MPs need code of conduct
TIB seeks empowerment of JS bodies; says Tk 5.42cr wasted for quorum crisis already

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday came up with a set of recommendations including the ones for formulating a code of conduct for lawmakers and measures to strengthen committee system to make parliament effective.

Dangerous joyrides and reckless as well as happy-go-lucky driving have become the most common features of the city traffic, exposing innocent pedestrians and commuters to serious accidents every day.
Print EditionA gang of thirty criminals launched the gun attack in broad daylight at Karwan Bazar on June 26 that left three persons killed for taking a revenge for the killing of their cohort Mamun and establishing supremacy over toll collection in the kitchen market.
Print EditionThe allegations of attempt to poison Sheikh Hasina while in detention during the last caretaker government rule do not add up, say sources close to the then prison authorities.
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Maj Gen (retd) MA Matin termed the allegation of slow poisoning Sheikh Hasina a nasty slander and a deliberate attempt of some political leaders and their associates to gain political ground.
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Former law adviser to the caretaker government Mainul Hosein yesterday rejected the allegation brought against him by prime minister's health adviser of his involvement in serving poisoned food to Sheikh Hasina during her detention in sub-jail.
Print EditionA section of the local administration and police were involved with the rioters who made arson attacks and vandalised Ha-Meem Group factories at Ashulia last week, the group's Managing Director AK Azad suspects.
Print EditionThe amended article 70 of the constitution has kept MPs "prisoners" of their own party since restoration of parliamentary democracy in 1991, preventing them from playing due role in parliament freely.
Print EditionWhile the world struggles against swine flu our ruling party, the Awami League, is being debilitated by the 'mouth flu'. What is seen as the strongest mandate to any political party to govern since independence is being corroded by a daily dose of unthinking, unnecessary and self-contradictory comments which are making the government look confused, ill-coordinated and desperate with no evidence of team work.
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