Trial process of Bangabandhu murder case starts soon
Friday, 24 July 2009
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed said Thursday the trial process of Bangabandhu murder case would start again soon after the formation of bench by the Chief Justice, reports UNB.
"The Chief Justice can now form bench to begin the trial process of the case as all barriers have now been removed for proceeding with the case again," he said while talking to reporters after a function at the DCCI auditorium in the morning.
Replying to a question, Barrister Shafique said the completion of the trial process depended on hearing. "I hope it'll be completed without any further delay," he added.
He also said the government would formulate necessary law to stop piracy of IT products, especially software.
Earlier, the law minister addressed as the chief guest the inaugural ceremony of a day-long workshop on 'Legal Aspects of ITO Export Coaching Programme 2008-12', organised jointly by Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CIB).
DCCI President Zafar Osman presided over the inaugural session, also addressed, among others, by outgoing Dutch Ambassador Bea Ten Tusscher and CIB consultant Lazlo Klucs.
Barrister Shafique said some young talented IT professionals had brought about a revolution in the country by producing high quality IT products, which were being exported to different countries including the USA.
"These are intellectual products. The Intellectual Properties Law will be used in protecting the sector as there should have some legal aspects for exporting the IT products," he said.
The law minister assured that the government would provide all necessary support to the software producers for smooth export. "Your contribution will be recognised by government, country and people," he said.
The government had already declared its policy of turning the country into 'Digital Bangladesh', he said adding that all necessary legal support would be provided to encounter the export problems.
"The government is quite sincere about removing all barriers to the expansion of IT business in Bangladesh and it would take legal steps to stop piracy," Barrister Shafique assured.
Speaking at the function, Dutch Ambassador Bea Ten Tusscher said the IT was a new business for Bangladesh and there was a good opportunity for this country to benefit from this business.
"At the same time, you have some challenges, especially language barriers. You would have to improve your English proficiency to compete globally as the key means of interaction and communication is English," she said.
The Dutch ambassador emphasised joint venture IT business and invited Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to Netherlands to expand their business.
DCCI president Zafar Osman said transfer of knowledge and business information disseminated through the export-coaching programme would help matchmaking and promoting business opportunities for local IT companies.
"We're aware that Bangladesh, in the meantime, has advanced much in developing human resources in the field of IT and a large pool of IT graduates are available now to contribute to this sector."
He said a well-planned IT strategy was required for stepping into the potential markets and explore new markets.
"The Chief Justice can now form bench to begin the trial process of the case as all barriers have now been removed for proceeding with the case again," he said while talking to reporters after a function at the DCCI auditorium in the morning.
Replying to a question, Barrister Shafique said the completion of the trial process depended on hearing. "I hope it'll be completed without any further delay," he added.
He also said the government would formulate necessary law to stop piracy of IT products, especially software.
Earlier, the law minister addressed as the chief guest the inaugural ceremony of a day-long workshop on 'Legal Aspects of ITO Export Coaching Programme 2008-12', organised jointly by Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and Centre for Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries (CIB).
DCCI President Zafar Osman presided over the inaugural session, also addressed, among others, by outgoing Dutch Ambassador Bea Ten Tusscher and CIB consultant Lazlo Klucs.
Barrister Shafique said some young talented IT professionals had brought about a revolution in the country by producing high quality IT products, which were being exported to different countries including the USA.
"These are intellectual products. The Intellectual Properties Law will be used in protecting the sector as there should have some legal aspects for exporting the IT products," he said.
The law minister assured that the government would provide all necessary support to the software producers for smooth export. "Your contribution will be recognised by government, country and people," he said.
The government had already declared its policy of turning the country into 'Digital Bangladesh', he said adding that all necessary legal support would be provided to encounter the export problems.
"The government is quite sincere about removing all barriers to the expansion of IT business in Bangladesh and it would take legal steps to stop piracy," Barrister Shafique assured.
Speaking at the function, Dutch Ambassador Bea Ten Tusscher said the IT was a new business for Bangladesh and there was a good opportunity for this country to benefit from this business.
"At the same time, you have some challenges, especially language barriers. You would have to improve your English proficiency to compete globally as the key means of interaction and communication is English," she said.
The Dutch ambassador emphasised joint venture IT business and invited Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to Netherlands to expand their business.
DCCI president Zafar Osman said transfer of knowledge and business information disseminated through the export-coaching programme would help matchmaking and promoting business opportunities for local IT companies.
"We're aware that Bangladesh, in the meantime, has advanced much in developing human resources in the field of IT and a large pool of IT graduates are available now to contribute to this sector."
He said a well-planned IT strategy was required for stepping into the potential markets and explore new markets.