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report in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 31, 2018 The repeated failure of the prosecution and law enforcement agencies to prove allegations of cyber crime has resulted in a paltry conviction rate of only 5% over the past five years, according to the records of the Cyber Tribunal (Bangladesh) in Dhaka. There have been only 16 successful convictions across 12 of the 236 cases heard before the tribunal since its inception in February 2013. In 129 of…

by Shakhawat Liton, Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee, Mohammad Al-Masum Molla It’s a stark contrast. Awami League President Sheikh Hasina formally kicked off her election campaign yesterday as she flew to Sylhet and sought vote for her party for the 11th national parliamentary elections. Her archrival BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia too had a busy day as she had to appear in court for the trial in a corruption case filed during the past AL rule. Both of…

by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee and Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary in The Daily Star, Jan 30, 2018 The freedom of the press and expression was put to the sword, feared journalists and rights defenders as the cabinet yesterday approved the draft of the Digital Security Act-2018 yesterday. There would be every chance of the act being misused against people’s right to express themselves after it is passed by the Jatiya Sangsad, they observed. They also felt duped…

report in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 29, 2018 at 11.06pm At least 16 people were injured during nationwide strikes by the Progressive Students’ Alliance on Monday, after activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League allegedly launched attacks on the protesters at university campuses across the country. The alliance issued the call for Monday’s protests to demand the punishment of Chhatra League members who attacked protesters in front of the DU VC’s office last Tuesday. Shahjalal University of Science…

by Udisa Islam in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 29, 2018 at 08:17 PM Politicians and lawyers in the country are busy speculating over the impending verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case, scheduled for February 8, involving BNP Chairperson Khlaeda Zia. The case accuses the former prime minister of embezzling Tk2.1 crore that came as funds for the orphanage from abroad. Although BNP leaders and its lawyers believe that there is no scope to prove…

by Bilkis Irani in dhaka tribune, January 29, 2018 BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan has alleged that a conspiracy is being hatched to keep their party out of the 11th parliamentary elections slated for December this year. “BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman are being tried in ‘false’ cases as part of a conspiracy to keep our party out of the next general elections,” he told reporters, emerging from…

by Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The daily Star, Jan 29,2018 BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is now focusing on maintaining unity in the BNP and the party-led alliance at any cost, “thwarting attempts to split the party and the combine” ahead of the next parliamentary elections. Party leaders fear the government may try to split the BNP and the 20-party alliance if Khaleda is convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The verdict in the…

report in bdnews24.com, Jan 25, 2018 at 23.51hrs Lalmonirhat: Obaidul Quader has hinted at leaving the BNP out of the tiny polls-time government Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has spoken about. “Since they (BNP) are not in parliament, in what logic should we ask them to be a part of the election-time government?” the Awami League general secretary asked after a party programme in Lalmonirhat on Thursday. This is the first time Quader has spoken on…

Ctg: Six police personnel of Chittagong Metropolitan Police were sued yesterday for allegedly torturing a Chhatra League leader in police custody after a clash between some BCL activists and police near Chittagong Medical College Hospital on January 20. Yasin Shakhawat Bhuiyan Romen, elder brother of victim Yasin Awaj Bhuiyan Rownok, filed the case accusing an inspector, an assistant sub-inspector, two nayek and two constables with Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Chittagong Abu Salem Md Noman. The…

Bangladesh Chhatra League has apparently assumed the role of law-enforcement agencies on the Dhaka University campus, as two recent incidents suggest. Usually, members of the proctorial team or police are entrusted with maintaining campus security, but the current administration seems to be counting more on the activists of the pro-Awami League student body for the job. In case of the two latest incidents, the authorities did not call the police, and BCL men foiled the…