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Posts published in “Day: May 27, 2017

B’desh: It’s surrender to Islamist evil forces, say eminent persons

Report in The Daily Star, May 27, 2017 Ten eminent personalities of the country in a statement yesterday said the government “virtually surrendered to religious fundamentalist forces” through removing the Lady Justice’s statue from the Supreme Court premises. They demanded the government and the Supreme Court authorities immediately reinstall the statue. “We are aggrieved at the removal of the statue, the symbol of justice, from the premises of Bangladesh’s highest court and we are expressing…

Rs.10 billion set out for security of Chinese nationals

by Usman Manzoor in The News, May 27, 2017 ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan spent an extra Rs 10.387 billion for raising of Special Security Division of Chinese working on various projects in the country. This expenditure was not covered in the original budget of last fiscal year; therefore, the sum was charged upon from the supplementary grants. Not only this, an extra Rs5 billion was spent in lieu of security allowance. During the fiscal…

B’desh: Why was the statute removed…?

By Ashutosh Sarkar in The Daily Star, May 27, 2017 For the statue of Lady Justice, it was a brief stay on the Supreme Court premises. It was there for only five months. Soon after the statue was installed as a symbol of justice in December last year, several Islamist organisations, including Hefajat-e Islam, termed it “un-Islamic” and demanded its removal. A few days later, Hefajat submitted a memorandum to the SC to press home…

B’desh:Hefajat claims primary victory

Report in The Daily Star, May 27, 2017 With the Lady Justice’s statue removed from the Supreme Court premises, Hefajat-e Islam and some other Islamist outfits yesterday demanded the authorities take down all other statues across the country. They thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for meeting their demand and warned the authorities not to set up any more statues. The Hefajat also claimed that the removal of the statue was the “primary victory of the…