Dhaka, Mar 18 (UNB) – The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the Fish and Fish Product (Inspection and Quality Control) Bill, enhancing the maximum punishment to two-year imprisonment for adulterating fish and fish products, and other…
Dhaka, Feb 09 – Of 27 positions of Dhaka Bar Association, Pro-Awami League lawyers (White panel) got 18 posts including the President, Vice President, General Secretary and Treasurer in the elections for 2019-2020. On the other hand, the BNP-Jamaat backed…
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB) – UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy in Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener has said accountability is essential for combating impunity and genuine reconciliation in Myanmar. Myanmar’s Independent Commission of Enquiry has responded positively to her recommendation that it…
Imagine a country where practicing Islam is treated as a crime. Where using the everyday greeting of “As-salaam alaikum” is punished. A place so repressive that even listening to a religious sermon at a mosque or reciting a funeral prayer…
Dhaka, Feb 27 – Voting in the two-day polls to elect the office bearers for 2019-2020 of Dhaka Bar Association, begun Wednesday with big enthusiasm. Of the total voters of 17,8,97, four thousand six hundred and thirty-five voters cast their…
Dhaka, Feb 27 – The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Wednesday fixed March 18 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 16 others in connection with the Gatco corruption case. Judge Abu Syed Diljar…
Dhaka, Feb 27 (UNB) – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia filed an appeal with the High Court seeking bail for her in a case filed over the killing of eight people in an arson attack on a bus in 2015 in…
Dhaka, Feb 26 – The Special Judge’s Court-2 of Dhaka on Tuesday issued a production warrant (PW) against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to appear before the court on March 13 in the Barapukuria coalmine graft case. Judge ASM Ruhul…
Dhaka, Feb 26 – Voting in the two-day polls to elect the office bearers for 2019-2020 of Dhaka Bar Association, kicks off on Wednesday. Seven thousand eight hundred ninety seven voters are expected to cast their vote, starting from 9…
Chattogram, Feb 26 (UNB) – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday filed a case against three people, including an incumbent and a former officer of Arab-Bangladesh Bank, for allegedly embezzling Tk 133 crore from the bank. ACC Assistant Director Mohammad…
Dhaka, Feb 26 (UNB) – The government is going to introduce independent prosecution service and appoint 30 percent of the prosecutors on permanent basis, Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Tuesday “Currently, prosecutors are temporarily appointed based on political considerations.…
Dhaka, Feb 25 – The High Court Division on Monday ordered the subordinate court to dispose of the Barapukuria coalmine graft case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 10 others within six months. The High Court bench of Justice…
Dhaka, Feb 25 (UNB) – Observing that the Chawkbazar inferno that claimed the lives of 67 people is not an accident, the High Court on Monday said someone must take the responsibility for it. It also said the fire incident…
Dhaka, Feb 25 (UNB) – The High Court on Monday rejected a writ petition to stay the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) election schedule. Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal’s Dhaka University unit leader Fahmida Mazid moved the court on Sunday. She…
Dhaka, Feb 24 – A Dhaka University (DU) student on Sunday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking a stay on the process for holding of election to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) scheduled for March 11.…
Dhaka, Feb 24 (UNB) – Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury on Sunday told Parliament that his ministry has taken an initiative to enact a law titled “Arable Land Protection and Land Use Bill 2019” to save croplands and ensure their best…
Dhaka, Feb 24 (UNB) – A writ was filed with the High Court seeking stay on the schedule of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) polls. Barrister Ruhul Kuddus, a Supreme Court lawyer and also the counsel of the petitioner…
Thakurgaon, Feb 24 (UNB) –A court here on Sunday took into cognisance the cases filed by the families of the three victims killed during a clash between alleged cattle smugglers and members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on February 12.…
Dhaka, Feb 22 – BNP’s candidates of the 11th parliamentary election who joined Jatiya Oikya Front’s public hearing on Friday, slammed their party senior leaders for not announcing any action programme to get their chairperson Khaleda Zia released from jail.…
Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB) – The government will not let anyone responsible for the Chawkbazar get fire off the hook, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Friday. A fire broke out at a Chawkbazar building where chemicals…
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust A frequent criticism of the Prime Minister is that she prematurely triggered the Article 50 negotiations in March 2017 and did so without a realistic plan for their conduct. If she had waited…
Dhaka, Feb 19 – Land acquisition officer of Dhaka Deputy Commissioner’s office and six others were yesterday sent to the jail in five cases filed against them for misappropriating Tk 2 crore making forged documents. The accused persons are Land…
Dhaka, Feb 19 – Former Department of Shipping Chief Engineer Dr SM Nazmul Haque was on Tuesday indicated in a graft case. Judge of Special Judge Court-6 Dr Sheikh Golam Mambub passed an order to frame charge sheet against SM…
Dhaka, Feb 19 – A High Court bench Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction for not taking effective step to curb the mosquito menace in the capital city of Dhaka. “You (city corporation lawyer) are not taking effective step to curb the mosquito…
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – The High Court on Tuesday ordered confiscation of all the copies of the book, ‘Bangladesh Banker Itihash’, from the market and the ongoing Ekushey Book Fair for the distortion of history. The HC bench of…
Dhaka, Feb 18 – The High Court on Monday rejected a writ petition filed challenging the legality of oath taking by lawmakers elected in the 11th parliamentary election held on December 30 last year. The HC bench rejected the petition…
Dhaka, Feb 18 (UNB) – Police have prepared a chargesheet accusing six people, including sacked Major Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque, a suspected coordinator of the banned militant outfit Ansar-Al-Islam, and Shafiur Rahman Farabi, in a case filed over the murder…
Dhaka, Feb 17 – Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Sunday said that his office would take an initiative soon for hearing at the Appellate Division on the 2013 appeal against the High Court verdict that declared illegal the registration of…
Dhaka, Feb 14 – At least 74 Jatiya Oikya Front leaders filed separate writ petitions with the High Court seeking cancellation of the December 30 national election to their constituencies, citing widespread irregularities. In their petitions, they sought HC directives…
Dhaka, Feb 13 – The High Court on Wednesday fined a former district and sessions judge of Feni Tk 5,000 for not providing a protocol to the then High Court Judge Justice Syed Amirul Islam in the district in 2003.…