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4 MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 DT News ‘Judges’ conduct rules gazette by July 15’ • Tribune Desk JUDICIARY Law Minister Anisul Huq has said a gazette notification on disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges will be issued by July 15. He made the statement while talking to the journalists at the Judicial Administrative Training Institute in Dhaka on Sunday. In response to a time plea filed by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, the Supreme Court for the last time extended the deadline to issue the gazette notification in the morning, reports the Bangla Tribune. While extending the deadline by two weeks, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha said: “It’s last chance.” Govt gets two more weeks to publish judges’ conduct rules gazette The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has yet again extended the deadline to issue a gazette notification on disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges. A seven-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, passed the order on Sunday, in response to Attorney General Mahbubey’s time petition. The court extended the deadline by another two weeks, reports UNB. Earlier on several occasions, the apex court expressed dissatisfaction at the government’s failure to issue the gazette notification. On December 12 last year, the court had asked the authorities concerned to issue the gazette by January 15. The deadline was extended several times. The court has issued multiple orders asking the government to issue the gazette but in vain Earlier, President Abdul Hamid had decided not to issue the gazette despite a court ordering the government to do so. Then the bench had said that the president might have been misinformed. A historic Appellate Division verdict on the Masdar Hossain case mandated drafting a 12-point guideline on the separation of the judiciary from the executive. The government had drafted the rules and sent it to the apex court for its opinion, which made some changes and sent it back for the gazette issuance. So far, the court has issued multiple orders asking the government to issue the gazette but in vain. Earlier on several occasions, the apex court expressed dissatisfaction at the government’s failure to issue the gazette notification. On December 12 last year, the court had asked the authorities concerned to issue the gazette by January 15. The deadline was extended several times. Earlier, President Abdul Hamid had decided not to issue the gazette despite a court ordering the government to do so. Then the bench had said that the president might have been misinformed. A historic Appellate Division verdict on the Masdar Hossain case mandated drafting a 12-point guideline on the separation of the judiciary from the executive. The government had drafted the rules and sent it to the apex court for its opinion, which made some changes and sent it back for the gazette issuance. So far, the court has issued multiple orders asking the government to issue the gazette but in vain. • Khaleda’s graft case trial to continue • Ashif Islam Shaon COURTS May could walk out of Brexit talks over exit bill • Reuters, London WORLD The Supreme Court has rejected BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s plea to reinvestigate a part of Zia Orphanage graft case, paving the way to continue her trail in the case. A four-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha passed the order on a leave-to-appeal petition yesterday, upholding a previous High Court order that went against Khaleda. Khurshid Alam Khan, counsel of Anti-Corruption Commission, said the Appellate Division upheld the High Court order with some observations having some directives about the dockets which stated about the source of the money. Khaleda recently filed the petition after the High Court on March 9 had passed the order as the BNP chief moved the court, urging the reinvestigation of the portion of the case that focused on the source of money. In 2008, the ACC filed the case against six people, including Khaleda and her elder son Tarique Rahman, for allegedly embezzling Tk2.1 crore from the funds of the Zia Orphanage Trust. • British business leaders have been told to brace for the possibility that Prime Minister Theresa May’s government may walk out of Brexit talks this year, according to the Sunday Telegraph. The move would be designed for “domestic consumption” to show the government is negotiating hard with the European Union, the newspaper reported. The newspaper did not reveal how it obtained the information. The Sunday Telegraph said the briefing of business leaders by a senior May aide took place after last month’s general election and the person has since left in the recent overhaul at the top of government. May’s office did not immediately to a request for comment. The Sunday Telegraph quoted a source in May’s office saying a retreat from talks is not part of its plans. Brexit minister David Davis said two months ago that Britain will not pay €100bn to leave the European Union after it was reported that the EU was preparing to demand that amount. The EU wants to agree with Britain on a formula for calculating how much it will owe the bloc after it leaves before it starts talks on its future trading relationship. •
Who poisoned Nibras’ mind? • Nuruzzaman Labu SPECIAL “No idiot.” These were Nibras Islam’s last words to his sister, Bushra, when she asked him if he was going to die. He sent them to her by text on June 27, 2016, just four days before participating and losing his life in the terror attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery. Even a year after the incident, his family still wonder what led him to turn from a meek and gentle boy into one of Bangladesh’s most infamous terrorists. Bushra was also the last person Nibras spoke to in person before disappearing in 2016, telling her to take care of the family. He had also left a note seeking their blessing and assuring them of his return. “I tried hard to know where he was and what he was doing but he never answered. He used to share almost everything with me but he did not share this. We could at least have tried to bring him to reason if he shared his transformation with us even once,” Bushra told the Dhaka Tribune. In his initial texts to her on June 27, Nibras had asked his sister not to make blasphemous remarks and perform “Hijrat” as he did. “We are an ordinary Muslim family. We say our prayers but Nibras was never too interested in religion. We had to push him to attend Jumma prayers on Friday. But he started praying regularly after returning home from Malaysia, where he was studying at Monash University, in 2015,” said Nibras’ father Nazrul Islam. “I thought it was a good sign and never noticed something abnormal in it. How am I supposed to know that he was being misguided through the internet? We could not understand it. Otherwise we could have saved our son.” Nazrul suspects that someone from Malaysia misguided Nibras. “I demand extreme punishment for those who brainwashed my son and led him to take part in such News 5 MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 heinous act. My son was not supposed to accept such a fate. I rolled up my business to a certain extent so that I could spend enough time with him. I used to take him to the playground all the time as he loved to play games,” he said With tears welling up in his eyes, Nazrul sought the forgiveness from those who had lost family members in the attack and added: “I had a friendly relationship with my son. I nurtured him with all my love and affection and that son turned into a terrorist.” Nibras’ mother Laila Bilkis was similarly at a loss to explain why Nibras transformed and why he hid it from them. She said Nibras had taken some old clothes with him when leaving home for the last time. When Laila asked him about the clothes, Nibras said he was going to exchange them with new ones from one of his friend’s shop. Later, Laila discovered her son had gone missing along with four of his friends and left a letter in his home. “Please find out who brainwashed my son and punish them, so that no other mother loses her child and no other incident like the Dhaka terror attack ever takes place,” Laila pleaded. • Qatar defiant as deadline nears to resolve Gulf rift • AFP, Doha WORLD A deadline was approaching Sunday for Qatar to accept a series of demands made by several Arab states to lift a de facto blockade, with no indications Doha was ready to comply. Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al- Thani said Saturday that the 13 demands from Saudi Arabia and several of its allies were designed to be spurned. “The list of demands is made to be rejected,” Sheikh Mohammed said. “Everyone is aware that these demands are meant to infringe the sovereignty of the state of Qatar,” he said at a news conference in Rome after meeting his Italian counterpart. “The state of Qatar... Nibras Islam, one of the 5 militants that attacked and were killed at the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1, 2016 is rejecting it as a principle,” he said, adding: “We are willing to engage in providing the proper conditions for further dialogue.” Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt announced on June 5 they were severing ties with their Gulf neighbour, sparking the worst diplomatic crisis to hit the region in decades. They accused Doha of supporting extremism and of being too close to regional arch-rival Iran, which Qatar has strongly denied. The crisis has raised concerns of growing instability in the region, home to some of the world’s largest energy producers and several key Western allies hosting US military facilities. On June 22 the Arab states presented a list of demands and gave Doha 10 days to comply. The ultimatum is expected to expire at the end of the day on Sunday, though the deadline has not been officially confirmed. Riyadh and its supporters have already severed air, sea and ground links with Qatar, cutting off vital routes for imports including food. Threat of further sanctions Qatari citizens were ordered to leave the countries and various steps were taken against Qatari companies and financial institutions. It is unclear what further measures will be taken if Qatar fails to meet the demands, but the UAE ambassador to Russia Omar Ghobash warned last week that further sanctions could be imposed. As well as expelling Doha from the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council, the Arab states could tell their economic partners they need to make a choice between doing business with them or with Qatar, he told Britain’s Guardian newspaper. Riyadh’s demands include ending Doha’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood, the closure of Al-Jazeera television, a downgrade of diplomatic ties with Iran and the shutdown of a Turkish military base in the emirate. Qatar has long pursued a more Obaidul: Army to perform as striking force in next polls • Tribune Desk ELECTION DT Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said Army will be deployed during the next general election as striking force if required. “Army will perform its duty as per the constitution during the next national polls. They will be deployed if the Election Commission decides to do so,” Quader told the reporters at the secretariat meeting room, reports the Bangla Tribune. He came up with the remark as Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia demanded army deployment during the election. Quader said: “Elections took place in her (Khaleda) regime too. We will deploy army in the election the way she did during her time. How does she force us to do something that she did not practice herself?” About Khaleda’s comment on Swiss Bank accounts of Bangladeshis, Quader said the whole world know about the stories of Tarek and Koko. It has been proved by FBI and the courts of Singapore and United States. AL does not have such records. • Qatar’s Minister of Defense Khalid bin Mohammad Al-Attiyah, right, and his Turkish counterpart Fikri Isik review a guard of honour as they meet in Ankara, Turkey, June 30, 2017 REUTERS independent foreign policy than many of its neighbours, who tend to follow the lead of regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia. Doha has said it is ready for talks to end the crisis and Kuwait, which unlike most of its GCC neighbours has not cut ties, has taken the lead in mediation efforts. • TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR TODAY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN LIKELY MONDAY, JULY 3 Dhaka 34 27 Chittagong 32 27 Rajshahi 32 26 Rangpur 31 25 Khulna 32 27 Barisal 32 27 Sylhet 31 25 DHAKA TODAY TOMORROW SUN SETS 6:50PM SUN RISES 5:16AM YESTERDAY’S HIGH AND LOW 34.8ºC 23ºC Bhola Rangamati Source: Accuweather/UNB PRAYER TIMES Cox’s Bazar 29 26 Fajr: 4:45am | Zohr: 1:15pm Asr: 5:15pm | Magrib: 7:00pm Esha: 8:45pm Source: Islamic Foundation
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