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Ill-gotten Wealth
Ex-state minister Aman gets 13yrs, wife 3yrs in jail
A Special Court dealing with graft cases yesterday sentenced former state minister Amanullah Aman to 10 years' rigorous and three years' simple imprisonment and fined Tk 10 lakh in a corruption case for

Confession in Court
Selim shared extortion money with Hasina
Detained Awami League (AL) leader Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim yesterday confessed to a metropolitan magistrate that he shared with former prime minister and AL chief Sheikh Hasina Tk 2.

Amu followers won't hand Hasina their reform plan
In their first 'open' meeting, they decide to place it to working committee
The pro-reform leaders of Awami League (AL) in their first 'open but informal' meeting yesterday nearly finalised their 25-point intra-party reform proposal and decided to place it to the AL Central Working

BNP reformists to make plan public soon
Pro-reform leaders in BNP are determined to make public the much-talked-about reform proposals within a couple of days although party Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday said she is preparing a proposal

Lack of CNG Refuelling Stations
Red tape shoos away prospective investors
The prospective entrepreneurs are shying away from investing in the CNG sector due mainly to bureaucratic red tape, although demand for the fuel is increasing fast following skyrocketing prices of petrol

NBR asks banks for account details of 60 individuals, companies
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday asked different commercial banks to submit the transaction reports of 60 individuals and companies, including political leaders, businessmen and their relatives,

2 ex-Jamaat MPs sued on criminal charges
Maulana Subhan for misappropriating 160 CI sheets of govt relief, Abdullah Taher for looting
Separate criminal cases were filed against former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmakers Maulana Abdus Subhan and Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher in Pabna and Comilla yesterday.

Liberation War memorial opens at Mirpur
Another initiative to preserve Liberation War memories from oblivion began with the inauguration of Jalladkhana (Butcher's Den), a memorial site in Mirpur in the capital.

EC drafting rules for controversy- free CEC selection
The Election Commission (EC) is drafting the proposed rules of appointment of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners to put an end to the practice of appointing persons to the

Conviction warrant against AKM Mohiuddin sent to Dhaka jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent a conviction warrant to the Dhaka Central Jail against AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, a condemned killer of Bangabandhu and most of his family members.

Proceedings of graft case against Huda, Sigma adjourned
A Dhaka court yesterday adjourned the proceedings of the graft case filed against detained former communications minister Nazmul Huda and his wife Sigma Huda until June 25.

Demolishing illegal establishments

Dhaka, Delhi to sign MoU to remove non-tariff barriers
Indian foreign secy arrives Sunday
Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon is set to arrive Sunday on a three-day trip, during which Dhaka and New Delhi will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to remove non-tariff barriers and

Works ministry takes charge of 73 NAM flats
Ministry of Housing and Public Works yesterday formally took charge of 73 vacant NAM flats reserved for the lawmakers from the Parliament Secretariat.

Shops of food, drugs to remain open after 7pm
Govt clarifies
All small shops mainly selling rice, pulses, vegetables, meat, fish, milk, bread, pastry, sweets and fruits will remain open after 7:00pm, as the shops have been kept out of the purview of the ongoing

DoE director Mosharraf stand released
M Mosharraf Hossain, director of the Department of Environment (DoE), Chittagong, was stand released yesterday allegedly for negligence of duties.

Manmohan offers $10m for landslide victims
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered $10 million to Bangladesh government for relief and rehabilitation of those affected by the recent Chittagong mudslides.

DU Admission
80 new cases of forgery detected
A Dhaka University (DU) committee on admission forgery has identified 80 new cases of suspected forgery in admission to the political science department of the university.

Mirpur Cant
Illegal occupants asked to vacate land by Aug 30
The army has asked the "illegal occupants" on its land in Chakuli Mouza beside Mirpur Cantonment to vacate the land by August 30.

Eight get 38-yr jail for killing student
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced eight persons to 38 years' imprisonment each for killing Tejgaon College student Nurul Islam Rifat.

UAE to provide compensation for injured camel jockeys
The government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will give Tk 60 crore in financial assistance to the children of four countries, who were injured in accidents while being used as camel jockeys in that

Depression on the Bay gets stronger
The well-marked low over west central Bay and adjoining east central Bay intensified into a monsoon depression yesterday.

14 more US soldiers killed in Iraq
Suicide bomber kills 15, offensive claims 41 insurgents
At least 14 more US soldiers have been killed in Iraq in the past two days, the military said yesterday, taking its losses to 59 this month alone.

ME summit takes shape to bolster Abbas' position
Preparations were under way yesterday for a four-way Middle East summit to bolster embattled Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas after his Hamas rivals seized the Gaza Strip.

US nuclear envoy visits N Korea
The chief US nuclear envoy made a rare trip to North Korea yesterday in a surprise bid to accelerate international efforts to press the communist government to abandon its nuclear weapons program.