DHAKA: Opposition BNP standing committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf on Thursday alleged that the government asked high officials of every upazila to arrange ‘Ganojagoron Mancha’. “The government wants to do politics over war crimes trial as they do not want…
Category: Governance
JU VC decides to continue
Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University Professor Dr Anwar Hossain has changed his decision to resign from his post as groups of teachers and students requested him to continue.
Govt to amend ICT Act, 1973
In the awake of the ongoing demand from common people and legal experts, the government has taken decision to amend section 21 (2) of International Crime Tribunal (ICT) Act-1973. The amendment will incorporate a provision for the government to file…
HC summons ex-registrar in ‘contempt’ case
A former district judge has been asked by the High Court to appear before it on Feb 10 to explain his actions following the publication of a newspaper article which the court took cognisance of as being “defamatory”. The bench…
Hall-Mark loan scam: ACC quizzing 7 Shajalal officials
Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) started quizzing seven officials of Shahljalal Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) for their alleged involvement in ‘non funded’ loan scam with controversial Hall-Mark group. The officials are- SIBL Iskaton Branch assistant vice president (AVP) and deputy manager…
Ferries hike charges for cars
Charges for private vehicles boarding ferries are expected to rise, because of the recent hike in fuel oil rates, Shipping & Inland Water Transport Minister Shahjahan Khan said on Saturday. Charges for private cars are in for the hike, which…
Fake RAB men held with cash
Detective Police nabbed eight fake Rapid Action Battalion personnel with a large amount of cash on them from Savar. Detective Police Additional Deputy Commissioner Mashiur Rahman said they were arrested in a raid Friday night. According to him, Tk 458,000…
Jail killing case: Appeal hearing adjourned till Wednesday
The Supreme Court adjourned the hearing on an appeal filed against a High Court verdict that acquitted six former army personnel in the jail killing case till Wednesday. A six-member bench of the Appellate Division led-by Chief Justice Md. Muzammel…
Laws of military regimes to be retained
The cabinet on Monday on principle approved two proposals for keeping effective the ‘important’ ordinances promulgated during the martial law regimes.
‘National interest to be ensured’
The Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Ghulam Rahman has said that “national interest” will be ensured in its response to the World Bank, which is expected take place within the next 24 hours. Rahman’s comments came after the contents…
Padma project in due time: Quader
Communication Minister Obaidul Quader says his answer to opposition criticism on the Padma bridge project was to get it started on time.
Contempt of court: ICT pardons but warns Tajul Islam
International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday made cautious Tajul Islam, one of the lawyers of detained Jamaat leaders.
Rajuk chairman’s resignation not accepted
The resignation letter of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) Chairman Engineer M Nurul Huda was not accepted finally on Monday.
ICT snubs six pleas of Sayedee
The first war crimes tribunal on Monday rejected six applications of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee saying that they had no merit.
SQ Chy’s counsel hauled in ICT
The first war crimes tribunal on Monday asked a defence counsel of BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury to explain why the court should not take action against him for debasing the court’s dignity. The order came in response to an…
ICT whips against reporting sub-judice matter
Court Correspondent The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Sunday asked all mass media to refrain from reporting sub-judice matter.
Padma Bridge allegation baseless: Mashiur
Economic Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister Mashiur Rahman on Saturday claimed that the corruption allegation of World Bank (WB) on much-talked-about Padma Bridge Project is “baseless”.
Shahidul Acting Foreign Secretary
DHAKA: Additional Secretary of Foreign Ministry M Shahidul Haque was made Acting Secretary of the ministry.
Fake woman judge calls CMM court, two held
Court Correspondent DHAKA – A woman on Wednesday claiming herself as a judge of the Supreme Court asked a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Magistrate of Dhaka to release an accused. The CMM Court managed to know of the conspiracy…
Khagrachhari gunfight kills 1
Jan 9:A man was killed and two others injured in a gunfight of two groups at Jalpara area of Chengi union under Panchhari upazila of the district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Kalo Prio Chakma, 38, an activist…
5 bombs explode in DU campus
Three locally-made crude bombs exploded in the Dhaka University campus in the evening ahead of Sunday’s countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown called by the BNP-led 18-Party Alliance. Proctor Amjad Ali said that the bombs went off between 5:15pm and 5:45pm. He said…
Econ Achievements look fragile: CPD
Dhaka – The declining private sector investment appears to be the potential risk for the economy in the coming months making the projected 7.2 percent economic growth unachievable in the current fiscal, said a civil society think thank on Saturday.
I wasn’t in Padma Bridge graft: Mosharraf
DHAKA: Former Bridges Division Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan threatened to nip off the case filed against him.
Jamaat leader Taher placed on 7-day remand
Two Dhaka courts on Thursday placed central Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former lawmaker Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher on a seven-day remand for police interrogation in connection with two arson cases filed against him. The two cases were filed over Wednesday’s fierce…
Padma Bridge Graft: Mosharraf-Ferdous sent to jail after remand
Former Bridges Division Secretary Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan and Bridges Division Engineer Kazi Ferdous were sent to jail after a seven-day remand. Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) produced them before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court on Thursday afternoon. Magistrate of the court SA Salam…
ICT asks Ziauddin to explain role
Jan 3: The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Thursday asked Ahmed Ziauddin, an international law expert living in Belgium, to explain his role over the alleged Skype conversation with former ICT-1 chairman Justice Mohammad Nizamul Huq. In a suo moto rule,…
ICT reject Jamaat leader retrial petitions
Jan 3: The first war crimes tribunal on Thursday rejected retrial applications of three Jamaat-e-Islami leaders saying that it would not rely on hacked documents. Jamaat guru and former chief Ghulam Azam, current chief Motiur Rahman Nizami and executive council…
Mirza Fakhrul granted ad-interim bail
DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday granted ad-interim bail to BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for six months in two cases of vandalism and torching vehicles during the road blockade on December 9.
Kamaruzzaman seeks retrial
DHAKA: Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman detained for his alleged involvement in war crimes in liberation war in 1971 on Wednesday filed a petition seeking retrial of his case.
Five on remand in gang-rape case
Tangail – A Tangail court on Wednesday placed four accused on a three-day remand and another one on one-day remand for police interrogation for their alleged involvement in the gang-rape of a local schoolgirl.