Dhaka, Feb 13 – The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 of Dhaka on Wednesday cancelled the bail of Shafat Ahmed, prime accused in the sensational Banani double rape case. Judge Khademul Kayes of tribunal passed the order after Chief…
Dhaka, Feb 13 (UNB) – The High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to prepare a list of loan defaulters and money launderers of the last 20 years and submit it to the court. The HC also issued a…
Dhaka, Feb 12 – The Special Judge Court-9 of Dhaka court on Tuesday fixed February 20 as the next date for hearing in the Niko graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and ten others. Judge Sheikh Hafizur…
Dhaka, Feb 12 – The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to form an independent commission to formulate a guideline for the physicians to conduct their private practices. Responding to a writ petition filed by five Supreme Court lawyers,…
Dhaka, Feb 12 (UNB) – The High Court on Tuesday directed all media including the Daily Star to remain alert while publishing name, address and photo of a child in any under-trial criminal case. A HC bench of Justice Sheikh…
Natore, Feb 12 (UNB) – A court here on Tuesday sent BNP central leader Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu to jail in a case filed over a double murder. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mamunur Rashid passed the order rejecting his bail…
Dhaka, Feb 11 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Mon day placed MA Kader, Chairman of the Crescent Leather Products and Crescent Tanneries, on a three-day remand in a case filed in connection with laundering Tk…
Dhaka, Feb 11 – The High Court on Monday directed the authorities concerned to conduct a survey to determine how much cow milk, dairy products and cow fodder containing bacteria, antibiotic, lead and pesticides are supplied across the country, which…
Chattogram, Feb 11 (UNB) – A 22-year-old man, who killed his sister-in-law for refusing to give him money, confessed to investigators that he planned the murder watching Indian television series ‘Crime Patrol’ that narrates real-life stories of kidnappings and homicides.…
Dhaka, Feb 07 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved charge sheet against two persons including former Jute and Textile Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui in a case filed for misusing power and damaging government property. The charge-sheet was issued for…
Dhaka, Feb 7 – A Dhaka court yesterday started hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 16 others in the Gatco corruption case. Before beginning of the hearing, Khaleda Zia was taken to the Special Judge…
Dhaka, Feb 07 – The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) submitted on Thursday a report to the High Court saying that 33 percent buses plying across the country have no fitness certificate. Lawyer Md Rafiul Islam on behalf of BRTA…
Dhaka, Feb 7 (UNB) – A court here on Thursday fixed February 27 for starting defence hearing in the Gatco corruption case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hossain of the Special Judge Court-3 of…
Dhaka, Feb 7 (UNB) – The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to produce before it Badal Farazi who is now in a Bangladesh jail after his extradition in July last from India where he…
Dhaka, Feb 06 – Eyewitness Sharmina Parvin of the Holey Artisan Bakery case, on Wednesday appeared before a tribunal of Dhaka and narrated how the militants killed innocent people before her inside the capital’s Holey Artisan Bakery on the night…
Dhaka, Feb 06 – The submission of investigation report in connection with the case of Titumir College student Rajib was yesterday deferred to March 13. Magistrate Sarafuzzaman Ansari of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka fixed the new…
Dhaka, Feb 05 – The High Court on Tuesday directed the lower court concerned to complete trials proceedings of all Yaba and other drug and narcotics related cases by six months. The HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and…
Dhaka, Feb 05 – The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Tuesday has demolished around 100 structures that built illegally grabbing the river bank of Buriganga. The second face eviction drive of its 11-day programme has conducted at city’s Nababerchar…
Dhaka, Feb 4 – A court here on Monday set February 12 for the next hearing on charge-framing against 11 people, including BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, in the Niko graft case. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-9…
Dhaka, Feb 04 – Jaha Alam, who got released from jail after imprisoned wrongly for three years, wants compensation and justice for his sufferings. He was released from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur in the wee hours of of Monday…
Chattogram, Feb 4 (UNB) -The district administration has started a drive to demolish the illegal structures on the banks of the Karnaphuli River in the port city. A team led by executive magistrate and assistant commissioner (land) of Patenga Tahmilur…
Gazipur, Feb 4 (UNB) – Innocent Jaha Alam, who was in jail for the last three years instead of the real accused in 33 corruption cases, was released from jail early Monday following a High Court order. He walked out…
Dhaka Feb 03 – A Dhaka court fixed March 5 for submitting the investigation report over the murders of a woman of Garo community and her daughter in Kalachandpur of Dhaka. Magistrate Debdash Chandra Adhikary of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate…
The High Court on Monday directed the jail authorities to immediately release Jaha Alam who was in jail for the last three years instead of the real accused in 26 corruption cases. The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahasan…
Dhaka, Feb 03 – In a landmark verdict, the High Court on Monday disqualified the grabbers of rivers and canals from contesting any election including local government and parliamentary polls. It directed the Election Commission to take steps to this…
Dhaka, Feb 3 (UNB) – The High Court on Sunday directed the Election Commission not to allow any individual to contest any election, including the parliamentary one, if he or she is accused of encroaching on rivers. The High Court…
Dhaka, Jan 31 – The Special Judge’s Court-2 of Dhaka yesterday deferred the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and nine others in the Barapukuria graft case till February 26. Judge ASM Ruhul Imran of the…
Dhaka, Jan 30 – In a historic verdict, the High Court on Wednesday declared the Turag River as a legal/juristic person or a living being to save the river from illegal encroachment. In its partial judgment, the HC bench of…
Naypyitaw, Jan 30 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar’s parliament voted Tuesday to create a committee to propose amendments to the country’s military-enacted constitution, which grants the armed forces the power to block any change. The proposal to form the committee was presented…
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has banned opposition leader Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and frozen his bank accounts. The move comes amid an escalating power struggle, after Mr Guaidó declared himself interim president last week. He has been backed by…