The High Court on Monday ordered the government to remove the handcuffs from three injured Santal men of Gaibandha who have been detained in a case filed for attacking police during a clash on November 6 last.A HC bench of…
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SC stays Manna’s bail till Nov 27
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday issued a stay order till November 27 on a bail granted to Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in a case filed for instigating the army to topple the…
Airport knifing accused Shihab placed on remand
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday placed lone accused Shihab on a 5-day remand in a case filed for allegedly stabbing a member of Ansar to death at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.
SC asks Destiny to deposit BDT 2500 cr to secure bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday asked two high officials of Destiny Group to deposit Tk 2,500 crore to the government treasury within six months to get bail in two money-laundering cases.
Pay Tk 2500 cr to secure bail, SC to 2 Destiny bosses
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday asked two high officials of Destiny Group to deposit Tk 2,500 crore to the government treasury within six months to get bail in two money-laundering cases.The two Destiny officials are…
Pay Tk 2500 cr to secure bail, SC tells two Destiny bosses
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) asked two high officials of Destiny Group on Sunday to deposit Tk 2,500 crore to the government treasury within six months to get bail in two money-laundering cases. The two…
5 get life imprisonment for murder in Jessore
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted five people and sentenced them to life imprisonment for killing a man in 1998.The convicts are: Amir Hossain, Nirbashkhola union unit BNP leader of Jhikorgachha upazila, Tarikul Islam alias Taijel, Thatu Sadek,Shamsul…
Chittagong murder accused held with fake currency notes
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested an alleged murder accused along with fake currency notes worth TK 50,000 from Purbo Shaheed Nagar area in Chittagong city on Monday evening.
Conviction warrant issued against BNP’s Tarique Rahman
The Third Special Judge Court of Dhaka on Monday issued conviction warrant against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in a case filed for money laundering.
Cricketer Shahadat, wife Nrittya acquitted
Dhaka – Cricketer Shahadat Hossain and his wife Jesmine Jahan Nrittya were acquitted yesterday (Sunday) in the case filed for torturing their 11-year old domestic help Mahfuza Akhter Happy last year. Judge Tanjina Ismail of the Women and Children Repression…
BTRC reopens spectrum of Citycell
Dhaka- The Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) reopened the spectrum of private telecom operator Citycell on Sunday evening following a Supreme Court directive. BTRC chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood told UNB that a BTRC team went to the Citycell office…
Writ challenges legality of Articles 95, 116 on Judiciary
Dhaka – A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of articles 95 (2) and 116 of the Constitution. Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Eunus Ali Akond filed the writ on Thursday. The writ came following…
Ruling pary lawmaker Bodi gets 3 years in jail for graft
Dhaka – A special court in Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi to three years’ imprisonment in a case for accumulating wealth beyond his known sources of income, UNB news agency reported.
267 penalised in Barisal for violating ban on hilsha fishing
Barishal: Separate mobile courts have sentenced some 267 people to different term jails in six districts of Barisal division in 20 days in separate incidents of violation of the on-going temporary ban on hilsha fishing. The courts also collected Tk…
HC to hear Ershad pleas against jail term Nov 15
Dhaka: The High Court will hear on November 15 an appeal filed by former President HM Ershad against the three years’ jail sentence awarded to him in 1992 in a corruption case. An HC single bench comprising Justice Md Ruhul…
Order on Citycell spectrum Thursday
Dhaka: The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Thursday on a petition seeking cancellation of the BTRC decision suspending the spectrum of Citycell, the country’s oldest mobile phone operator, for its failure to pay the outstanding amount of Tk…
Anisul disagrees with CJ on “dual rule” in judiciary
Law Minister Anisul Huq today expressed his disagreement with Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha over the alleged “dual rule” in judiciary calling his comment “self contradictory”.”I respect the honorable Chief Justice very much. I saw, read and heard his statement…
Man gets life term for possessing drugs in Pirojpur
Dhaka – A court in Pirojpur on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to life imprisonment for possessing drugs, UNB news agency reported.
Pakistan court says schizophrenia ‘not mental disorder’
Dhaka – The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ruled that schizophrenia is not a mental illness, paving the way for the execution of a paranoid schizophrenic man convicted of murder, reports BBC. Imdad Ali was declared clinically insane after killing a…
Article 116 behind sluggish judiciary: CJ
Dhaka – Noting that the article 116 of the existing Constitution is one of the main reasons behind the slowness of the judiciary, Chief Justice SK Sinha on Monday demanded reinstatement of the same article of the country’s original national…
Promotion of 99 inspectors to ASPs why not illegal: HC
Dhaka: The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the promotion of 99 police inspectors to assistant superintendents of police (ASPs) under the BCS cadre should not be declared illegal and beyond…
High Court issues contempt rule against three secretaries
The High Court has pulled up three secretaries for contempt of court after they did not respond to a court order.The court had requested a clarification as to which law on child repression would apply to several cases.The bench of…
Plot to kill Joy case: SC upholds Mahmudur bail
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to acting Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed in connection with the plot to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son…
Fake doctor jailed in Jessore
Dhaka – A mobile court convicted a fake doctor and sentenced him to six months’ imprisonment at Basundia in Sadar upazila of Jessore on Saturday night.
Mitu murder: Charge-framing hearing in arms case Nov 13
Chitttagong: A court here will hear on November 13 the charge-framing in an arms case filed over the killing of former Police Super Babul Akhter’s wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu. Metropolitan Session’s Judge Md Shahe Nur fixed the date on Thursday,…
Punishment is violent and counterproductive
Robert J. Burrowes Punishment is a popular pastime for humans. Parents punish children. Teachers punish students. Employers punish workers. Courts punish lawbreakers. People punish each other. Governments punish ‘enemies’. And, according to some, God punishes evildoers. What is ‘punishment’? Punishment…
Hearing against suspending Citycell operations Oct 31
The Supreme Court on Tuesday fixed October 31 for hearing the petition seeking stay on BTRC’s decision suspending the spectrum of Citycell, the country’s oldest mobile phone operator, for its failure to pay the outstanding payment of Tk 477.63 crore.…
2 relatives of accused in Jhenidah schoolgirl stabbing held
Dhaka – Police arrested a sister and brother-in-law of the main perpetrator in connection with the stabbing of a schoolgirl from Uposhohor Para in the Jhenidah district town on Tuesday morning, UNB news agency reported.
Two sentenced to gallows for killing AUST student
Dhaka – The District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday sentenced two Ahsaullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) students to death and two others to life term imprisonment for killing Subid Chandra Das, also a student AUST…
Sabotage Charge hearing against Mahmudur Rahman Jan 2
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed January 2 of 2017 to hear on charge framing against the Amar Desh acting editor in a case filed for sabotage. Magistrate Alamgir Kabir Raj of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka…