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News in Brief
SC introduces SMS for case
status info
Staff Correspondent
The Supreme Court has recently introduced Short Message Service (SMS), as part of its digitalised case management system, to help litigants access case information over cellphones.
"From now on, anyone can know the recent status of a case simply by sending an SMS,” Kazi Parvez Anwar, a system analyst of the SC, told The Daily Star.
To know the recent status of a case one has to type SC_space_ nature of the case (eg. criminal/civil) _ space_case number_space_year it was filed and send it to 2233.
Case information is also available on: (www.supremecourt.gov.bd).
A total of 23 judgments of the Appellate Division and 315 judgments of the High Court Division have been preserved in the data centre which maintains the apex court's verdicts, orders, cause lists and other relevant information.
CU shuttle train engine derails
CU Correspondent
The engine of one of the two shuttle trains of Chittagong University, pulling nine coaches, derailed at Oxygen Gate area, between Chittagong Cantonment and Sholoshahar Railway Station, around 5:30pm yesterday.
No student present in the train was injured.
A relief train has reached the spot, said stationmaster of the railway station, SM Fakhrul Alam Parvez, around 7:00pm. He, however, could not estimate the time needed to get the route operational.
Eight robbers held from Karnaphuli river
Staff Correspondent, ctg
Bangladesh Coast Guard caught eight robbers and seized four engine boats and some sharp weapons from their possession in the Karnaphuli river in Chittagong yesterday afternoon.
On a tip-off, a team from the Coast Guard (East Zone), led by Lt Commander Mohiuddin Khan, conducted a drive in the outer anchorage area of the river from 9:30am to 4:30pm and caught the robbers with the engine boats and weapons while they were preparing for committing robbery, said Alamgir Hossain, public relation officer (PRO) of the zone.
The accused were handed over to Patenga Police Station and a case was lodged, added the PRO.
Shrimp fry worth Tk 10 lakh seized
Staff Correspondent, ctg
The fisheries department seized shrimp fry worth Tk 10 lakh at Shah Amanat Bridge in Chittagong city yesterday.
It also imposed Tk 10,000 fine on the driver of the truck that was illegally carrying the fry.
On information, a team from the department conducted a drive in the area around 1:00am and seized around 10 lakh shrimp fry, each costing Tk 1, from the truck, said District Fisheries Officer Prabhati Debi, who led the drive.
Prabhati said the fry were being taken to Satkhira from Cox's Bazar.
Renowned wildlife expert Dr Reza Khan, second from left, being presented Prokriti 0 Jibon Foundation-Channel i “Nature Conservation Award-2012” at Ruposhi Bangla Hotel in the capital yesterday. On his right is Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud and on his left are Prokriti 0 Jibon Foundation Chairman Mukit Majumdar Babu and Channel i Managing Director Faridur Reza Sagar. photo: star