Law week
Charges against Alim accepted
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on March 27 took into cognisance the war crimes charges brought against former BNP lawmaker Abdul Alim. The tribunal--the first of two set up to deal with war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War--ordered the prosecution to place formal charges against Alim on April 24. It also extended bail to the BNP leader until that day. Arrested on March 27 last year in Joypurhat, the BNP leader is now facing 74 counts of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the Liberation War of 1971. After the three-judge tribunal took the charges into cognisance, Munshi Ahsan Kabir, a defence counsel of Alim, appealed for his client's bail to be extended as he had not violated any of the conditions of the bail.-The Daily Star March 28 2012.
Mahmudur Rahman, three others indicted
A Dhaka court on March 27 framed charges against the acting editor, publisher, chief reporter and a reporter of the daily Amar Desh in a defamation case. The accused are acting editor Mahmudur Rahman, publisher Alhaj Md Hasmat Ali, chief reporter Syed Abdal Ahmed and reporter Oliullah Noman. The court fixed May 21 to start trail of the case. On October 28, 2009, BTRC Deputy Director Tarek Hassan Siddiqui filed the defamation case against the accused with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court of Dhaka for running “defamatory reports and cartoon” in the newspaper on October 2, 3 and 8 of 2009.- The Daily Star March 28 2012.
DoE sues 3 KEPZ officials
The Department of Environment (DoE) filed a case against three officials of Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) on March 24 for razing hills to develop industrial plots in Anwara upazila of the district. They are KEPZ adviser Brig Gen (retd) Hasan Nasir, General Manager Col (retd) Mohammad Shajahan and Manager Abul Kalam Azad. The DoE in the case also accused 10 unnamed others of KEPZ. The case was filed with Karnaphuli Police Station under the environment preservation act, 1995 (amendment-2010) for illegally cutting hills, filling water bodies, felling trees, and violating the provisions of the environment clearance KEPZ had got from the DoE for developing industrial plots in that area. Earlier in the day, a DoE team led by Director Munir Chowdhury seized 10 bulldozers from KEPZ.
- The Daily Star March 26 2012.
ETV chairmen, MD get bail
The chairman and managing director of Ekushey Television (ETV) were granted bail in a case filed against them for not submitting their tax returns within a stipulated time. Judge Mohammad Zahurul Haque of the Senior Special Judge's Court granted the bail to ETV Chairman Abdus Salam and Managing Director Ashraful Alam when they appeared before the court seeking bail. Abu Sayeed Sohel, deputy tax commissioner of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), filed the case against them on March 20 and asked the duo to appear before it on April 10. -The Daily Star March 26 2012.
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