Dhaka – The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) granted bail to Jatiya Party MP AKM Salim Osman in a case filed for humiliating schoolteacher Shyamol Kanti Bhakta of Narayanganj in public. CJM Jesmine Ara Begum granted…
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Court defers Zia Orphanage case to June 1
Dhaka – The Special Court-5 of Dhaka yesterday deferred the hearing in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others to June 1. Judge Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman of Special Judge Court-5 passed the…
Death reference hearing in N’ganj 7-murder starts
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on Monday started hearing on the death reference and appeals of 26 death sentenced convicts in the Narayanganj seven-murder cases. A High Court bench of Justice Bhabani Prasad…
SC verdict in Khaleda’s leave to appeal in graft case 28 May
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court fixed 28 May for giving an order on a leave-to-appeal filed by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia challenging a High Court order that scrapped her appeal seeking cancellation of the…
Erase Tridiv Roy’s name from infrastructures: HC
Dhaka – The High Court on Monday asked the authorities concerned to erase the name of war criminal Tridiv Roy, father of Chakma Circle Raja Debashish Roy, from all infrastructures across the country within 90 days. An HC bench comprising…
Argument in appeal against 16th amendment verdict
Dhaka – The Appellate Division the Supreme Court on Sunday asked the prosecution not to make any political argument during hearing on the appeal against the High Court order that declared illegal the 16th amendment to the constitution establishing Parliament’s…
Monitor safe food supply during Ramadan: Workshop
Dhaka – Speakers at a workshop on Sundayday urged the government to strengthen the monitoring system including mobile court to ensure safe food ahead of holy Ramzan.
Verdict for reinstation of 140 BSMMU doctors
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday directed the authorities to reinstate 140 physicians of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) whose appointment was earlier declared illegal by the High Division.
SC extends stay on HC order against mobile courts
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday extended the stay on the High Court order that declared magistrate run mobile court illegal and contradictory to the constitution till July 2.
Minister’s son among 11 held in Pabna vandalism case
Pabna, May 19 – Police arrested 11 people, including Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s son Sirhan Sharif Tamal, in a case filed for vandalism early Friday.
BNP leader Aslam secures bail in sedition case
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury in a sedition case.
War crimes tribunal issues warrant against Ex BNP MP
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal-1(ICT- 1) yesterday issued warrant of arrest against former BNP MP Abdul Momin Talukder for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971.
Dhaka’s Banani rape accused Shafat, Sadman ‘confess’
Dhaka – Shafat Ahmed and Sadman Sakif, prime accused in the Banani rape case made confessions admitting their involvement in the city’s Banani rape incident, before two Dhaka courts on Thursday.
BNP leader Aslam Chy gets bail in sedition case
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday granted bail to BNP joint secretary general Aslam Chowdhury in a sedition case filed with Gulshan Police Station. UNB news agency reported
Proposed digital security law to ‘remove confusion over section 57’
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said the proposed digital security law will help remove confusion and ambiguity over section 57 of the ICT Act. UNB news reported
Khaleda Zia’s Trust graft case shifted to new court
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday transferred the Zia Charitable Trust graft case to Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 of Judge Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman from the Special Judge Court-3 of Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar.
HC bench fixed for hearing 7-murder death ref appeal
Dhaka – Chief Justice SK Sinha yesterday fixed a division bench of the High Court to hear the death references and appeals in the case filed over the seven-murders of Narayanganj in 2014.
Nayeem held in Munshiganj over Banani rape
Nayeem Ashraf, 30, one of the accused in a case filed over the rape of two private university girls in a Banani hotel in the capital, was arrested from Munshiganj on Wednesday night. Tipped off, a team of Police Headquarters…
CIID summons Raintree Hotel MD on May 23
Dhaka – The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) on Wednesday ordered the Managing Director of Raintree Hotel to appear before it on May 23. UNB news agency reported
HC orders appointment of lawyers for 7 N’ganj murder convicts
The High Court of the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the prosecution to appoint state defence counsel for five absconding death-sentenced convicts in the seven-murder cases.
Three violence cases against Khaleda Zia stayed
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the proceedings of three violence cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 2015. A High Court bench of Justice Mitfah Uddin Chowdhury and Justice ANM Bashirullah…
Shafat’s driver, gunman remanded over Banani rape
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday put Billal, driver of Banani rape case prime accused Shafat Ahmed, on a four-day remand while his gunman Rahmat on a three-day remand, in connection with the case. UNB news agency reported
HC order on mobile courts stayed
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed an order of the High Court that declared mobile courts conducted by the executive magistrates illegal till May 18.
Hearing in petitions for review of Sayedee verdict on
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Sunday adjourned the hearing on two review petitions-one filed on behalf of the state and the other filed by war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee against its verdict in a case that disposed of…
Salim Osman surrenders over N’ganj teacher humiliation
Dhaka – Jatiya Party MP AKM Salim Osman surrendered to a court here on Sunday in connection with a case filed for humiliating schoolteacher Shyamol Kanti Bhakta in public in Narayanganj on May 23. UNB news agency reported
Hearing on Sayedee, govt’s review pleas likely Sunday
Dhaka – The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Sunday two review petitions — one filed by the government and the other by convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee — against its earlier verdict in a war crimes case.…
Indonesia’s trial and verdict by omission
By Warief Djajanto Basorie Jakarta, May 12 (IPS) – Remove one word in the narrative. You hit your target with a two-year jail sentence. Governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, widely know as Ahok, was the target. After a six-month…
SC to hear Govt’s Sayedee verdict review Sunday
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hold hearing Sunday on the review petitions filed against its verdict that commuted death sentence of war crimes convicted Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee to imprisonment until death.
High Court declares mobile court operation illegal
Dhaka – The High Court has declared illegal and unconstitutional the operation of mobile courts carried out by the executive magistrates.
Two student-rape case accused put on remand
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Sunday remanded Shafat Ahmed, the main accused in the rape of two private university students, for six days on police custody and Sadman Aqif, another accused, in the case for five days after the…