The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday granted bail to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 10 cases including eight sabotage cases filed under the Special Power Act and a sedition one. Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah…
Dhaka -The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday handed down death sentence to former Jamaat MP Maulana Shakhawat Hossain of Jessore district and jailed seven others until death on charges of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971,…
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will go to lower court of Dhaka on Wednesday to appear the hearings of 12 cases, filed against her, including the Niko and Barapukuria coalmine graft cases.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday sent three journalists of online news portal Banglamail, including the agency’s acting editor rejecting the bail plea of the prosecution. Magistrate Golam Nabi of the CMM Court passed the order…
A court here on Tuesday sentenced six people to death and three others to life term imprisonment for killing a schoolboy in 2001.The condemned convicts are Rafiqul Islam, Atiqul Islam, Atique Sheikh, Selim Sheikh, Anwar Hossain Sheikh and Nayan Sheikh…
Gazipur – A court here sentenced six people to death and three others to life term imprisonment on Tuesday for killing a schoolboy in 2001. The condemned convicts are Rafiqul Islam, Atiqul Islam, Atique Sheikh, Selim Sheikh, Anwar Hossain Sheikh…
Dhaka – The Special Judge Court-1 of Dhaka on Monday fixed September 21 to record depositions of more witness in a case filed against BNP Standing Committee member Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain for alleged siphoning off Tk 9.55 crore to…
An Iranian nuclear scientist detained since 2010 has been executed, his family has told the BBC. Shahram Amiri’s mother said the body of her son had been returned to their hometown with rope marks around his neck, showing that he…
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced two persons to death for killing a man in 2006. Judge Abdur Rahman of the Speedy Trial Tribunal pronounced the verdict. The convicts are-Yasmin Ferdous Shilpi, wife of the victim-Razzaque Sarker…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (Brac) to pay Tk 404 crore to the government as unpaid income tax.A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday placed caretaker Daud Patwary on a two-day remand to interrogate him in connection with his alleged involvement in the militant attack on a Gulshan restaurant last month.
A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred submission of the re-investigation report in a case filed in connection with sexual harassment of several women during Pahela Baishakh celebrations to August 28.
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of one convict and acquitted four others in the Scholastica School student Shazneen Tasnim Rahman killing case after hearing appeals against a High Court verdict, UNB news agency reported.…
Dhaka -The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday acquitted BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed and his brother Manjur Ahmed in a case filed over grabbing a government house in the city’s Gulshan area. The court also scraped Manjur…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed the bail order for two top officials of scam-tainted Destiny Group until Aug 11. The five-member bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha gave the order on Sunday after…
Dhaka – A Dhaka Court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against nine BNP leaders including BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in an explosive substances case filed with Dhaka’s Pallabi Police Station, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday accepted a time plea filed by Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali, adjourning its hearing on his review plea till August 24.
Chittagong – A court here on Sunday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment and another to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for killing a man in 1996. The court also fined the lifer – Ramjan Ali – Tk one lakh,…
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said they would face the money laundering case against senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman legally and politically. “The money laundering case against Tarique Rahman and development centering it is political. We…
Dhaka – Scrapping his acquittal in a money laundering case, the High Court on Thursday sentenced BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman to seven years’ imprisonment and fined him Tk 20 crore, UNB news agency reported. An HC bench of Justice…
The High Court has reversed the lower court’s verdict on Tarique Rahman’s money laundering case to ‘please the government’, says the BNP.”He was not involved in any way with money laundering , there was no evidence to back those charges,”…
The trial court judge, whose verdict had found BNP leader Tarique Rahman innocent of money laundering charges, was ‘influenced’, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said.“The judge fled to Malaysia with his family two days after delivering the verdict. He has…
Law Minister Anisul Haq on Thursday said Tarique Rahman will be brought back home through the Interpol for executing the High Court verdict pronounced against him.“If it’s not possible than a new agreement will be signed between the two countries…
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four alleged members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its southern region ameer, busting a den of the outlawed militant outfit at Cherag Ali in Tongi early Thursday, UNB news agency reported. The…
Dhaka – A court in Kishoreganj on Wednesday asked the authorities concerned to conduct DNA test of Zahidul Haq Tanim, one of the suspected criminals who attacked police near Sholakia Eidgah, UNB news agency reported. Chief Judicial Magistrate Abdus Salam…
Dhaka – The High Court on Wednesday granted a six-month interim bail to detained Destiny Group managing director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny-2000 chairman Mohammad Hossain on conditions in two money-laundering cases filed by the Anti Corruption Commission, UNB news agency…
Bangladesh Bar Council today took punitive actions against three of its members for professional misconducts.Of the three, advocate Abul Hasnat, a member of Dhaka Bar Council, has been banned from practicing for life. Advocates Shahjalal Chowdhury and Tobaraka Hossain have…
Dhaka-The Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Wednesday framed charges against five accused in the Blogger Wasiqur Rahman Babu murder case.
A court here on Wednesday framed charges against five suspected members of banned militant outfit ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team’ in the blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu killing case.Judge of Additional Metropolitan Session Court-3 of Dhaka SM Ziaur Rahman framed the charges and…
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a union parishad member, from Kashibari in Atrai upazila of Naogaon on Tuesday nigh, UNB news agency reported.