Bangladesh will appeal if it does not get justice when the process of Felani murder trial at Indian court ends.
“We have sought details of the trial process. We will definitely appeal if we do not get justice finally,” Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said yesterday.
She was replying to queries at a press briefing at the foreign ministry.
The General Security Forces Court of the Indian BSF in Pashchim Banga on September 6 acquitted BSF man Amiya Ghosh on the charge of killing 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun.
Felani was shot dead when she was crossing the barbed-wire fence on the border at Anantapur in Phulbari of Kurigram on January 7, 2011.
The photo of her body hanging at the top of the fence triggered a huge outcry around the globe.
Asked if Dhaka received any explanation from New Delhi about its plan to deploy drone at Bangladesh border, Dipu Moni said the government has sought Delhi’s explanation.
PROF YUNUS
In reply to a question about the government move to file case against Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, the foreign minister said whatever has been done concerning the Grameen Bank and its former managing director is in conformity with the law of the land, and future actions will also be taken in due process.
She said that on instructions from the government, the National Board of Revenue submitted a report to the cabinet on evasion of income tax by the former MD of the Grameen Bank. And the cabinet has ordered the NBR to take appropriate measures if there are violation of law, corruption and tax evasion.
Asked about Washington’s concern over the move to file case against the Nobel laureate, Dipu Moni said the government will not take any step against him [Yunus] unlawfully.
On the issues pending with India, she hoped the signing of Teesta deal and ratification of Land Boundary Agreement would be settled soon.
In reply to a question, the foreign minister said the next general election will be held as per the constitution, and any problem concerning a polls-time interim government must be resolved within the ambit of the constitution.
Asked about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s change of mind about attending the UN General Assembly session in New York, she said the PM had first decided not to attend the event because of her party’s (Awami League) scheduled programmes. But she changed the decision at the request of Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN as the UNGA this time will deal with different aspects of the MDGs, on which Bangladesh achieved big successes.
Moreover, the UN wants the Bangladesh PM’s participation in high-level meetings on the MDGs, Dipu Moni added.
“We have sought details of the trial process. We will definitely appeal if we do not get justice finally,” Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said yesterday.
She was replying to queries at a press briefing at the foreign ministry.
The General Security Forces Court of the Indian BSF in Pashchim Banga on September 6 acquitted BSF man Amiya Ghosh on the charge of killing 15-year-old Bangladeshi girl Felani Khatun.
Felani was shot dead when she was crossing the barbed-wire fence on the border at Anantapur in Phulbari of Kurigram on January 7, 2011.
The photo of her body hanging at the top of the fence triggered a huge outcry around the globe.
Asked if Dhaka received any explanation from New Delhi about its plan to deploy drone at Bangladesh border, Dipu Moni said the government has sought Delhi’s explanation.
PROF YUNUS
In reply to a question about the government move to file case against Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, the foreign minister said whatever has been done concerning the Grameen Bank and its former managing director is in conformity with the law of the land, and future actions will also be taken in due process.
She said that on instructions from the government, the National Board of Revenue submitted a report to the cabinet on evasion of income tax by the former MD of the Grameen Bank. And the cabinet has ordered the NBR to take appropriate measures if there are violation of law, corruption and tax evasion.
Asked about Washington’s concern over the move to file case against the Nobel laureate, Dipu Moni said the government will not take any step against him [Yunus] unlawfully.
On the issues pending with India, she hoped the signing of Teesta deal and ratification of Land Boundary Agreement would be settled soon.
In reply to a question, the foreign minister said the next general election will be held as per the constitution, and any problem concerning a polls-time interim government must be resolved within the ambit of the constitution.
Asked about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s change of mind about attending the UN General Assembly session in New York, she said the PM had first decided not to attend the event because of her party’s (Awami League) scheduled programmes. But she changed the decision at the request of Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN as the UNGA this time will deal with different aspects of the MDGs, on which Bangladesh achieved big successes.
Moreover, the UN wants the Bangladesh PM’s participation in high-level meetings on the MDGs, Dipu Moni added.
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