| BNP lawmakers protest arrest of three lawyers Posted: 07 Aug 2011 03:20 AM PDT 
BNP lawmakers on Saturday formed a human chain on the premises of Sangsad Bhaban, protesting the arrest of three lawyers, including Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia. The human chain programme started at 10:25am and ended at 11.00am. Three pro-BNP lawyers Papia, Abu Bakar Siddique and Gazi Towhidul Islam were arrested on Thursday on charge of obstructing the work of police at the High Court during the hearing of a contempt petition. Later, they were produced before the chief metropolitan magistrate's court on Friday and the court sent them to jail. Terming the arrest of Papia, also a BNP lawmaker, and two other lawyers unprecedented, speakers at the human chain programme demanded their immediate release. BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed said trial of those who had "buried" the 1972 constitution by bringing the 4th amendment in 1975 should be held first. BNP lawmakers Barkatullah Bulu, Mojibur Rahman Sarwar, Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie, Mahbubuddin Khokon, Hafizur Rahman, Rumana Mahmud, Sheikh Sujat Mia and Nilufar Chowdhury Moni and Jamaat-e-Islami MPs Hamidur Rahman Azad and Shamsul Islam took part in the human chain. The three lawyers were arrested after the High Court felt embarrassed to hear the bail petitions filed by 13 pro-BNP lawyers who had been sued for Tuesday's incident. The accused were Asifa Ashrafi Papia, Gazi Kamrul Islam Sajal, Shahiduzzaman, Mirza Al Mahmud, Sharif Uddin Ahmed, Abdullah Al Mahmud, Enamul Hossain Gaffar, MU Ahmed, Mohammad Ali, Md Ashrafuzzaman Khan, Towhidul Islam, Golam Nabi, Mahmudul Arefin Swapan and Rezwan Ahmed. |
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| An American helicopter crashed in central Afghanistan overnight killing 31 US soldiers and 7 Afghan troops, the Afghan President said today. Posted: 06 Aug 2011 11:37 AM PDT 
KABUL: An American helicopter crashed in central Afghanistan overnight killing 31 US soldiers and 7 Afghan troops, the Afghanistan President said on Saturday, a devastating death toll and easily the worst single incident for foreign troops in 10 years of war. A brief statement from the presidential palace said the helicopter had crashed in central Maidan Wardak province, just to the west of the capital, Kabul, and identified the Americans as special forces troops. Afghan President Hamid Karzai "shared his deep sorrow and sadness" with US counterpart Barack Obama and the families of the US and Afghan victims, the statement said. The Taliban claimed to have shot down the troop-carrying Chinook helicopter during a firefight and killed 38 soldiers. The Islamist group also said in a statement that eight insurgents had been killed in torrid fighting. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed a helicopter had crashed but gave no further details. The high casualties come only two weeks after the start of a gradual process of handing security responsibility from foreign forces to Afghan troops and police, and at a time of growing unease about the increasingly unpopular and costly war. That process is due to end with all foreign combat troops leaving Afghanistan by the end of 2014, but some U.S. lawmakers have already questioned whether that handover is fast enough. Incidents with heavy death tolls are sure to raise even more questions about the transition process and how much longer foreign troops should stay. The crash was by far the worst incident of the war for foreign troops and easily surpassed the worst incidents of battlefield losses. In April 2005, another CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed, killing 15 U.S. servicemen and three civilian contractors. Another Chinook crash in June the same year killed 17 U.S. troops. WORRYING U.S. and other NATO commanders have claimed success in reversing the momentum of a growing insurgency in the Taliban heartland in the south, although insurgents have shown a worrying ability to adapt their tactics and mount major attacks in other areas. Those gains, however, have come at a price, with 711 foreign troops killed in Afghanistan in 2010, easily the deadliest year of the war for all concerned since the Taliban were toppled by U.S.-backed foreign troops in late 2001. The crash in Maidan Wardak means that at least 374 foreign troops have been killed so far in 2011, more than two-thirds of them American, according to independent monitor www.icasualties.com and figures kept by Reuters. Neither ISAF nor the U.S. military in Afghanistan confirmed whether there had been any casualties in the crash despite repeated telephone calls, much less any nationalities that might have been involved. The majority of foreign troops in Wardak, which comes under ISAF's eastern regional command, are American. Despite the alarming military toll, ordinary Afghan civilians have continued to bear the brunt of the war, with civilian casualties also hitting record levels in the first six months of this year, according to U.N. figures. Earlier on Saturday, Afghan police said a NATO air strike killed eight civilians in southern Helmand province on Friday. ISAF confirmed there had been an air strike in Helmand's Nad Ali district and said it was investigating whether civilians had been present at the time. Civilian casualties caused by foreign troops hunting Taliban fighters and other insurgents have long been a major source of friction between Kabul and its Western backers. Nad Ali district police chief Shidi Khan said the air strike was called in after insurgents attacked ISAF troops in the area. The victims of Friday's air strike in Helmand were members of a family that had fled fighting in neighbouring Uruzgan province, police said. ISAF said the civilians may have been held hostage by the insurgents. The most contentious of the first seven areas to be handed over was the Helmand provincial capital of Lashkar Gah. Helmand province has been the site of some of the most vicious fighting of the war. Far more foreign troops have died there than in any other province and there are still several Helmand districts dominated by the Taliban. In the past month, insurgents have carried out a string of destabilising assassinations of high-profile southern leaders, including president Karzai's half brother, and several large attacks killing police and civilians. A UN report last month said 1,462 civilians were killed in conflict-related incidents in the first six months of 2011, up 15 percent on the first half of 2010. It blamed insurgents for 80 percent of those deaths. |
| Pro-AL lawyers set terms for settlement Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:56 AM PDT 
Pro-Awami League lawyers have said the pro-BNP lawyers indulging in scuffle during a hearing at the High Court on Tuesday will have to apologise if they want to settle the feud following the incident. In response to an invitation from Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) general secretary Badruddoza Badal, 10 former general secretaries of the association met him on Saturday afternoon to settle the issue. The 10 former SCBA general secretaries who attended the meeting are Zainul Abedin, Nurul Islam Sujon, S M Rezaul Karim, A M Aminuddin, S M Muneer, Saidur Rahman, Giasuddin, Momtaz Uddin Fakir, Mahbub Ali and Bashir Ahmed. After the meeting, pro-Awami League lawyer Karim told nilganj.com that they spelt out the condition to Badal to settle the row. According to him, the pro-Awami League lawyers will appeal to the High Court justices, in front of whom the scuffle took place, to initiate steps to free the pro- BNP lawyers from the charges if they apologise to senior lawyers. "We've asked him (Badal) to enquire whether the lawyers who created the chaos are apologetic. If they are regretful, they'll have to apolgise to the senior lawyers tomorrow (Sunday). Then we, the senior lawyers, will go to the bench where the incident occurred," Karim said. Badal told reporters that the language of a letter sent to the pro-Awami League lawyers was changed following their demand. "The amended letter will be sent in the morning tomorrow (Sunday)," he said. "We are inviting senior lawyers to a meeting scheduled for Sunday for the settlement of the issue," he added. Badal also said they have decided to communicate with the home ministry to stop arrest of any other lawyer before the end of the discussion. Earlier in the day, the lawyers tied to the ruling party rejected a letter from the pro-BNP lawyers seeking an amicable settlement of the dispute, saying the language of the letter is not acceptable. Awami Lawyers Council general secretary Nurul Islam Sujon said SCBA president Khandker Mahbub Hossain is sheltering Mohammad Ali—who faces charges of assaulting police and preventing them from performing their duties—in his office room to help him evade arrest. Former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru said there was no legal hindrance in arresting anyone from the SCBA chief's office. "Police are just honouring the office." Ali is a pro-BNP lawyer who was allegedly involved in the chaos in front of the two High Court judges on Tuesday. Ali has been hiding in the office of the SCBA president since Thursday afternoon to evade arrest. Earlier that day, BNP's reserved seat MP and lawyer Syeda Asifa Ashrafi Papia and two other lawyers, facing similar charges, were arrested from the road in front of the Supreme Court. On Friday, a magistrate sent the arrested lawyers to jail, pending hearing on a police appeal for a 10-day remand for each of them. The next hearing takes place on Monday. |
| Net disruption in Sun wee hrs Posted: 06 Aug 2011 10:52 AM PDT 
Dhaka, Aug 6 (nilganj.com) – Bangladesh will see internet disruption for about 45 minutes in the small hours of Sunday due to start of repair work in the submarine cable, says a government official. "Back-up arrangements have been made for the five-day repair work on the segment 1.01 of the SEA-ME-WE-4 cable. We may have problems for 30-45 minutes," Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Ltd (BSCCL) managing director Monowar Hossain told bdnews24.com on Saturday. He said, "We have chosen to start the work shortly after 2am when the traffic is comparatively low." The Submarine Cable Consortium informed Bangladesh a month ago that one of the repeaters needs to be replaced on the segment. |
| Zimbabwe take first-innings lead Posted: 06 Aug 2011 05:57 AM PDT 
Bangladesh and Zimbabwe shared the spoils in the first session of the third day, with Bangladesh scoring quickly but losing two important wickets on a pitch that is expected to serve the batsmen well today. With the temperatures notably warmer than they have been the over the week and sunshine flattening the deck, the batsmen can expect a pleasant afternoon at the crease. Zimbabwe's bowlers gave another respectable account of themselves, with the opening pair's attacking intent evident. Their one fault was persisting with too short a length, which, though initially caused some uneasiness for the Bangladesh batsmen, they soon learnt to negotiate. |
| Teen missing on freezing mountain peakreezing mountain peak Posted: 06 Aug 2011 05:28 AM PDT 
A THIRTEEN-year-old girl who has gone missing in a Victorian national park in freezing conditions has limited bush experience and is dressed lightly. The Morwell teenager has been missing since 10am (AEST) on Saturday at Mount Erica in the Baw Baw National Park, in Victoria's east. She was camping with her scout group but is believed to have wandered off on her own. Sergeant Don Beagley said conditions in the area were cold and rainy and the girl is dressed lightly. Police are concerned for her well being as she has "very limited" bush experience and Sgt Beagley said they will search through the night to find her. They began their search around 4pm and have not seen any sign of her since. They have no idea why she wandered off from the group. "She is a scout but at 13, she wouldn't have all that much knowledge," said Sgt Beagley. "She has some knowledge, that if she gets lost, she should stay still." Sgt Beagley said the girl's father was assisting police with information. He said the rainy conditions meant the girl would have access to plenty of drinking water. Local police, the search and rescue squad and the airwing are searching for the girl with SES and Parks Victoria crews. "Line searching, together with sweeps by the police helicopter using forward looking infra-red are currently being used in attempts to locate the girl," Victoria Police said. Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Dean Stewart said the temperature on Mount Erica was currently minus 1C and was forecast to drop later on Saturday night to minus 2C. He said snow and showers were forecast for Mount Erica overnight. |
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