The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Surplus Public Servants Absorption Bill, 2014′, subject to the vetting of the Law Ministry, with a view to maintaining the continuity of the Public Servants Absorption Ordinance 1978. The approval was…
The High Court has granted acting BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir bail for six months in a case of bombing. The bench of Justices Borhanuddin and KM Kamrul Kader issued the order on Monday.
Two courts of Dhaka on Sunday sent Jatiyatabadi Swechchasebak Dal President Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel to jail rejecting his bail petitions in 11 cases. Metropolitan Magistrates Rezaul Karim and Anwar Sadat passed the order after hearing on his bail petitions.…
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Anisul Haq on Sunday urged the inquiry and investigation officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) not to act as persecutor; rather to work in a dignified manner. Addressing a training programme for inquiry…
A Supreme Court lawyer has brought charges of contempt of court against six secretaries for not implementing a court order within the time set form it. The lawyer, Yunus Ali Akhand, petitioned the court on Sunday against the secretaries for…
Ruling Awami League-led 14–party alliance on Thursday urged the government to take legal action against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her eldest son Tarique Rahman, now living in England, for their recent identical statements claiming slain Gen Ziaur Rahman as…
Pointing at the judges of the apex court, newly elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Thursday said the cordial relations will be retained if the judges serve the country for ends of justice,…
Parliament on Thursday passed the “Law and Order Disruption Crime (Speedy Trial) (Amendment) Bill-2014” with a provision of extending the speedy trial law for another five years. With passage of the law, the extension of the law will be effective…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the next date of the case filed in connection with the celebrations Bangla New Year on April 1, 2001, when a blast killed 10 people and inured 50 others to April 10. Earlier, on…
Sonali Bank Limited authorities on Tuesday filed another fresh case against Hall-Mark Chairman Jasmin and Managing Director (MD) Tanvir Mahmud for loan default. Executive Officer of Ruposhi Bangla Branch of Sonali Bank Md Abdus Salam filed the latest case with…
An amendment to speedy trial tribunal law, 2002 has been placed in Parliament on Sunday to extend the validity of the law for another five years. Minister for Industries Amir Hossain Amu, on behalf of state minister for home Asaduzzaman…
A case was filed on Sunday against Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) president Hafizur Rahman Khan, secretary Dr Badiul Alam Majumder and two others on charge spreading propaganda about a chairman candidate in the recently held upazila polls.
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday rejected the bail petitions of BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and three other leaders. Other two leaders are Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and Dhaka City BNP member…
A Chittagong court has issued an arrest warrant for Mufti Izaharul Islam, the prime suspect in a blast at a Chittagong madrasa. SM Abdur Rashid of the Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court gave the order on Thursday. On Oct…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced two convicts to death for killing schoolboy Nafiz in Keraniganj of Dhaka in 2012. Judge ABM Sajedur Rahman of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 passed the order in absence of the convicts. The sentenced convicts…
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday demanded the resignation of ex-chief justice ABM Khairul Haque as the chairman of Law Commission (LC), a statutory body, for his remark terming the Law Minister as the guardian of the judiciary.…
Law Minister Anisul Haq on Sunday termed a ‘plot to shatter the rule of law’ the chaos created by the defence lawyers during the indictment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and seven others in two graft…
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday rejected the bail petitions of BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and three other leaders. Other two leaders are Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas and Dhaka City BNP member…
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said a law aiming to remove discriminations among citizens will be enacted within the tenure of the current government.
A court here on Thursday sent Nazmul Maksud Murad, an accused in the case filed for attempting to kill Sheikh Hasina, was sent to jail on Thursday, a day after he was brought back home from the USA through the…
The defence counsel for Motiur Rahman Nizami, the supremo of villainous 1971 Al Badr, on Thursday outright rebutted the charge of intellectuals’ killing against his client to make the country intellectually bankrupt at the fag end of the Liberation War,…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday expressed its dissatisfaction over the modus operandi of cross-examination by the defence counsel for war crimes accused ATM Azharul Islam, a Rangpur commander of 1971 Al Badr. Pointing at defence counsel Abdus Sobhan Tarafder,…
The mediation between Sonali Bank Limited and the directors of Dandy Dying Limited in the case filed for a defaulting loan amount of Tk 45.49 crore failed and the court fixed March 23 to frame issue of the case. Judge…
The High Court has found Prothom Alo Joint Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan guilty of contempt for two of his articles published by the Bangla daily. Khan has been fined of Tk 5,000 and the judges considered the five days of…
The High Court has directed the government to issue within 48 hours a machine readable passport (MRP) to BNP Standing Committee Member Barrister Moudud Ahmed. The bench of Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order…
A senior editor with Prothom Alo has apologised over his articles during the hearing of contempt of court charges against him. Editor Matiur Rahman has also regretted in High Court about the publication of the articles taking full responsibility. The…
A Supreme Court lawyer has brought contempt-of-court charges against senior journalist Amanullah Kabir over his remarks at a television talk show. Former High Court judge Munsurul Haque brought the charges amid the hearing over a contempt rule against the joint…
A woman from Rajshahi and her two accomplices have been sentenced to life in jail for throwing acid on her husband in an attempt to kill him. Rajshahi Additional Chief Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Shahidullah pronounced the verdict at 3pm…
The High Court has ordered daily Prothom Alo’s Editor Matiur Rahman and Joint Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan to re-submit their explanations on charges of contempt of court. It also ordered the editor to appear before the court and ascertain that…
Another Jahangirnagar University (JU) teacher testified on Sunday to Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 in the case lodged in connection with the killing JU student Zubair Ahmed. JU professor Dr SM Badiar Rahmed of the Department of Bio-Chemistry of the university…