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Law Week
14yrs' imprisonment for land grabbers
A secretary-level committee on resisting private land grabbing decided to suggest making provisions for 14 years' imprisonment for land grabbing.
"The decision was taken to ensure protection for the general people against losing land at the hands of powerful persons," Dr Shahadat Hossain, chairman of the committee, said. A five-member committee, headed by a joint secretary of the cabinet division, will also be formed to bring necessary changes in the land laws to include the new provision of 14-year imprisonment.
Besides, the secretary-level committee decided to suggest the government take punitive actions against the government officials and employees involved in land grabbing. The meeting informed that a special tribunal would be set up to have the land-related cases settled rapidly. A draft on the formation of the special tribunal is now being prepared by the land ministry. The committee, formed in February 2004, has so far recovered about 265 acres of land worth about Tk 634 crore in Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj districts. The Daily Star, February 7.
Govt to give FBI full-access
The government is ready to provide full access to evidence to the FBI to investigate the January 27 grenade attack in Habiganj that killed former finance minister SAMS Kibria and four others. A highly placed home ministry source said the government is now awaiting response from Washington regarding its request to send detectives to investigate the attack.
"We have not yet received any official response from the US government. We are in touch with the US embassy in Dhaka and they assured us that they will communicate Washington's response as soon as it is available," the source added. A source in the US embassy confirmed that the decision to send the FBI now rests with the US government. Close communication between Dhaka and Washington at different levels is going on regarding the terms of investigation, according to the US embassy source. An FBI agent flew in Dhaka already, two days after the US ambassador had met with the prime minister in response to the government's request for FBI assistance in investigating the January 27 carnage in
Habiganj. -Prothom Alo, February 7.
Bill to ban tobacco ad placed in JS A bill proposing a ban on advertisements on tobacco products and smoking in public places and transport was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad as it resumed its session after a week's recess amid abstention by the main opposition Awami League (AL) lawmakers. Health and Family Welfare Minister Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain tabled a bill titled 'Smoking and Tobacco Usage (control) Act 2005' that proposed prohibiting advertisements on tobacco products in newspapers, books and magazines and through radio, television and cinema.
Putting up billboards and printing leaflets and handbills or any other documents containing advertisements on tobacco should also be banned, the bill proposes. Education Minister Osman Farruk placed the Computer and Technical Education Academy Bill 2005 and State Minister for Home Lutfuzzaman Babar tabled the Battalion Ansar (Amendment) Bill 2005 in parliament.
Considering the adverse effect of the ban on tobacco farmers, the bill proposes to the government to provide soft-loans to them to switch over to other crops in the next five years.- The Daily Star, February 9.
Police sergeants buy freedom for Tk 2 lakh
Two police sergeants allegedly abducted from Kafrul in the capital bought their freedom for Tk 2 lakh, 16 hours into their abduction. The police could not confirm that the two traffic sergeants, Asaduzzaman and Monirul Alam, were abducted but started investigating the matter. Faruq Ahmed, additional commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), has been tasked with finding whether the two were abducted.
Asaduzzaman and Monirul were taken to Rajarbagh Police Lines Hospital last night for treatment for the injuries inflicted on them by their 'captors.' The incident smacked of mystery as relatives of the two cops alleged they were abducted but the police were in doubt. No reporters were allowed to meet them. - The Daily Star, February 11.