the law enforcing agencies to take action against those foreigners who have been illegally overstaying here. “Take action against those foreigners who have been overstaying here even after the expiry of the visa,” she said. In November last, law enforcing agencies conducted special drives in Capital’s Uttara, Rampura and Gulshan areas following the murder of Uttara O-level student Zubair Ahmed by an Algerian citizen Abuubaida Kadir. The police arrested 31 foreign nationals of 10 African countries for staying in the country without having any legal documents. Kadir, who killed the teenager, was staying illegally in the country for the last 14 years, according to the police. The issue of illegal foreign workers came on the table while the cabinet meeting with Sheikh Hasina in the chair approved a draft of the Foreign Contributions (Voluntary Activities) Regulations Act, 2014. With the approval of the draft, the non-government organizations must register with the NGO Affairs Bureau to operate in Bangladesh and receive funds from international donors. The cabinet also approved the draft of the Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Ordinance (Amendment), Act 2014 and gave consent to a draft of the inaugural speech to be delivered by the President in the first session of the parliament in 2015 calendar year. The weekly cabinet meeting approved the act which empowered the bureau to cancel the registration of any private organisation for its irregularities, Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters after the meeting. Bhuiyan said the government took the move to formulate a new law integrating two previous ordinances ———The Foreign Donations Voluntary Activities Regulation Ordinance-1978 and The Foreign Contributions Regulation Ordinance – 1982, introduced during the military regimes. “The activities of the NGOs used to be run in accordance with the two Ordinances. The new law will ensure more transparency in receiving foreign grants as well as their activities,” Bhuiyan said. “A registration from the NGO Affairs Bureau is a must for running the activities of any organization. No organization will be able to run activities without registration,” he said. “If the law is enacted, an organization will get registration for 10 years. But the authorities can cancel or withheld the registration at any time in case of violation of the law,” he added. The Cabinet Secretary said no organization would be able to take or implement a single project without prior permission from the NGO Bureau. He also said that an organization must take security clearance from Home Ministry for appointing foreign consultants. The law also mentions that the NGOs must maintain its accurate accounts and all foreign contributions should be deposited in a single account in a bank. Later, it could be transferred to the account of the project of programme. Statement of the accounts of the NGOs must be submitted to NGO bureau, which will have power for inspection, monitoring and evaluation of the activities of the NGOs. Annual statement should be submitted by every NGO to the Director General of the NGO Bureau, the law said. Warning, cancellation of the registration and penalty would be punishment for any administrative irregularities. But, any offence of criminal nature like terror financing, women or child trafficking, drug smuggling will be dealt under the existing criminal law of the country. Activities of the NGOs were introduced in 1990s and some 2303 were registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau. Of the total, some 233 foreign NGOs have been registered. The ‘Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Ordinance (amendment), Act 2014’ has proposed for enhancement of the rate of gratuity of the Supreme Court and High Court judges in case of compulsory surrender of their pension. In that case every retired judge of 40 to 45 years will get TK 260 for surrender of every taka of their pension while the rate will be TK 245 for the judges of 45 to 50 years and Taka 230 for the judges of 50 years and above. The new rate will come into effect from December 1, 2013, the law proposed. The meeting also adopted a condolence motion over the death of two eminent personalities—-artist Qayyum Chowdhury and journalist Jaglul Ahmed Chowdhury.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
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the law enforcing agencies to take action against those foreigners who have been illegally overstaying here. “Take action against those foreigners who have been overstaying here even after the expiry of the visa,” she said. In November last, law enforcing agencies conducted special drives in Capital’s Uttara, Rampura and Gulshan areas following the murder of Uttara O-level student Zubair Ahmed by an Algerian citizen Abuubaida Kadir. The police arrested 31 foreign nationals of 10 African countries for staying in the country without having any legal documents. Kadir, who killed the teenager, was staying illegally in the country for the last 14 years, according to the police. The issue of illegal foreign workers came on the table while the cabinet meeting with Sheikh Hasina in the chair approved a draft of the Foreign Contributions (Voluntary Activities) Regulations Act, 2014. With the approval of the draft, the non-government organizations must register with the NGO Affairs Bureau to operate in Bangladesh and receive funds from international donors. The cabinet also approved the draft of the Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Ordinance (Amendment), Act 2014 and gave consent to a draft of the inaugural speech to be delivered by the President in the first session of the parliament in 2015 calendar year. The weekly cabinet meeting approved the act which empowered the bureau to cancel the registration of any private organisation for its irregularities, Cabinet Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan told reporters after the meeting. Bhuiyan said the government took the move to formulate a new law integrating two previous ordinances ———The Foreign Donations Voluntary Activities Regulation Ordinance-1978 and The Foreign Contributions Regulation Ordinance – 1982, introduced during the military regimes. “The activities of the NGOs used to be run in accordance with the two Ordinances. The new law will ensure more transparency in receiving foreign grants as well as their activities,” Bhuiyan said. “A registration from the NGO Affairs Bureau is a must for running the activities of any organization. No organization will be able to run activities without registration,” he said. “If the law is enacted, an organization will get registration for 10 years. But the authorities can cancel or withheld the registration at any time in case of violation of the law,” he added. The Cabinet Secretary said no organization would be able to take or implement a single project without prior permission from the NGO Bureau. He also said that an organization must take security clearance from Home Ministry for appointing foreign consultants. The law also mentions that the NGOs must maintain its accurate accounts and all foreign contributions should be deposited in a single account in a bank. Later, it could be transferred to the account of the project of programme. Statement of the accounts of the NGOs must be submitted to NGO bureau, which will have power for inspection, monitoring and evaluation of the activities of the NGOs. Annual statement should be submitted by every NGO to the Director General of the NGO Bureau, the law said. Warning, cancellation of the registration and penalty would be punishment for any administrative irregularities. But, any offence of criminal nature like terror financing, women or child trafficking, drug smuggling will be dealt under the existing criminal law of the country. Activities of the NGOs were introduced in 1990s and some 2303 were registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau. Of the total, some 233 foreign NGOs have been registered. The ‘Supreme Court Judges (Leave, Pension and Privileges) Ordinance (amendment), Act 2014’ has proposed for enhancement of the rate of gratuity of the Supreme Court and High Court judges in case of compulsory surrender of their pension. In that case every retired judge of 40 to 45 years will get TK 260 for surrender of every taka of their pension while the rate will be TK 245 for the judges of 45 to 50 years and Taka 230 for the judges of 50 years and above. The new rate will come into effect from December 1, 2013, the law proposed. The meeting also adopted a condolence motion over the death of two eminent personalities—-artist Qayyum Chowdhury and journalist Jaglul Ahmed Chowdhury.
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