Thursday 6th of May 2013 News updates: Feb28 News Brief 1. 12.12pm Mymensingh Strikers in Mymensingh vandalized auto rickshaws and other light vehicles in different parts of the city as a half-day shutdown enforced by five allies of BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) us under way. Police detained 20 strikers from different upazilas. natunbarta/english/districts/2013/06/06/4779 2. 3pm Dhaka Finance Minister AMA Muhith has proposed a Tk 222,491-crore annual budget outlays for fiscal 2013-14 in what is the last budget of the Awami League-led grand alliance government. Lawmakers of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) are not attending today’s session, which began at 3:00pm. bdinn/news/fiscal-2013-14-tk-222491cr-budget-proposed/ 3. 3.17pm Dhaka Allowing in part the adjournment plea by the defence counsel, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 has held back for 10 days the hearing of charge framing on AKM Yusuf, nayeb-e- ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami. english.rtnn.net/?/newsdetail/detail/1/1/54200 4. 3.34pm Dhaka Kamaruzzaman, Assistant Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami, on Thursday filed an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging the ICT-2 verdict that sentenced him to death for committing crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. natunbarta/english/national/2013/06/06/4807 5. 4.56pm Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the ninth Parliament will end with its last business day on Oct 25. Sheikh Hasina also retreated her wish to hold the general elections under an interim government in keeping with the Constitution. tazakhobor/politics/4587-oct-25-will-be-the-last-day-of-parliament-hasina#sthash.28QuhKu7.dpuf 6. 6.21pm Dhaka Claiming it as a politically motivated budget, the main opposition BNP has said the government does not have the efficiency to implement the budget Finance Minister AMA Muhith tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday. tazakhobor/politics/4592-politically-motivated-budget-ahead-of-election-bnp#sthash.tVWZrXGx.dpuf 7. Dhaka Turkish Ambassador in Dhaka Hüseyin Muftuoglu on Thursday said Turkey is against death penalty but it respects any independent court decision here.“In principle, we’ve abolished death penalty. We don’t have death penalty. We’re, in principle, against the death penalty,” the envoy told reporters at the Foreign Ministry after a meeting with Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni. english.rtnn.net/?/newsdetail/detail/1/1/54197 8. Dhaka The government on Thursday formed a six-member wage board to fix the minimum wage for the workers of the country’s trouble-torn readymade garment (RMG) sector. english.rtnn.net/?/newsdetail/detail/1/2/54199 9. Dhaka Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Thursday at Shanshad Bhaban said Bangladesh’s ties with Middle Eastern countries got deepened as the government has been successful in protecting the country’s interest in manpower export to those nations and raising the wage rates of workers. english.rtnn.net/?/newsdetail/detail/1/3/54202 10. Dhaka In the latest reshuffle in the police administration, 14 senior police officials, raking from Additional Superintendent (SP) to Deputy Inspector General (DIG), have been transferred and given new postings. english.rtnn.net/?/newsdetail/detail/1/3/54201 11. US Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni and the Chief of Army, General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan, will be traveling to New York during the mid of June. Dr. Dipu Moni will be there for a short period to attend a session on International Peace in the General Assembly of United Nations. progressbangladesh/foreign-minister-and-chief-of-army-visiting-new-york/ 12. Dhaka A Dhaka court fixed July 2 for indictment hearing against 148 BNP men, including Rizvi, Farooque and Amanullah, in a case filed for creating panic and anarchy. bdinn/news/case-against-148-bnp-men-indictment-hearing-on-july-2/ 13. Rajshahi Much awaited residential gas connections would be inaugurated in Rajshahi on Friday. The connection would be inaugurated from the residences of two language fighters in the city. Later, all the residences of the city will come under the benefit gradually. bdinn/news/gas-links-in-rajshahi-from-friday/
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