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SC asks for concise statement on war criminal Alim's appeal
Staff Correspondent
The Supreme Court yesterday directed the counsels for convicted war criminal Abdul Alim to submit a concise statement on his appeal challenging the verdict against him before it by March 11.
On October 9 last year, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced the 83-year-old BNP leader to imprisonment till death for his wartime offences.
Alim filed the appeal on November 7 last year to acquit him.
Kazakhstan congratulates Hasina
Diplomatic Correspondent
Serik Akhmetov, prime minister of Kazakhstan, has congratulated Sheikh Hasina for assuming the office as the prime minister of Bangladesh.
In a message, Serik also evinced that bilateral cooperation between the two countries will be strengthened further, said a foreign ministry press release yesterday.
New Swiss envoy presents credentials to president
Cin Desk
Newly appointed Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh Christian Fotsch yesterday presented his credentials to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban in the capital yesterday afternoon.
Prior to his appointment,
Ambassador Christian Fotsch served as the Swiss ambassador to the Slovak Republic.
40 gold bars recovered at Shahjalal airport
Staff Correspondent
Customs intelligence officials seized 40 gold bars, weighing 4.6kg, worth Tk 2.10 crore, at the capital’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport yesterday.
The bars were found abandoned inside a toilet near belt no-5 of Customs Hall around 11:45am, said Moinul Khan, director general of customs intelligence.