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Teesta water-sharing deal will take some more time till the interests of all concerned, including those of Paschimbanga, are addressed.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was told this by her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh during a discussion on the Teesta accord and transit, among other issues, at Addu in the Maldives yesterday.

The two leaders held the talks at Shangri-La’s Villingili Resort in the afternoon, hours before the opening of 17th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit.

Briefing reporters, Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai later said Manmohan conveyed to Sheikh Hasina that India needed some more time to build consensus on the Teesta issue. “Whatever agreement we reach, we will have to take into account the interests of all concerned.” Read more…

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Sylhet, Oct 20, 2011 (bdnews24)—Opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia has reminded the government of a ‘final’ anti-government movement, to be announced after the road marches.

“We will announce the final movement programme soon. You must all prepare for that programme. We will remove this government and put a patriotic one in place,” she said, addressing the last way-side rally of the Sylhet-bound four-party road march at Sherpur of Moulvibazar on Monday night.

Khaleda said she has a strong belief that the four-party alliance will form government if the election is held under a caretaker government.

BNP chief said, “Still there is time, do not make the people suffer anymore. Hand over power to a caretaker government for election. We do not want movement – we want a peaceful handover of power.” Read more…

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The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday framed 20 specific charges against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee for committing genocide and crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971.

The charge framing represents a watershed in the country’s history as it marks the beginning of the war crimes tribunal’s first trial since its formation on March 25 last year.

Sayedee, aged 71, sat in the dock throughout the 80-minitue proceedings. He pleaded not guilty after the court read out the charges.

The charges include murdering civilians; collaborating with the Pakistani occupation army to kill and torture unarmed people, loot valuables and torch houses and other properties; persecuting people on religious and political grounds; and committing atrocities on the Hindu community.

According to those, Sayedee was directly involved in abduction, confinement and raping of some girls. He raped a Hindu girl on several occasions. He also forced some Hindus to convert to Islam, an act the court considers a crime against humanity. Read more…

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Giving vitamin A supplements to children under the age of five in developing countries could save 600,000 lives a year, researchers claim. Writing in the British Medical Journal, UK and Pakistani experts assessed 43 studies involving 200,000 children, and found deaths were cut by 24% if children were given the vitamin.And they say taking it would also cut rates of measles and diarrhoea.
The body needs vitamin A for the visual and immune systems to work properly.It is found in foods including cheese, eggs, liver and oily fish.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, around the world, 190 million children under the age of five may have a vitamin A deficiency.But despite widespread efforts, supplementation programmes do not reach all the children who could benefit. Read more…

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Eleven days after the grisly grenade blasts at an Awami League rally on August 21, 2004, the then prime minister Khaleda Zia pinned the blame on AL leaders.

This week, 82 months into the attack, the Criminal Investigation Department pressed charges against her son Tarique Rahman, nephew Saiful Islam Duke, ex-political secretary Harris Chowdhury, ex-state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and some former top police and intelligence officials of her administration.

According to the supplementary charge sheets submitted on Sunday, Islamist militants had collaborated with Hawa Bhaban, former political office of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and the then administration to plot and stage the attack, the most gruesome in the country’s recent history.

Interestingly, three weeks into the blasts, Khaleda said no extremist groups existed in the country.

Speaking at a BNP parliamentary party meeting, she said, “We have to prove that we don’t patronise Islamist extremists and that no such groups exist in the country.”

She also accused AL, the then main opposition, of conspiring to tarnish the country’s image. Read more…

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A special tribunal Wednesday delayed a potential war crimes indictment against a leader of Bangladesh’s largest Islamic party, which calls the case politically motivated.
Delwar Hossain Sayedee and four other leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami party are jailed pending investigation of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan.

The hearing Wednesday had been to indict Sayedee after the investigation in his case was complete. Instead, head tribunal judge Nizamul Huq set a Sept. 4 hearing after the defense sought time, accusing the prosecution of noncooperation.

Sayedee faces charges of killing more than 50 people, torching villages, rape, looting and forcibly converting Hindus to Islam. The prosecution said Sayedee led a team in Pirojpur district where about 30,000 people were killed and dumped in 12 mass graves. Read more…

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The government on Wednesday expressed hope that the border issues between India and Bangladesh would be resolved during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to that country next month. Singh will visit Dhaka on September 6 and 7.

During Question Hour, Home Minister P Chidambaram told the Rajya Sabha, “Issues related to land boundary between India and Bangladesh, including un-demarcated stretches on 6.1 km and exchange of enclaves are being negotiated… there is a good possibility that these matters will be resolved when the Prime Minister visits Bangladesh.”

On border issues between the two countries and the issue of infiltration, Chidambaram said it is not correct to link the un-demarcated border with influx from Bangladesh. “As far as illegal immigration from Bangladesh is concerned, it is a problem. A large number of people come on visa… a small number illegally immigrate… we apprehend them,” he said adding 453 immigrants were apprehended this year up to July. Read more…

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Veteran Awami League (AL) leader Zillur Rahman was sworn in as the country’s 19th president in a simple ceremony at Bangabhaban yesterday.

Chief Justice MM Ruhul Amin administered the oath of office and secrecy to Zillur at the Darbar Hall of the presidential palace in the evening. Zillur is the fifth president elected by the Jatiya Sangsad since the parliamentary system was restored in 1991.

The Election Commission (EC) Wednesday declared Zillur, an AL presidential nominee, elected president unopposed. Zillur was the deputy leader of the House.

Among those who witnessed the investiture were Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Speaker Abdul Hamid, Deputy Speaker Shawkat Ali, chief advisers to caretaker governments Fakhruddin Ahmed and Justice Latifur Rahman, Deputy Leader of the House Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, ministers, members of parliament, judges of the Supreme Court, and senior civil service and military officials. Read more…

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