Motiur Rahman Nizami`s appeal have been started

Motiur Rahman Nizami

The arguments on death-row convict Jamaat leader Motiur Rahman Nizami`s appeal have been started for the second day.

Defense counsels are placing their arguments to the four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha that started on Tuesday morning.

The other members of the bench are Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, Justice Hasan Fayez Siddique and Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain.

According to court order, defense counsels can place their arguments for three consecutive days, which started from November 30 while state counsels will place their arguments on December 7.

International Crimes Tribunal-1 led by Justice Enayetur Rahim awarded Motiur Rahman Nizami death sentence on October 29, 2014.

Eight, out of 16 charges brought against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer were proved. Nizami was given death penalties on charges of massacre of intellectuals, rape, looting, destroying of property and compelling Hindus to leave the country.

On November 23 last year, Jamaat-e-Islami chief Nizami challenged the ICT-1 verdict.

The Anti-Corruption Commission investigate against Mirza Abbas

 Mirza Abbas

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has taken fresh move to investigate corruption against BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas, also convener of Dhaka Metropolitan BNP.

There was an allegation of corruption against him in allotting plots of Rajuk in capital`s Uttara when he was Minister at Housing and Public Works in 2006.

Blast during exercise of military An army man died

Injured Army man 

An army man died and three other personnel were injured in the incident of shell blast in district`s Mankhali area under Ukhia upazila during winter exercise of military on Saturday.

Golam Faruk, Brigadier General of Ramu-10 infantry division, confirmed the incident.

The deceased army man is sepoy Ibrahim Khalil, 31, a member of Ramu cantonment.

The injured are sergeant Humayun, 43, lance naik Habibur Rahman, 40 and lance corporal Rasel Habib, 31.

Bangladeshi leading products brand Walton honored with the ‘Best Brand Award-2015

Walton, the country’s leading brand of electrical, electronics, automobile and home appliance products, has been honored with the ‘Best Brand Award-2015’ for the third consecutive year in refrigerator category.

SM Zahid Hasan, executive director (HRM and admin) of Walton, received the award at a function organized by Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) and world’s leading brand research organization Millward Brown at Radisson Blue Water Garden hotel in the capital on Saturday night.

Nazrul Islam Sarkar, Walton executive director, Mahmudul Haque, director (HRM and admin), and Firoj Alam, deputy director (PR and media) were also present.

The award was given on base of survey and research on consumers.

This year the award winners in different categories include:

Top 10 Brands

Ranking	Local Top 10 Brands	Overall Top 10 Brands
1	SYMPHONY	FAIR & LOVELY
2	RADHUNI MASALA	RUPCHANDA FORTIFIED SOYABEAN OIL
3	TEER REFINED SOYABEAN OIL	HORLICKS
4	SUPER FRESH SOYABEAN OIL	SYMPHONY
5	WALTON REFRIGERATOR	GRAMEENPHONE
6	COCOLA NOODLES	LUX
7	MILK VITA	RADHUNI MASALA
8	WALTON TV	TEER REFINED SOYABEAN OIL
9	TEER ATTA MAIDA SUZI	BANGLALINK
10	SANDALINA SANDAL SOAP	PARACHUTE ADVANSED

Special Recognition Awards

AWARD	WINNER	DESCRIPTION
Best New Comer Brand 2015	SAMSUNG	This award recognizes the brand that has been the best new entrant in the award ranking.  Couple of new brands has entered into the top 30 ranking this year. Among them, it is the brand that has been able to secure a very strong position in its first entry in the award ranking.
Most Improved Brand 2015	BANGLALINK	This new category recognizes the brand that had the highest upward shift in ranking as compared to last year in the overall Top 30 brands. 14 out of the top 30 brands have improved their ranks over last year.
Most Consistent Brand 2015	LUX	This new category recognizes the brand that stayed the most consistent over the years in the overall Top 30 ranking.  Over the last 6 years, the winner of this award has always stayed in the top 10 ranking.
Most Improved Category 2015	MOBILE PHONE NETWORK	Among the 35 categories surveyed this year, 1 category stood out as being the most improved this year. Majority of the brands in this category has not only improved their ranks this year, but has improved by big margin.

Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon murder case

A fugitive in 13-year old Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon murder case surrendered to the court on Sunday.

Accused Shamim Ahmed, who awarded seven years imprisonment in the case, surrendered to Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court and sought for bail.

Judge Akbar Hossain Mridha rejected his bail plea and sent him to jail after hearing in the case.

Plaintiff`s lawyer Moshrur Chowdhury Shawkat confirmed this.

Meanwhile, on November 8, the same court sentenced four convicts including the prime accused Kamrul Islam to death over the much-talked and sensational case.

The court also sentenced six other convicts to different term imprisonment and acquitted three as they were not found guilty in the murder.

Shamim is one of the convicted who went hiding shortly after the murder happened.

On July 8 this year, a vegetable vendor Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon, 13, was beaten to death at a garage in Sylhet’s Kumargaon falsely accusing him of stealing a rickshaw van. The killers also released a video of the torture on social media websites triggering severe criticisms.

On August 16, Investigation Officer Suranjit Talukder, also an inspector of the Detective Branch of Sylhet Metropolitan Police, submitted the charge sheet to the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Shahedul Karim, accusing the 13 people and showing 38 others as witnesses.

On September 22, a Sylhet court framed charges against the 13 people, including prime accused Kamrul.

Mercy pleas made by the two executed war criminals

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has ruled out any controversy over the mercy pleas made by the two executed war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.

He said that the two condemned war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed sought presidential mercy, admitting their charges committed during the liberation war in 1971, at the last minutes of their walking gallows. There is no scope to doubt in it.

The home boss came up with the clarification at his office in Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday.

Jamaat-e-Islami called a nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal

Jamaat-e-Islami called a nationwide dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) for Monday in protest of executing death-sentence of its leader war crimes convicts Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.

The hartal will be enforced from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm on Monday.

Besides, the party will hold `gayebana janaja` and doa mahfil today (Sunday), Jamaat acting ameer Moqbul Ahmad said in a press release sent to media houses after hanging its Secretary General.

Mojaheed did neither file mercy petition to the president nor apologise admitting his crime, the statement reads.

BNP is however yet to come up with any reaction or announce any programme till filing this report.

Meanwhile, BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed were hanged around 12:55 am on Sunday for their war-time atrocities during the liberation war in 1971.

Mojaheed`s family is trying to mislead the people making irrelevant comments

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said that condemned war criminal Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed`s family is trying to mislead the people making irrelevant comments.

The Attorney General came up with this comment in his office after Mojaheed`s family briefed media at Saturday noon.

Mahbubey Alam said that if anyone is accused in five cases and he got death penalty in a single case and be executed in it, all cases filed against him will be inactive. As neither the court will receive depositions against any dead person nor will deliver the verdict.

presidential clemency sought Condemned war crimainals

Condemned war crimainals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed sought presidential clemency in written on Saturday, the jail sources confirmed this risingbd.

Dhaka Central Jail area security tightened more

The security measures have tightened more in and around Dhaka Central Jail before executing death sentences of condemned war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.

Additional members of police were deployed on Saturday morning. Besides, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), among other law enforcers were seen to patrol the area. Law enforcers also took positions on the roofs of adjacent buildings of the jail.

Traffic on the street in front of the jail has been stopped and security forces are frisking anyone who looks suspicious.

Mafiz Uddin, deputy police commissioner of Lalbag zone, said that security measures have been beefed up for past few days over the execution of two death-row convicts. Police are on alert to avoid any unexpected incident.