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Bidisha
arrested after Ershad files theft case
Bidisha Ershad, sacked Jatiya Party (JP) presidium member
and wife of JP Chairman HM Ershad, was arrested at their
Baridhara house after the former president charged her
with stealing a cellphone set and embezzlement.
The
police took Bidisha to Gulshan Police Station from Ershad's
President Park in the cosy Baridhara neighbourhood. Ershad
accused her of cheating, embezzlement, theft, damaging
furniture and making threats. The former president was
staying at the house of JP Secretary General Ruhul Amin
Hawlader near the police station when the arrest was made.
Witnesses said he left the apartment at about 9:00am for
the JP's Banani office and sent the party's International
Affairs Secretary Golam Mosih to file the case. Sources
close to Ershad said he is now preparing to end the four-year
marriage with his second wife. Bidisha, who had been receiving
treatment at ZH Sikdar Medical College and Hospital at
Gulshan, fled the clinic Friday night dodging the police
stationed in and around it and stayed at the Baridhara
house. Sources, however, said Ershad sued Bidisha under
pressure from the government high-ups who earlier forced
the JP chief to expel her from the party. The
Daily Star, June 5.
Sumon's
death in "Crossfire"
Mother files murder case against ministers, Rab men
Mother of slain Jubo League leader Sumon filed a murder
case with a Dhaka court against home and public works
ministers, home secretary, three high-ups of Rapid Action
Battalion (Rab) and a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader.
Prime
Minister Khaleda Zia who holds the portfolio of home minister
and Housing and Public Works Minister Mirza Abbas have
been accused in the case filed by Amela Khatun with the
court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Dhaka. The other
accused are Home Secretary Safar Raj Hossain, Rab Director
General Abdul Aziz Sarkar, the commanding officer, second-in-command
and seven to eight unknown members of Rab-3 and Rubel,
vice president of Dhaka city JCD (South). After recording
the statement of Amela, Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mujibul
Haq ordered a judicial enquiry into the matter.
Sumon
Ahmed, 21, was killed in a Rab-claimed "encounter"
with the anticrime force in Hindupara under Khilgaon Police
Station sometime between 9:00pm of May 30 and 5:00am of
May 31, the complainant said. Prothom
Alo, June 7.
Pvt universities require regulation
The private university sector requires regulation to some
extent, but without interference in its institutional
administration, said Law Minister Moudud Ahmed at a discussion.
There should not be such control that may restrict the
growth of this sector, neither should the government be
involved directly with the streamlining of the private
sector universities, he said.
Sekander
Safia Foundation organised the discussion on 'Quality
of Education and Private Universities' at the National
Press Club. The minister said that although most private
universities run in appropriate manner, "there are
some that do not have any characteristic of a university."
Privatisation
does not necessarily mean unlimited freedom, he said,
adding that private universities cannot be allowed to
run as business concerns like private hospitals or clinics.
Referring
to the proposed amendments to the Private University Act,
the minister said that the education ministry should organise
an open discussion with all the stakeholders before it
is passed as a law.
Commodore
(retd.) Ataur Rahman, chairman of the Forum of Private
Universities, said the interference of the bureaucracy
is creating obstacles to the growth of private university
sector.
Dr
Shamsher Ali, vice-chancellor of South East University,
said the private universities should be allowed to conduct
distant education programme. The
Daily Star, June 8.
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