Arrest warrant for ex-industries secy, Ulfa’s Paresh Baru

A court of Bangladesh on Wednesday (June 29) took into cognisance the supplementary charge sheet pressed against 11 new accused in two cases filed in connection with the 10-truck arms haul in Chittagong in 2004.

Golam Sarwar, Acting Judge of Chittagong Metropolitan Special Tribunal-1 took the charge sheet during the hearing of taking into cognisance of the charge.

The court in Chittagong also issued arrest warrants against two absconding accused of the case -- India's Ulfa (United Liberation Front of Asom) leader Paresh Barua and former additional secretary of industries ministry Nurul Amin.

JS receives scrutinised charter review bill

The parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry on Wednesday placed the much-talked-about bill on the constitutional amendment before the Jatiya Sangsad after scrutiny on Wednesday (June 29).


Awami League (AL) lawmaker Fazle Rabbi Miah, also a member of the committee, placed the bill titled ‘The Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Bill, 2011’ in the House on behalf of the committee at about 11:45am.
The bill is likely to be passed in the parliament Thursday, said sources.