The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has rejected two leave to appeal petitions BNP chief Khaleda Zia had filed over a case accusing her of graft in the Zia Orphanage Trust. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Md…
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Alleged JMB Women wing chief Fatema, 3 others on remand
A Dhaka court yesterday (Sunday) placed alleged Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Women Wing chief on six days remand and three other suspected members of the banned militant outfit Islamic group on ten days remand in two cases. Members of Detective Branch…
Biman officials sent to jail in gold smuggling case
A Dhaka court on Sunday sent five accused persons including three officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to the jail in a case of gold smuggling at Shahjalal International Airport.
Quash Khaleda orphanage graft case like Hasina case: Lawyer
The lawyer for BNP chief Khaleda Zia has cited the quashing of a case against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as he urged for dismissal of a corruption case against her at the Supreme Court. An Appellate Division bench, led by…
85 held from trawler for illegal voyage sent to Ctg jail
A Chittagong court on Wednesday sent 85 people, including Myanmar nationals, who were arrested from a trawler in the Bay of Bengal while heading towards Malaysia on Monday, to jail. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Ahmed Sayed passed the order when they…
SC upholds death penalties in Kazi Aref murder case
The Appellate Division on Wednesday upheld the death penalty of two convicts in the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) leader Kazi Aref Ahmed murder case overturning review petitions filed by them. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme…
HC for caution in N’ganj 7-murder investigation
The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to be cautious in carrying out the into the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case so that it does not become questionable, in apparently disappointment with the investigation done so far. An HC…
Tarique asked to appear before Dhaka court on Dec 10
A court in Dhaka on Monday asked Tarique Rahman, senior vice chairman of BNP, to appear before it, in connection with a case for making derogatory remarks on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate…
SC hearing on Khaleda’s leave to appeal begins
Hearing in the leave to appeal filed by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia against the High Court (HC) order in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, started at the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday. The five-…
Harris, Mayor Arif indicted afresh in Kibria murder case
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in a supplementary charge-sheet submitted on Thrsday indicted eleven persons including BNP leader Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to the party chief Khaleda Zia, the the Mayor of Sylher Ariful Haque Chowdhury, in connection with…
Mayor Khokan gets death pealty in Bangladesh war crimes trial
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday condemned fugitive mayor of Nagarkanda municipality, Faridpur and local BNP leader Zahid Hossain Khokon to death for crimes against humanity, including genocide, during the Liberation War in 1971. Justice M Enayetur Rahim, chairman of…
Warrant against Kader Siddiqui in MK Alamgir libel case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued warrant of arrest against Krishak Sramik Janata League president Kader Siddiqui in a defamation case for calling former Minister MK Alamgir a ‘Razakar’. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Masud Sheikh passed the order as…
Halt Kamaruzzaman execution: US
The United States government has called for the execution of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Md Kamaruzzman to be halted until the proceedings against him ‘can be shown’ to have met the country’s ‘domestic and international obligations,’ leading daily NewAge has reported.…
South Korea ferry disaster trial: Relatives angry at verdict
A verdict of negligence rather than homicide on three senior officers of a South Korean ferry that sank in April killing more than 300 has angered many victims’ relatives as too lenient. “Do you know how many children are dead?”…
Sedition complaint lodged against Tarique in Jessore
A sedition case was lodged with a Jessore court on Sunday against BNP senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman for making derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Advocate SM Afzal Hossain, organising secretary of district Awami League, filed the complaint with…
Bangladesh ex-judge sent to jail on militancy link charge
A court here on Sunday sent a former assistant judge, who is also an alleged leader of banned Islamist outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh, to jail in a case filed in connection with the recovery of jihadi books from his Chittagong…
Why JS power to dismiss judges not illegal: HC
The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain in two weeks why the 16th amendment of the Constitution, which empowered the Parliament to remove Supreme Court judges, should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional. In response…
Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda faces graft case in court
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has appeared in court on Sunday. She has been accused in accused in two cases of corruption for alleged defalcation of money of Zia Orphanage Trust. She left her Gulshan home around 10am for Old Dhaka,…
Non-confirmation of HC judge: SC allows leave-to-appeal
The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed applications for leave-to-appeal against the High Court orders that had rejected two writ petitions filed seeking its directives for regularisation of the service of ABM Altaf Hossain, an unconfirmed judge. The eight-member Appellate Division…
‘Jail prepares for execution’: Family members visit Kamaruzzaman
The members of the family of Jamaat’s Assistant Secretary General Muhammad Kamaruzzaman who has been convicted of crimes against humanity by the International Crimes Tribunal and sentenced to death, saw him Wednesday morning, according to various sources. Kamaruzzaman was earlier…
Review petition to follow: Defence. No scope: AG
Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam today said there is no scope for filing any petition to review the Appellate Division verdict upholding the death penalty to Jamaat leader Mohammad Kamaruzzaman awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2. “I don’t think…
Charge-sheet against Moudud for land possession
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday submitted charge sheet to a Dhaka court in a case against BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manjur Ahmed for occupying government land abusing power. ACC Deputy Director Harun-ur-Rashid submitted charge…
JMB’s Mizan sentenced to 20 years in prison
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced fugitive, Jama’at-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh JMB) militant Jahidul Islam Sumon alias Boma Mizan to 20 years’ in prison while his life Halima Begum was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in a case filed under the…
Zubair murder hearing deferred for sixth time
A Dhaka court once again deferred the recording of the depositions of witnesses in the sensational Zubair murder case for the sixth time on Thursday. Judge ABM Nijamul Haque of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka deferred the hearing on…
‘Charge-sheets in Rana Plaza case possible if accused hauled’
The Investigation Officer (IO) of the cases filed in connection with Rana Plaza building collage said on Wednesday that the submission of charge sheets of the cases would not be possible till all accused of the cases are taken into…
ACC approves charge-sheet against Moudud
The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday approved charge sheet against BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed and his brother on charge of grabbing a government house in Gulshan worth about Tk 300 crore. The ACC approved the charge sheet hours after…
HC stays drive against tinted glasses in vehicles
The High Court here on Wednesday ordered to maintain status quo on the police drive for two weeks against the use of tinted glasses in vehicles. An HC bench comprising Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Mohamamd Khurshid Alam passed…
Charge framing in case against Mahmudur now July 13
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing on framing charges against Amar Desh Acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed for publishing fabricated news to July 13. Magistrate M Tasrujjaman of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of…
HC summons ex-CEC Shamsul Huda on contempt charge
The High Court has summoned former chief election commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda on contempt of court charges. The bench of Justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ABM Altaf Hossain issued the suo moto rule on Sunday. Huda, who served as…
N’ganj abduction-murder case IO show-caused
A court here on Sunday issued a notice asking to explain within four days why the two former Rab officials — Tareque Sayeed Mohammad and Arif Hossain – were not shown arrested in connection with the seven-murder in Narayanganj. The…