The Election Commission (EC) will hold by-election to four parliamentary constituencies in July amid the Covid-19 pandemic for constitutional obligations. The commission has decided to hold the by-elections to the Laxmipur-2, Sylhet-3, Dhaka-14 and Cumilla-5 constituencies in July due to the constitutional obligations, Election Commission Secretary Humayun Kabir Khandaker
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Almost 10 million Bangladeshi migrants work across the world. A UNICEF report states that, approximately 400 women and children in Bangladesh are victims of trafficking every month. According to a report, approximately 3,000,000 Bangladeshi children and women have been trafficked out of the country in the last 10 years. A Pakistan based organization, Lawyers for Human Rights and Legal Aid’s report shows nearly 200,000 Bangladeshi women and girls were sold in Pakistan. The statistics highlight how grave the human trafficking situation is in Bangladesh…”
Dr. Rashida Khanam
Human trafficking is a violation of human rights, an unethical and heinous crime against humanity. “The trade of human beings, a modern form of slavery . . . violates the God-given dignity . . .”.
Papul to serve seven years in Kuwait jail
Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul. Photo: Collected Diplomatic Correspondent Diplomatic Correspondent
Kuwait s Appeal Court yesterday extended the imprisonment of former Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and two Kuwaitis to seven years, from four, in a bribery case.
The others whose sentences were increased include Kuwait s interior ministry s Assistant Under-Secretary Maj Gen Mazen Al-Jarrah and former MP candidate Salah Khorshid, reported Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Qabas yesterday.
The court, however, acquitted Kuwaiti MP Saadoun Hammad.
The court delivered the verdict following an appeal filed by Papul after Kuwait s criminal court on January 28 sentenced him to four years, around eight months after Kuwait s Criminal Investigation Department arrested him.
Kuwait court extends imprisonment of ex-MP Papul to 7 years
Mohammad Shahid Islam, also known as Kazi Papul. Photo: Collected Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Kuwait s Appeal Court has extended the imprisonment of former Bangladeshi MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul and two Kuwaitis to seven years from four years.
The others whose imprisonment were also increased include Kuwait s interior ministry s Assistant Under-Secretary Maj Gen Mazen Al-Jarrah and former MP candidate Salah Khorshid, reported Kuwaiti newspaper, Al-Qabas.
The court, however, acquitted Kuwaiti MP Saadoun Hammad in its verdict delivered today.
Earlier on January 28, Kuwait s criminal court imprisoned for four years the former Bangladeshi MP, around eight months after Kuwait s Criminal Investigation Department arrested Papul, the managing director and CEO of Marafie Kuwaitia Group.
Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 26 Apr 2021 09:31 PM BdST
Updated: 26 Apr 2021 09:31 PM BdST
Disgraced former MP Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul will have to serve three more years in Kuwaiti jail for human trafficking and money laundering. );
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An appellate court in the Middle-Eastern country extended his jail term to seven years, local newspaper Al-Qabas reported on Monday.
It also sentenced Kuwaiti MP Salah Khorshid, who was acquitted of charges of taking bribes from Shahid, to seven years in jail.
Another Kuwaiti MP, Saadoun Hammad, was Shahid’s co-accused in the trial. The appellate court upheld Hammad’s acquittal.
It extended the sentence of Major General Mazen Sheikh Mazem Al Jarrah, former assistant under-secretary of the interior ministry in Kuwait, and two other Kuwaiti officials to seven years from four years for abetting the former Bangladeshi lawmaker’s unlawful work.