moved the motions for soliciting public view and incorporating some changes, also voted in favour of the bill. Twenty-two lawmakers belong...

New one wheeled postal service is on a roll Discover the new transportation devices being used by everyone from students to postal workers Taylor Herring A Whistl delivery man scoots along on an AirWheel unicycle Innovators across the world are intent on finding better solutions to the problem of personal transport: how can we get around more quickly and efficiently with minimal impact on the surrounding environment? From the odd-looking Segway (first introduced way back in 2001) to the Bough wooden bike, engineers want to help us find the best way of tootling around town. These inventions aren't meant for long journeys but to improve the 'last mile' of a journey between the train and the office or the hotel and the beach. One idea that's gathering momentum centres around the ...

Head to head: Apple Watch vs Android Wear Smartwatches go head-to-head Thanks to a much-anticipated press event near its headquarters in Cupertino, we now have our first official look at the Apple Watch, a device that CEO Tim Cook has described as "a revolutionary product that can enrich people's lives". Interested buyers will have to wait until spring 2015 to get their hands on one though, and in the meantime it may be worth considering picking up an Android Wear smartwatch instead. Android Wear has the advantage in that there are actually devices currently on sale, but being first isn't everything. How do these alternatives stack up when compared with Apple's new wrist-based gadget? Should you take the plunge now or wait until the Apple Watch goe...

Relatives of the victims mourn after an alleged drug addict stabbed his father, wife and two-year-old daughter to death in Dakhkhin Sunamganj upazila of Sunamganj on Saturday. Photo: TV grab News Desk: An alleged drug addict stabbed his father, wife and two-year-old daughter to death in Dakhkhin Sunamganj upazila of Sunamganj last night. Police arrested the killer, Alfu Mia, 45, hailed from Brahmangaon village in the upazila, reports our Sunamganj correspondent. The deceased were identified as Alfu’s father Alauddin, 70, wife Beauty Begum, 32, and daughter Amina Begum, police said. Alfu, a drug addict, demanded some money from his father last night, said Al Amin, officer-in-charge of Dakhkhin Sunamganj Police Station. “Refused by Alauddin, Alfu stabbed him indiscriminately, leaving hi...

News Desk: Police detained 18 people from an abandoned house in Lama upazila of Bandarban early today as they gathered there with an intention to go to Malaysia illegally. An alleged human trafficker, Abul Hossain, was arrested from the house at Kumari village. Acting on a tip-off, a team of police raided an abandoned house at a rubber garden at the village around 12:30am and captured the 18 fortune seekers. The victims are from different parts of Sylhet, Noakhali, Feni, Comilla and Barisal districts. The law enforcers also took Abul Hossain, caretaker of the garden, into custody on charges of his involvement with trafficking. Quoting the victims, police said a gang of human traffickers had brought them there a few days ago promising to send them to Malaysia. A case was filed with L...

‘JMB trying to contact Islamic State’ DB detains acting ameer, 6 others of the militant outfit Detectives produce the seven activists of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its acting ameer before the media today after arresting them in Turag area on the outskirt of Dhaka yesterday afternoon. Photos: TV grab Detectives in Bangladesh allege that the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is trying to establish a connection with the Islamic State (IS). “And as far as we know, they already attained some success,” Monirul Islam, joint commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told reporters at a press conference in Dhaka today. The presser was arranged to make public the details of seven JMB militants’ arrest, including its...

Jamaat calls hartal for tomorrow, Sunday News Desk: Jamaat-e-Islami has called countrywide hartal from 6:00am Thursday to 6:00am Friday and 6:00am Sunday to 6:00am Monday protesting the Supreme Court verdict that awarded war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee jail till death. The announcement came as a part of Jamaat’s four-day protest programme following the verdict on Sayedee, said a press release signed by Jamaat acting ameer Moqbul Ahmed and acting secretary general Shafiqur Rahman. The others programmes include offering doa for Sayedee on Friday and countrywide demonstration on Saturday. In the release, Jamaat demands immediate release of Sayedee. They also protested the SC verdict awarding him imprisonment till death in the “stage-managed and farcical case”. The SC today commut...