Lawyers of condemned war crimes convict Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed are schedules to meethim at Dhaka central jail on Saturday morning, according to the sources at the central jail gate said.
Category: Courts law
Death warrants for SQ & Mujahid reach jail
Death warrants for convicted war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid have been sent to the prison authorities.
Little progress in Tavella killing case investigation
There is no visible progress into the killing case of Italian national Cesare Tavella though three days have already elapsed as the investigating agency is still in dark about the killers as well as motive behind the killing.
MP Hannan, son arrested on war crimes charges
Jatiya Party (Ershad) parliament member MA Hannan, elected from Mymensigh-7 constituency, and his son were arrested from the city’s Gulshan area on Thursday for their alleged involvement in crimes committed against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
Charge hearing deferred on Mirza Fakhrul
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 26 BNP men including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir till October 26 in a sabotage case.
4 extortionists jailed in Rajshahi
Four persons were convicted and sentenced to suffer four years jail on charge of extortion here yesterday.The convicted persons were identified as Akkash Ali, Matiur Rahman, Habibur Rahman and Ashraf Ali. All of them hails from Kazla Dharampur area under…
Court indicts 13 people for the murder of Sylheet teen Rajan
Charges have been framed against 13 people for the murder of Samiul Islam Rajan, who was tortured to death in July this year. The court of Sylhet’s Metropolitan Sessions Judge Akbar Hossain Mridha indicted them on Tuesday and set Oct…
Cabinet approves ‘concerted law’ to run government trusts
Cabinet approves ‘concerted law’ to do away with separate laws to run government trusts.
Bangladesh Judges become members of PCA, the Hague
Justice Md. Tofazzal Islam and Justice Md. Awlad Ali have become members of the Permanent Court of Arbitration situated in The Hague, according to Foreign Ministry sources. This is the first time Bangladeshi judges are going to be included in…
Khaleda’s plea for quashing Barapukuria graft case rejected
The High Court (HC) on Thursday rejected a petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia for quashing proceedings of Barapukuria coalmine corruption case against her. An HC bench comprising Justice Md Nuruzzaman Noni and Justice Md Abdur Rob passed the…
Defamation case hearing against Tarique Nov 5
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed November 5 for submission of a probe report about BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman, the party’s foreign affairs envoy Jahid F Sardar Saadi and 500 others for making defamatory remarks against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
Some lawyers offer Justice Shamsuddin Chy falicitations
Some lawyers of the Supreme Court yesterday offered felicitation to the outgoing Appellate Division Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury at his chamber. Justice Choudhury will go into the retirement on October 1. But, yesterday was the last working day of the…
Justice Shamsuddin’s is a wrongheaded person : BNP
Branding Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik an extremely wrongheaded person, BNP on Wednesday said the incident of sending a letter by a justice to the President seeking Chief Justice’s impeachment is unprecedented and bad example in the judiciary.
Another testifies in blogger Rajeeb murder case
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Monday recorded the deposition of another witness in case filed in connection with the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider in the capital on February 15, 2013. Judge Syed Ahammad of the tribunal…
One awarded death 3 prison terms for killing Brac Bank official
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka yesterday (Monday) sentenced a young man to death and three others to different terms of imprisonment for killing a Brac Bank official in Mirzapur Upazila area of Tangail in 2011. Judge Abdur Rahman Sardar…
Justice Shamsuddin Chy urges President to impeach CJ Sinha
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has sent a letter to the President seeking impeachment of Chief Justice SK Sinha for what he said violating the Constitution, breach of oath and misconduct. However, the…
HC scraps operation clean heart indemnity law, 2003
Terming it contradictory to the constitution, the High Court (HC) on Sunday scrapped the Joint Drive Indemnity Act, 2003 that had legalised all actions taken place under the ‘Operation Clean Heart’ during the BNP rule. A two-member HC bench comprising…
Babar, Mayors Arif, Gaus among 32 charged for Kibria murder
A court in Sylhet on Sunday indicted 32 people, including former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and suspended Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque, in the ex-Finance Minister SAMS Kibria murder case. Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal…
41 Shibir activists arrested at Farmgate area
Police arrested 41 Shibir leaders and activist while they were allegedly holding a secret meeting at a restaurant of Firmgate area in the city on Friday afternoon.
Alleged Ansarullah Team chief among 3 held for blogger killing
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from the city’s Fakirerpool area on Thursday in connection with the murders of bloggers Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das. The arrestees…
SC scraps HC verdict acquitting ex-MP of Bnp, Millat
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a High Court verdict acquitting former BNP lawmaker Rasheduzzaman Millat in connection with a corruption case. In response to an appeal petition filed by the government challenging the HC verdict,…
Khaleda Zia attends court in Trust graft cases
The Special Judge’s Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed September 17 for the next hearing on the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar passed the…
Khaleda Zia appears before court in trust graft cases Thursday
BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia appears to a Dhaka court on Thursday in both Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against her and others. Her counsel Sanaullah Miah told newsmen about Khaleda Zia’s decision to appear…
13 Jamaat leaders on 3-day demand in explosives case
A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed 13 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and its student front IslamiChhatra Shibir on a three-day remand each in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Mohammad…
Deposition against 147 leaders of 20-party Oct 7
A Dhaka court on Monday deferred recording the deposition in the case filed against 147 BNP-led 18 party-men including BNP Joint Secretary Generals Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Amanullah Aman and former Chief Whip Zainul Abedin Farroque to October 7. Magistrate Atiqur…
Charge hearing against Fakhrul: 35 others in arso0n case Oct 19
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed October 19 to hear on framing charge against BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 36 other party men in a case filed for arson attack and burning people to death on…
Salauddin Quader Chy’s son granted bail
A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to detained Hummam Quader Chowdhury, son of war crime convict and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury (SQC), in a case filed for an attempt to murder seven years ago. Dhaka’s Additional Chief Metropolitan…
Khaleda’s Trust graft case hearing again on Sept 10
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned till September 10 the hearing in the Zia Charitable and Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader of the Special Judge Court-3 conducted his…
Three sentenced to gallows for killing 0-level student
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced three persons to death for killing an O-level student in the capital 15 years ago. Judge Abdur Rahim Sardar of the Speedy Trial Tribunal 4 of Dhaka pronounced the verdict on Tuesday afternoon in…
Shaukat Mahmud on fresh remand again
Two different courts of Dhaka on Tuesday placed BNP Chairperson’s Adviser and journalist leader Shaukat Mahmud on a four-day fresh remand in four cases filed with Paltan, Motijheel and Rampura police stations in the capital. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM)…