A Dhaka court on Saturday sent five senior BNP leaders including incumbent lawmakers and the party’s Standing Committee members, MK Anwar and Barrister Moudud Ahmed to jail in two separate cases filed with Motijheel Police Station.
Category: Courts law
‘Tarique case verdict this month,’ hopes prosecution
Prosecution hopes a verdict in the money laundering case against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman will come this month.
Nizami played political role in 1971: Defence
Denying the charges of crimes against humanity, including genocide, during the Liberation War against his client, a defence counsel on Thursday said that accused Motiur Rahman Nizami, a 1971 president of Islami Chhatra Sangha (ICS), student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, had…
Three to die for murder
Three people have been sentenced to death for killing a poultry businessman in Barishal three years ago.
Adhikar’s rights activist Elan sent to jail
Human rights organization Odhikar Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan on Wednesday morning surrendered to Dhaka’s Cyber Crime Tribunal and the judge sent him to jail rejecting his bail petition in a case filed for allegedly distorting facts about eviction of Hefajat…
Formalin use control draft bill okayed
The Cabinet has approved in principle the draft of a proposed law to stop misuse of formalin with up to 10 years in jail and Tk 500,000 in fine for violations.
Dandy Dying default loan case report Nov 27
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed November 27 to submit a report on the resolution of a case filed against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman and other directors of Dandy Dying Limited for defaulting a loan payment of Sonali…
3 get 10 yrs in Sylhet robbery case
A court here on Sunday convicted three people and sentenced them to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment each for committing a robbery in the city in 1997.
Petition filed with HC seeking ban on hartal during exams
A petition was filed with the High Court on Sunday seeking its directives on the political parties not to enforce hartal and blockade during public examinations.
Tarique, Mamun case hearing Nov 7
A Dhaka Court on Sunday fixed Nov 7 for argument in the money laundering case against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and his business partner Giasuddin-Al-Mamun.
ICT Verdict on Sunday against Ashraf, Mueen
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday will announce its verdict on ‘Al Badr’ leaders Ashrafuzzaman Khan and Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin who stand accused of ‘crimes against humanity’ during the 1971 Liberation War.
Argument in ICT case against Nizami begins Nov 3
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday asked the prosecution to start summing up its case against war crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami with arguments.
BDR verdict deferred to Nov 5
Dhaka’s Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court on Wednesday deferred pronouncement of the verdict in the Pilkhana carnage case to November 5.
Aminbazar six-murder hearing begins
A court of Dhaka on Wednesday started recording the depositions of the witnesses in the Aminbazar six-murder case.
Graft cases against Khaleda deferred again
A Dhaka court deferred again on Sunday the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chief Khaleda Zia and others in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases.
DB cracks Bakhtiar killing case; 4 arrested
Detectives have cracked the sensational Bakhtiar murder case as they arrested four alleged killers of the A level student from the city on Saturday night. The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police also recovered a revolver used in the…
Giasuddin Mamun pleads not guilty
Accused Giasuddin Al Mamun of the money laundering case filed against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and him on Sunday pleaded not guilty.
31 held for ‘exploding bombs, torching vehicles’ in city
Police arrested 31 people suspecting their involvement in exploding bombs and torching vehicles from different parts of the capital on Saturday.
‘Terrorist’ held with bombs in Jessore
Police arrested a suspected terrorist in possession of two hand bombs in the district town early Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Shahadat Hossain alias Laito Shahadat, 28, of Shankarpur of the town.
Nizami trial: “My father is innocent,” son tells tribunal
Claiming his war crimes accused father as innocent, Barrister Nazibur Rahman on Thursday said the charges brought against Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami was absolutely false and politically motivated, terming the case ‘make over’.
Newspaper editor gets 9 yrs in extortion case
A Shariatpur court on Wednesday sentenced a newspaper editor to nine years’ rigorous imprisonment.
Parag abduction charge framed, 12 indicted
The First Women and Children Repression Prevention tribunal on Wednesday framed charges against 12 people for abducting school-going child Parag Manda, a year back.
Mobile court seizes current nets and hilsha fish in Faridpur
A mobile court, conducted by Sadarpur upazilla administration, in a drive on the rivers Padma and Arial Khan seized current nets worth Taka two lakhs and one mound of mother hilsha fish on Sunday.
3 drug peddlers jailed in Madaripur
A mobile court here sentenced two drug peddlers to six months’ imprisonment each and another to one month in prison on Sunday night.
Prayer for change in Biswajit case Charge sheet rejected
Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Trubunal-4 on Tuesday rejected an application of the defence counsel, seeking the change of the charges, it framed earlier against the accused of the case.
Oishee’s bail refused again
A Dhaka Court on Monday refused bail to Oishee Rahman in the murder case of her parents- Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and Swapna Rahman.
Fake currency worth Tk 33.60 lakh recovered, one held in city
Police arrested an alleged fake currency trader and recovered fake Bangladeshi currency worth about Tk 33.60 lakh from his possession along with equipment for making forged currency from the city’s Shah Ali thana area on Saturday evening.
65 fishermen in 4 dists punished for defying hilsa ban
Seven fishermen were jailed for separate terms in Bhola and Munshiganj while 58 others fined in Bagerhat and Barguna on Friday for catching hilsa defying a ban.
Detained ICT staff confesses to leaking out draft verdict
Detained Faruque Hossain, a staff of the International Crimes Tribunal-1, on Sunday made confessional statement before a magistrate of Dhaka Court revealing that Mehdi , assistant of Barrister Fakhrul Islam, the counsel for condemned convict war criminal Salauddin Quader…
3 get life term for killing cabbage farmer in Rajshahi
A trial tribunal in Rajshahi on Thursday convicted three persons and sentenced each of them to suffer life imprisonment for killing a cabbage-farmer in the city.