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Vol. 5 Num 1139

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SC to rescue nation from any crisis
CJ says freedom of judge's mind a must for independent judiciary; political divide in judiciary deplored
The Supreme Court judges will weigh in for sure to rescue the nation from any crisis, asserted Chief Justice Mohammad Ruhul Amin yesterday. "I want to assure the nation that we will come forward.

Emergency Powers Rules
Graft case co-defendants may be allowed bail
The caretaker government is going to amend the emergency powers rules once again allowing co-defendants in corruption cases to appeal for bail, a right which has been suspended since March.

Voter listing with photo kicks off in Rajshahi
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday kicked off the field level task for simultaneously preparing a fresh voter list with photographs and national identity cards from Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC).

Diarrhoea continues to spread in flood-hit areas
First official report of 4 deaths from the water-borne disease
At least four people died of diarrhoea across the country during the last two days, the first diarrhoeal deaths in this year's flooding.

Make cops professional, free of political influence
Calls 'The Daily Star' roundtable on draft Bangladesh Police Ordinance
Legal experts and former high officials yesterday called for the government to form a professional and honest police force free of political influence to serve the cause of democracy and the rule of law.

Dhaka in dilemma over Rohingyas held in KSA
Saudi Arabia is trying to deport 267 Rohingyas to Bangladesh saying that they had migrated to the Middle Eastern country from Bangladesh.

Strong dollar on kerb market smacks of money laundering
The exchange rate of US dollar has been unusually high at the kerb market during the last three months -- a trend that might be a result of smuggling dollar out of the country by black money holders.

It's time to help flood victims, not to do politics
Says Gen Moeen
Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed yesterday said it is the high time for the politicians to do politics through helping out the flood-hit people.

BNP's 2 groups start flood relief work separately
Two groups of BNP led by party Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan separately started relief operations among flood victims yesterday.

All charges filed or to be filed against me false
Claims Hasina, asks AL men to stand beside flood victims
Claiming herself innocent, detained Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked her lawyers to continue the legal battle and prove all the charges brought against her is false and baseless.

30 hurt in clash with cops over outages
800 Kamrangirchar locals sued
A clash between police and locals demonstrating against frequent power cuts left at least 30 people including three cops injured at Kamrangirchar early Saturday.

Govt slated for letting Khaleda, Saifur legalise hidden money
Two senior leaders of Awami League (AL) and BNP yesterday said the government's move allowing former prime minister Khaleda Zia, and former finance minister Saifur Rahman to legalise their undisclosed

Cops-public talks in DMP get underway
In a bid to bridge the gap between the police and the people, Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP) yesterday introduced monthly "Open House Day" in 32 out of its 33 police stations.

Close aide to SQ Chowdhury arrested
A close aide of detained former BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was arrested in Chittagong yesterday.

Road crash kills 4 in Ctg
Four women were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident at Bhatiari under Hathazari upazila yesterday afternoon.

Anomalies in 65 DU students' admission papers
Three departments of Dhaka University (DU) yesterday submitted their reports on irregularities in admission, finding inconsistencies in the admission papers of 65 students.

Korean hostages could be freed this weekend
Seoul holds direct talks with Taliban
A Taliban negotiator yesterday said 21 South Korean hostages could be freed as early as "today or tomorrow" but only if the Afghan government accepted its demand to free militant prisoners.

Iraqi governor, police chief assassinated
The governor and police chief of Iraq's southern Shia city of Diwaniyah were killed when a bomb attack ripped through their convoy yesterday, local security and health officials said.

Rebels gun down 11 in Assam
Suspected separatist rebels gunned down a dozen migrant workers as they slept and bombed two markets in India's insurgency-wracked northeast, bringing the total number of people killed in a week of violence

Maoist-hit Indian state halts work of medical charity MSF
International medical charity Doctors Without Borders has been stopped from working in a Maoist-hit area of a central Indian state, after being accused of treating banned rebels, the group said.

Endeavour mission hit by apparent shuttle damage
Nasa detected an apparent gouge on shuttle Endeavour's heat shield during a routine inspection Friday, after the orbiter docked with the International Space Station (ISS).