Security forces say they have ‘no knowledge’ of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed’s whereabouts. The Special Branch, CID, RAB, DMP and police headquarters filed separate reports to the Attorney General’s office on Sunday in response to a court ruling.
Category: Courts law
2-day Supreme Court Bar Assoc election begins
The 2-day election of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association has begun at 10 am on Sunday. Voting will continue up to 5 pm with an hour of lunch break on both days.
HC rule on Govt: Why not to ask find Salahuddin
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the government to explain why directions should not be given to find out BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and bring him before it. Responding to a petition under section 491…
Bomb explodes in Dhaka judicial magistrate court
Unidentified miscreants exploded a remote controlled bomb on the veranda of the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court building of Dhaka on Thursday afternoon. Assistant Commissioner Aminul Islam of the Prosecution Department of the court has told newsmen after the incident,…
Abul Manzoor murder case report deferred again
A Dhaka court on Thursday once again granted two more months to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to complete their investigation in the General Manzoor murder case. Judge SM Saiful Islam of the First Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court…
5 sentenced to death for killing colleague’s son
A court of Dhaka Wednesday awarded death sentence to five employees of Mitford Hospital and life imprisonment to three others for killing their colleague’s son in 1999. Judge Md ruhul Amin of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of…
Railway Engr on remand in Zihad ‘killing’ case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed engineer Abdus Salam, a contractor of Bangladesh Railway on a two-day remand in case filed in connection with the death of child Zihad falling in a pipe of a pump, set at Shahjahanpur Railway…
Manna falls illl in custody, hospitalised: No torture – DB
Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday night as he fell sick in police custody. Inspector Mozammel Haque, in-charge of DMCH police camp, said a team of Detective Branch (DB) of…
Court allows police for Avijit’s DNA test thru US FBI
A court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) gave permission to police to conduct DNA test of slain blogger Avijit Roy through US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBA). The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Dhaka Bikash Kumar Shaha passed the order yesterday…
Destiny sues 3 looting Tk 6 crore worth of valuables
Multi-level marketing company Destiny Group on Tuesday lodged a case against thee people for looting valuables worth about Tk six crore from its headquarters in the city. Mahabubur Rahman, Chief Auditor of the company filed the case with the Chief…
Submit statements in Nizami appeal by 31 March: HC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday again asked both the defence and prosecution lawyers to submit by March 31 the concise statement before it on the pending appeal filed by condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against…
Kamaruzzaman’s review petition hearing April 1
Hearings on the review petition filed against the death penalty for war crimes awarded to Jamaat assistant secretary general Kamaruzzaman will start on Apr 1. The full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha fixed the…
Sc order on Kamaruzzaman’s review plea Sunday
The review petition for Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman was filed by his lawyer Shishir Monir filed the petition with the Supreme Court on Thursday. Following a plea by the state to hear the matter, chamber judge Justice Hasan…
Khoka, Manna charged with sedition
A sedition case has been filed against BNP Vice Chairman Sadeque Hossain Khoka and Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna. The case was filed this evening with Gulshan Police Station, police sources said. Manna was arrested following the leakage of…
Kamaruzzaman to file review in Appellate Division Thursday
Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman who has been sentenced to death for war crimes would file a review pitition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Thursday. Five defence counsels visited Kamaruzzaman, the Jamaat-e-Islami’s assistant secretary general, at Dhaka Central…
Court adjourns till 5 April upholding arrest warrant against Khaleda
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday upheld the arrest warrant it issued against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on February 25 but filed the petitions for withdrawal of the warrant and granting of bail before adjourning the proceesings till April 5.…
‘Khaleda to be in court if security, bail, safe return ensured’
The principal counsel for BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday said his client is ready to surrender to the trial court subject to ensuring adequate security, bail and safe return to her Gulshan office. ”We’re respectful to law… although we’re…
Hearing for retracting Khaleda arrest warrant Wednesday
Hearing on two petitions of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for withdrawal of arrest warrant is scheduled to be held Wednesday. Special Judge-3 of Dhaka, Abu Ahmed Jamadar passed the order on Tuesday noon. He will hear the petitions at…
Report on Khaleda ‘killing 42 during blockade’ April 16
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Monday) deferred the deadline to April 16 for submitting an investigation report in the case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and three others on charges of killing 42 people…
One sentenced to gallows for killing brother’s wife
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced a man to death in a case filed for killing his brother’s wife after raping her nine years ago. Judge Tanjena Ismail of the Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 of Dhaka pronounced the…
Warrant issued for Khaleda’s office search in explosives case
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday evening ordered police to search the Gulshan office of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Metropolitan Magistrate SM Masud Zaman of the CMM Court issued the order in a case filed…
2 JCD leaders put on remand for three days
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) afternoon placed two central leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on a three-day remand each for interrogation.
Abdul Jabbar sentenced to prison unto death for war crimes
Former Member of Parliament from the Jatiya Party Abdul Jabbar has been awarded imprisonment till death for his crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Liberation. ICT – 1 led by Justice Enayetur Rahim gave the verdict on…
PM for speedy, exemplary trial of atrocities
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked for speedy and exemplary trial of the perpetrators of the recent petrol bomb attack and other atrocities on innocent people saying delaying the trial encouraged them for bigger occurrence. “Trial of the persons…
Kamaruzzaman filing review petition, no execution till time: Counsel
Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, sentenced to death for war crimes, will file review petition before the Supreme Court with the 15 days time limit to reconsider his conviction, according to his lawyer. “We are yet to receive the certified copy…
British lawyer for trial of war crimes against Biharis
British lawyer Geoffrey Robertson wants trial of some freedom fighters for alleged war crimes perpetrated against surrendered Pakistani troops and Urdu-speaking civilians locally called ‘Biharis’. “There are some severe allegations of war crimes against the Bengali freedom fighters ,” Robertson…
Death warrant for Kamaruzzaman issued, review petition likely
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-2) has issued the death warrant for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman who had earlier been convicted of war crimes. The warrant, wrapped with red cloth, was sent to the jail on Thursday afternoon. The three judges…
Argument against Ershad in graft case deferred again
A Dhaka court yesterday (Wednesday) deferred the argument in the case filed against Jatiya Party Chairman and the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy HM Ershad and others in the case filed for corruption in connection with the purchase of ruder for…
ICT-2 awards Moulana Abdus Sobhan death for war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal – 2 has sentenced Jamaat Leader Moulana Abdus Sobhan to death in the verdict in the War Crimes trial against him on Wednesday. The ICT-2 led by its chairman Justice Obaidul Hasan gave the verdict. Two…
Khaleda sued for bomb blasts in Shahjahan Khan’s Gulshan rally
The Dhaka district unit of Sramik League, Awami League’s worker associate, lodged a case with Gulshan Police Station of the capital against BNP Chief and 13 leaders and activists of her party in connection with Monday’s crude bomb blasts at…