Disapproving Chief Justice SK Sinha’s remarks that the administration never wants the judiciary to function independently, Law Minister Anisul Huq on Wednesday said the Sheikh Hasina-led government never interferes in the judiciary and will never do this. “If the Chief…
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday (Wednesday) filed a petition with the High Court Division of the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case from the Senior Special Judge’s Court-3 of Dhaka.
A former US beauty queen has admitted possessing child pornography and lewd acts with a child. Meghan Alt, 27, was sentenced to 300 days in jail and three years of probation after entering the pleas.
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the bail of Haimchar upazila chairman Nur Hossain Patwari in a case filed for ‘walking over a human bridge made by schoolboys’…
Dhaka – The stay order of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court on the trial proceedings of four sabotage cases against the BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, filed with Jatrabari and Darussalam police stations will remain effective for…
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Tuesday lamented that the judiciary faces a ‘step-motherly’ behaviour during the tenures of all the successive governments. “The executive never wants the judiciary to function independently although it provides security to the administration, too.…
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday deferred the hearing on charge framing against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in 11 cases, including a sedition case for her remarks about the number of martyrs during the 1971 Liberation War. UNB news…
Ramesh Shankar, Mumbai Close on the heels of filing four patent challenges in India, two on daclatasvir, one on velpatasvir and another on sofosbuvir, the international NGO– Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), in association with other NGOs, has…
Dhaka – Convicted businessman Yaba king Amin Huda, who was sentenced to 79 years imprisonment in connection with the biggest haul of Yaba tablets cases, failed to secure bail from the High Court on Monday.
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday granted bail to Iqbal Mand Banu, mother-in- law of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman, in a graft case filed against her for not submitting her wealth…
On March 20, the Uttarakhand High Court declared the Ganga river as a “legal person”, creating many hopes, but also leading to many complex questions. What does the declaration mean? How could one now use this opportunity to empathise with…
Varner – Arkansas overcame a flurry of court challenges Thursday that derailed three other executions, putting to death an inmate for the first time in nearly a dozen years as part of a plan that would have been the country’s…
Dhaka – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), central intelligence and security service of the United States of America (USA), is keen to work with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in order to preventing militancy funding and money laundering between two…
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced a man to life in the prison in connection with the murder of a Korean citizen in November 2011 in Gulshan area.
Dhaka – Police pressed charges against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in a defamation case as she allegedly defamed freedom fighters through associating them with war criminals.
Islamabad – Pakistan’s top court asked the government on Thursday to investigate corruption allegations against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family, delaying for two months a decision that could have jeopardized his political future. AP/UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a Korean citizen in 2011.The tribunal also fined convict Manik Sardar, a dish cleaner of Arian Korean Restaurant, Tk 10,000, in…
A Dhaka court yesterday acquitted Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, former chiefs of Air Force Momtaz Uddin Ahmed and Sultan Mahmud, and the then United Traders’ director AKM Musa of charges in 24-year-old radar purchase scam case.
Islamabad – Pakistan’s army chief has signed off on the death sentences for 30 militants, including some convicted for the 2014 Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar that killed 144 schoolchildren. AP/UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – A court on Tuesday ordered that the body of Maldivian MBBS student Raudha Athif, who was found dead at a dormitory of Rajshahi Islami Bank Medical College Hospital on March 29, be exhumed for a fresh post-mortem. Mahbubur Rahman, judge…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended stay till May 8 on a High Court order that granted bail to Tangail-3 lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.
Dhaka – The investigator of Bangladesh Bank responsible for submission of the central bank’s reserves heist failed to submit charges for the 13th time yesterday.
Miami, Apr 18 (AP/UNB) — U.S. wildlife officials can’t legally stop interstate trade of giant exotic snakes such as Burmese pythons, which threaten to eat all the native mammals in the Florida Everglades, an appeals court has ruled.
Dhaka – A writ petition was filed on Monday with the High Court challenging the legality of Article 70 of the Constitution, which allows the cancellation of parliament membership for voting against his or her political party that called ‘floor…
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday acquitted Holey Artisan attack survivor, Tahmid Hasib Khan, in a case filed against him of the charges of hiding information about the attack. Magistrate Mahmudul Hasan passed the…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed the bail of lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in freedom fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order…
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Saturday alleged that a vested quarter is out there creating a distance between the government and the judiciary. “A vested quarter is there engaged in an evil design to create a distance between the…
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday (Thursday) stayed the trial proceedings of four sabotage cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. The court also issued four separate rulings asking the government to explain as…
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a government order suspending Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan for the second time.
New York, Apr 13 (AP/UNB) — The first black woman appointed to the state’s highest court has been found dead on the bank of the Hudson River.