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Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee's counsel virtually puts the war crimes tribunal to sleep with his tedious questioning when judge AKM Zaheer Ahmed asked him when he would come to the point.
Mizanul Islam began the cross examination of the 61-year-old freedom fighter Ruhul Alam Nabin on Sunday, after the prosecution brought charges of crimes against humanity against another Jamaat leader, Abdul Quader Mollah.
The International Crimes Tribunal ruled that it would consider taking those charges into cognisance on Dec 28. The tribunal fixed the same date for taking cognisance in the case of three other Jamaat leaders — party's chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, his number two and party secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, and assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman.
Mizanul Islam started the cross examination and soon got into a list of dozens of people asking if the witness knew them, one by one. After the better part of an hour, he had managed to put to sleep a large section of the courtroom, including the bench officers sitting in front of the judges facing the court.
The first witness, sitting by the prosecution's side was awakened by an inspector of the investigation agency, some of the prosecutors, as a section of the defence team, some observers and a number of journalists had their heads bobbing up and down as they drifted in and out of sleep.
Accused, Jamaat-e-Islami's executive council member, Sayedee, facing 20 counts of crimes against humanity including murder, rape, loot and arson, sat in the dock with arms folded, leaning on an armrest of his chair, and was fast asleep.
Mizanul Islam replied to the judge's query saying there were just about 15 or 20 more names to go through and then he would come to the point.
Zaheer Ahmed told him, "The way you are going, you will have covered the entire Pirojpur district by the time you are done."
He also said, "And it is really difficult to follow because you are all over the place, senior." Zaheer addresses senior counsellors as just 'senior'.
The judge said the defence counsel did not follow any certain pattern in his listing the names since he was asking about a woman of a Hindu neighbourhood in Parerhat of Pirojpur, and move on to another man of the Pirojpur town and a few names down the line he would return to the same village and ask about that same woman's nephew.
After another 10 minutes, tribunal chairman justice Nizamul Huq addressed the counsellor and said, "At this point, there must be some limit to your cross examination."
Soon afterwards, the defence counsellor made his point that all those that the witness knew belonged to the Awami League and those he said he had not known to the Jamaat-e-Islami.
Shortly afterwards, Mizanul Islam handed over the questioning to his colleague Mohammed Kafil Uddin Chowdhury who was still cross examining Nabin when the court adjourned for the day.
Sayedee is the first to face prosecution for his alleged war crimes against humanity.
The prosecution on Sept 4 proposed framing of charges against Sayedee on 31 counts for crimes against humanity and genocide in ICT Case-1/2011. The tribunal indicted Sayedee on 20 counts on Oct 3.
BNP's standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, also a lawmaker, has also been detained, along with others, on charges of committing war crimes.
The tribunal, however, on March 31 granted conditional bail to former BNP MP and minister Abdul Alim.
Mizanul Islam began the cross examination of the 61-year-old freedom fighter Ruhul Alam Nabin on Sunday, after the prosecution brought charges of crimes against humanity against another Jamaat leader, Abdul Quader Mollah.
The International Crimes Tribunal ruled that it would consider taking those charges into cognisance on Dec 28. The tribunal fixed the same date for taking cognisance in the case of three other Jamaat leaders — party's chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, his number two and party secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, and assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman.
Mizanul Islam started the cross examination and soon got into a list of dozens of people asking if the witness knew them, one by one. After the better part of an hour, he had managed to put to sleep a large section of the courtroom, including the bench officers sitting in front of the judges facing the court.
The first witness, sitting by the prosecution's side was awakened by an inspector of the investigation agency, some of the prosecutors, as a section of the defence team, some observers and a number of journalists had their heads bobbing up and down as they drifted in and out of sleep.
Accused, Jamaat-e-Islami's executive council member, Sayedee, facing 20 counts of crimes against humanity including murder, rape, loot and arson, sat in the dock with arms folded, leaning on an armrest of his chair, and was fast asleep.
Mizanul Islam replied to the judge's query saying there were just about 15 or 20 more names to go through and then he would come to the point.
Zaheer Ahmed told him, "The way you are going, you will have covered the entire Pirojpur district by the time you are done."
He also said, "And it is really difficult to follow because you are all over the place, senior." Zaheer addresses senior counsellors as just 'senior'.
The judge said the defence counsel did not follow any certain pattern in his listing the names since he was asking about a woman of a Hindu neighbourhood in Parerhat of Pirojpur, and move on to another man of the Pirojpur town and a few names down the line he would return to the same village and ask about that same woman's nephew.
After another 10 minutes, tribunal chairman justice Nizamul Huq addressed the counsellor and said, "At this point, there must be some limit to your cross examination."
Soon afterwards, the defence counsellor made his point that all those that the witness knew belonged to the Awami League and those he said he had not known to the Jamaat-e-Islami.
Shortly afterwards, Mizanul Islam handed over the questioning to his colleague Mohammed Kafil Uddin Chowdhury who was still cross examining Nabin when the court adjourned for the day.
Sayedee is the first to face prosecution for his alleged war crimes against humanity.
The prosecution on Sept 4 proposed framing of charges against Sayedee on 31 counts for crimes against humanity and genocide in ICT Case-1/2011. The tribunal indicted Sayedee on 20 counts on Oct 3.
BNP's standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, also a lawmaker, has also been detained, along with others, on charges of committing war crimes.
The tribunal, however, on March 31 granted conditional bail to former BNP MP and minister Abdul Alim.
Stakeholders believe the market has given signs of moving towards stability in the last two weeks.
In the nine working days from Dec 5 until Sunday, the index at the nation's premier bourse has fluctuated within a range of 216 points, in stark contrast to the massive ups and downs earlier.
The lowest point in the index in these nine days was 4,846 points and the peak 5,063 points. Highest trading in a single day went up to Tk 4.21 billion and hit a low of Tk 1.97 billion.
Dhaka Stock Exchange president Shakil Rizvi said stabilisation was the precondition for market improvement.
"If it stays at the same place for a couple of days, the market will improve," he remarked.
Taking decisions would be easier once the market steadies, said Yawer Sayeed, the Bangladesh Association of Mutual Funds convener.
Bangladesh Merchant Bankers' Association president Mohamad A Hafiz told he was seeing more and more of buyers every day.
"It seems as though the market is standing on a base now."
When asked to comment on Sunday's market, Hafiz said, "There were investments from the banking sector and there were plenty of buyers, but the buyers weren't aggressive."
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina sat with stakeholders on Nov 16 after continuous price fall at the two bourses in the country and ordered them to take all steps required to stabilise the market and compensate retail investors. Following the meet, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov 23 announced a major package of incentives to boost the market.
Bank, foreign and institutional investments were made easier in the package and entrepreneurs and directors of listed companies were asked to buy a minimum 30 percent share.
In the nine working days from Dec 5 until Sunday, the index at the nation's premier bourse has fluctuated within a range of 216 points, in stark contrast to the massive ups and downs earlier.
The lowest point in the index in these nine days was 4,846 points and the peak 5,063 points. Highest trading in a single day went up to Tk 4.21 billion and hit a low of Tk 1.97 billion.
Dhaka Stock Exchange president Shakil Rizvi said stabilisation was the precondition for market improvement.
"If it stays at the same place for a couple of days, the market will improve," he remarked.
Taking decisions would be easier once the market steadies, said Yawer Sayeed, the Bangladesh Association of Mutual Funds convener.
Bangladesh Merchant Bankers' Association president Mohamad A Hafiz told he was seeing more and more of buyers every day.
"It seems as though the market is standing on a base now."
When asked to comment on Sunday's market, Hafiz said, "There were investments from the banking sector and there were plenty of buyers, but the buyers weren't aggressive."
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina sat with stakeholders on Nov 16 after continuous price fall at the two bourses in the country and ordered them to take all steps required to stabilise the market and compensate retail investors. Following the meet, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Nov 23 announced a major package of incentives to boost the market.
Bank, foreign and institutional investments were made easier in the package and entrepreneurs and directors of listed companies were asked to buy a minimum 30 percent share.
—Police have arrested recording label Soundtek's owner Sultan Mahmud Babul in a case filed by popular singer Mahfuz Anam James involving ownership rights of his album 'Dukhini Dukkho Korona'.
Babul was arrested at his Shaheedbagh residence, just beside Razarbagh Police Lines in the city, in the early hours of Friday.
Incidentally, the arrest came minutes after conclusion of a Victory Day programme in the police lines, organised by Dhaka Metropolitan Police with a performance by James.
Bangshal Police Station's sub-inspector Abul Khayer told that James filed the case on Wednesday, alleging that the label owner had cheated him.
According to the complaint, James had signed a deal with Soundtek when the album was released in 1997, which gave him ownership to the recording label, the police official said. The deal was being renewed every year, he said.
But James complained that Soundtek renewed the deal recently by duplicating his signature, which meant a loss of a whopping Tk 30 million for him, according to SI Khayer.
The police official said Babul has admitted that the deal was not renewed.
The owner of Soundtek, one of the largest recording labels in Bangladesh, however, denied the allegation of duplicating James's signature, Khayer added.
Babul was arrested at his Shaheedbagh residence, just beside Razarbagh Police Lines in the city, in the early hours of Friday.
Incidentally, the arrest came minutes after conclusion of a Victory Day programme in the police lines, organised by Dhaka Metropolitan Police with a performance by James.
Bangshal Police Station's sub-inspector Abul Khayer told that James filed the case on Wednesday, alleging that the label owner had cheated him.
According to the complaint, James had signed a deal with Soundtek when the album was released in 1997, which gave him ownership to the recording label, the police official said. The deal was being renewed every year, he said.
But James complained that Soundtek renewed the deal recently by duplicating his signature, which meant a loss of a whopping Tk 30 million for him, according to SI Khayer.
The police official said Babul has admitted that the deal was not renewed.
The owner of Soundtek, one of the largest recording labels in Bangladesh, however, denied the allegation of duplicating James's signature, Khayer added.
—The Savar units of the ruling Awami League and opposition BNP clashed over paying tributes at the National Memorial on Friday, marring the Victory Day celebrations.
In another development, the opposition has alleged that the motorcade of former prime minister Khaleda Zia was barred for quite sometime.
"Like all previous years, the opposition leader arrived at the venue to pay her respects early in the morning. But police barred her convoy a long way before the Savan Cantonment," BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said.
He added that the government has 'failed' to maintain law and order at the venue. "Awami League cadres attacked our party activists when they went to lay floral wreaths at the memorial. We strongly criticise and protest such atrocity."
Locals said that the activists clashed at the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in the morning after ruling party activists tore down festoons put up by BNP marking the Victory Day in the stretch between Amin Bazar and the Memorial.
The groups chased and threw brickbats at each other. The situation was brought under control after around 15 minutes, Ashulia police's inspector Kamal Hossain said.
Around 7.16am, Khaleda along with BNP's top brass laid wreaths. She then stood there for some time in silence as a mark of respect for the martyrs.
The government's management failure led to Khaleda being unable to 'properly' pay respects to the 1971 Liberation War martyrs, Fakhrul added, "It is sad."
Khaleda also paid tribute at the grave of her husband, late president and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital around 8.30am. A prayer was also held there for the eternal peace of his soul. Associate organisations of the party followed suit laying wreaths at the grave.
Paying tribute to the memories of all freedom fighters including Ziaur Rahman, the party's spokesperson added, "We are celebrating the Victory Day today. Our pledge is to ensure that the spirit of the liberation war and democracy is established in the country, so that democracy is liberated from imprisonment."
In another development, the opposition has alleged that the motorcade of former prime minister Khaleda Zia was barred for quite sometime.
"Like all previous years, the opposition leader arrived at the venue to pay her respects early in the morning. But police barred her convoy a long way before the Savan Cantonment," BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said.
He added that the government has 'failed' to maintain law and order at the venue. "Awami League cadres attacked our party activists when they went to lay floral wreaths at the memorial. We strongly criticise and protest such atrocity."
Locals said that the activists clashed at the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in the morning after ruling party activists tore down festoons put up by BNP marking the Victory Day in the stretch between Amin Bazar and the Memorial.
The groups chased and threw brickbats at each other. The situation was brought under control after around 15 minutes, Ashulia police's inspector Kamal Hossain said.
Around 7.16am, Khaleda along with BNP's top brass laid wreaths. She then stood there for some time in silence as a mark of respect for the martyrs.
The government's management failure led to Khaleda being unable to 'properly' pay respects to the 1971 Liberation War martyrs, Fakhrul added, "It is sad."
Khaleda also paid tribute at the grave of her husband, late president and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman, at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the capital around 8.30am. A prayer was also held there for the eternal peace of his soul. Associate organisations of the party followed suit laying wreaths at the grave.
Paying tribute to the memories of all freedom fighters including Ziaur Rahman, the party's spokesperson added, "We are celebrating the Victory Day today. Our pledge is to ensure that the spirit of the liberation war and democracy is established in the country, so that democracy is liberated from imprisonment."
The president will hold dialogues on forming the new Election Commission with parties represented in parliament from Dec 22.
His press secretary A K M Nesar Uddin Bhuiyan told on Sunday evening that Jatiya Party (H M Ershad) and Jatiya Shamajtantrik Dal (JSD Inu) had been invited to the first day's dialogue.
Each party will be asked to bring 10 delegates, he said.
In reply to a question, he said among the parties who were not in parliament, 'important' ones would also be asked to join the dialogue.
There are 38 political parties registered with the Election Commission, of which only eight are represented in parliament.
They are ruling Awami League, opposition BNP, Jatiya Party, Jatiya Shamajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh Workers' Party, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Bangladesh Jatiya Party and Liberal Democratic Party.
The Awami League-led ruling alliance has 239 seats, the BNP-led opposition alliance 32, Jatiya Party 25, Jamaat-e-Islami two and LDP one.
His press secretary A K M Nesar Uddin Bhuiyan told on Sunday evening that Jatiya Party (H M Ershad) and Jatiya Shamajtantrik Dal (JSD Inu) had been invited to the first day's dialogue.
Each party will be asked to bring 10 delegates, he said.
In reply to a question, he said among the parties who were not in parliament, 'important' ones would also be asked to join the dialogue.
There are 38 political parties registered with the Election Commission, of which only eight are represented in parliament.
They are ruling Awami League, opposition BNP, Jatiya Party, Jatiya Shamajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh Workers' Party, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Bangladesh Jatiya Party and Liberal Democratic Party.
The Awami League-led ruling alliance has 239 seats, the BNP-led opposition alliance 32, Jatiya Party 25, Jamaat-e-Islami two and LDP one.
The foreign ministry has lodged strong protest with Indian authorities over killing of three Bangladeshis by Border Security Force of India.
The protest was conveyed through official channels of communication on Sunday, said Shamim Ahsan, director general of external wing of the ministry.
"The government has urged the Indian authorities to conduct an inquiry into the incident and take necessary steps to stop further killing," he said.
Condemning the incident, it also expressed disappointment that the killing took place despite a firm assurance at the highest level against recurrence of such incidents, he added.
BSF killed three Bangladeshis along Kurigram-Dinajpur border on Saturday despite the Indian government's pledge to stop border killings by BSF.
The protest was conveyed through official channels of communication on Sunday, said Shamim Ahsan, director general of external wing of the ministry.
"The government has urged the Indian authorities to conduct an inquiry into the incident and take necessary steps to stop further killing," he said.
Condemning the incident, it also expressed disappointment that the killing took place despite a firm assurance at the highest level against recurrence of such incidents, he added.
BSF killed three Bangladeshis along Kurigram-Dinajpur border on Saturday despite the Indian government's pledge to stop border killings by BSF.
At 10 a.m. the lottery ceremony was held on the present of all guardiance and the governing board members and the principle of motijheel ideal school and college .First time they called 10 ladies and gentlemen to see their children’s admit card which was selected for lottery to provide for their honesty of that school.When the governing board started their lottery ceremony by the guardians.They call two guardians to take out the admit card from the lottery box.When pulled out one’s they announce that number with the name of the child and showed it by the screen.After taking 60 boy’s in this way now chaosing their with the guardian’s their question was-
1. If only 60 boy’s are allowed for admission by the lottery,when the governing board selected a lot of(1760)student in written.
2. The school commety at first declared there are 1000 children will be allowed for lottery by the written test and then 60 boy’s and 60 girl’s in outside will be selected by the lottery.Today for the boy’s they said 1760 boy’s for allowed for lottery but why?and now question is there the 1760 boy’s name have in lottery box at all?
If there have the all boy’s name please show us and confirm us our babies information –are said fby the guardians.By that time the commity pulled out all lottery documents and gone away, but why?The board can’t answer it.
3. Many guardians ask them after promoting class 1 to class 2,there are 600 students are studying there but now you taking only 200 students both boys and girls in outside and inside,so that how kind of process are been you applied taking other 400 students please tell us.School commity don’t answer also it?
They all of walked out from there.There will be also noted that the most of guardians or students was absent which was selected about 60 boys.Theres also be a question?
The media was also silent there but why?
IS IT A EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM?
Now question all other people ,why all this happened for the 4th moilik odikar of education where the sweet loving children stating their golden future to build up DIGITAL BANGLADESH.
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