DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh’s interim government has granted magisterial powers to the Army for two months to improve law and order in the country and prevent “subversive acts”. The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification on the government’s decision on September 17, saying it will be applicable with immediate effect. The powers will be given to commissioned officers of the Army. The order will remain in force for the next 60 days. Section 17 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, or CrPC, which awards Army officers the status of special executive magistrates, says these officers shall be subordinate to the district magistrates, or deputy commissioners, bdnews24.com reported. This authority including arrest and dispersal of unlawful rallies has been conferred upon commissioned officers of the Army. (PTI)
Asia
Bangladesh summons Indian envoy after Sheikh Hasina accuses Yunus of assassination plot
NEW DELHI (TIP): Dhaka summoned India’s Acting High Commissioner, Pawan Badhe, on February 5 after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accused Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government, of plotting to assassinate her. Hasina […]
South Asia
A Muslim mob in Pakistan torches a police station and lynches a man after accusing him of blasphemy
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (TIIP): A Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan on June 20 broke into a police station, snatched a man who was held there and then lynched him over allegations that he had desecrated Islam’s […]
South Asia
Kenyan climber is found dead on Mount Everest in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal (TIP): A climber from Kenya attempting to scale the world’s highest mountain has been found dead near the summit, officials said May 23. The body of Cheruiyot Kirui was found on Mount Everest, […]
Be the first to comment