The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday fined publisher as well as editor of the Bangla daily Janakantha Atikullah Khan Masud and its executive editor Shawdesh Roy Tk10,000 each for contempt of court. A six-member bench of…
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Factory owner fined Tk 1.50 lakh for making adulterated lozenge
A mobile court here on Wednesday fined two people, including a factory owner, of Tk 1.50 lakh, in default sentenced two months simple jail to each for their involvement in making adulterated lozenges without BSTI approval at Old Dhaka.
JU teacher gets 3 years in prison for wishing death of PM
The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced Jahangirnagar University (JU) teacher Ruhul Amin Khondokar to three years in prison for wishing the death of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nazmul Haque Shyamol passed the…
One to die, another jailed unto death for war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Tuesday condemned Sheikh Sirajul Islam to death and sentenced Khan Akram Hossain of Bagerhat to jail unto death for their crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. A three-member ICT-1 bench, led by…
Charge hearing against 25 BNP leaders for vandalism Nov 3
A Dhaka court A on Tuesday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 25 leaders and activists of BNP to November 3 in a case filed for obstructing police, vandalism and arson attack. Magistrate SM Masud Zaman passed the order…
Order in ICT2 fresh contempt against Dr Zafrullah Aug 30
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Monday fixed August 30 for passing the order on contempt of court charges brought against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury for his derogatory remarks about the tribunal. A 3-member bench of ICT-2, headed…
17 JMB men imprisoned for series bomb attacks of 2005
A Dhaka court on Monday imprisoned seventeen militants of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JMB) for 10 years each in connection with their involvement in series bomb attack of 2005 in Gazipur. Judge Abdur Rahman Sarder of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka passed…
Khaleda’s Trust graft cases next hearing 27 Aug
A Dhaka court yesterday set August 27 as the next date for recording the depositions in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases. Dhaka’s third Special Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader of passed the order after a defendant’s…
SC to decide on contempt regarding Salauddin verdict Aug 13
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will pronounce its decision about the contempt of court charge against the daily Jnakantha editor and executive editor on Aug 13. A six-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha…
Mintoo secures bail in act of sabotage case
BNP Chairperson’s Advisor Abdul Awal Mintoo was allowed bail on Sunday in a case filed with Paltan Police Station of the capital for sabotage.
Khaleda won’t appear in trust graft case Monday for illness
BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia will not be able to appear to the court on Monday in Zia Orphanage and Charitable Trust graft cases due to her illness. The BNP Chairperson’s lawyer Sanaullah Mia said newsmen on Sunday, “As she…
Court allows police to do forensic test on Niloy
A Dhaka Court yesterday (Sunday) allowed police to go for forensic test of slain blogger Niladri Chattaerjee Niloy. Earlier, the police sought permission to the court to send the evidence of Niladri Chatterjee Niloy to the Forensic Department of Dhaka…
SC stays in hours HC stay on Press Club new body
Hours after the High Court slapped a six-month injunction on the activities of the new committee of the Jatiya Press Club, the Supreme Court on Thursday night stayed the order for eight weeks. Chamber judge of the Appellate Division Hasan…
Five young men on remand on gang rape charges
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed five youths on remand for gang-raping a college in the city’s Jatrabari area on Tuesday noon. Magistrate Molla Saiful Islam of the CMM Court put accused Saiful Islam Babu,…
Charge framing against 28 for secretariat explosion deferred
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the hearing on framing charge against BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 28 other leaders of BNP-led 20-party alliance to November 22 in the case filed over explosion in the secretariat.…
JS body suggests recruitment of judges to vacant posts soon
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry has suggested the government recruit judges to vacant posts soon in order to reduce the backlog of cases piled up in courts across the country. The committee came…
Charge framing against Fakhrul 22 others deferred
A Dhaka court on Monday again deferred the hearing on framing charge against 23 leaders and activists including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to September 3 in a case filed for vandalism and arson.
Hearing in Trust graft cases deferred against Khaleda Aug 10
A Dhaka court on Monday adjourned the hearing of Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others till August 10. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3 fixed the new…
Amanullah Aman sent to jail, MK Anwar gets bail
Separate courts of Dhaka on Sunday sent BNP leader Amanullah Aman to jail in 56 cases filed for arson attacks and vandalism during the BNP-led 20-party alliance’s blockade and shutdown (Hartal) programme, while senior BNP leader MK Anwar was allowed…
Hearing on acquittal of BNP leaders in cop killing case deferred
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday deferred the hearing on the acquittal of 20 leaders and activists of 20-party alliance, including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to August 30 in a case filed…
Bnp’s student affiliate chief Rajib sent on remand
Two courts of Dhaka on Wednesday put Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Rajib Ahsan on eight days’ remand in four cases filed in connection violent activities. Magistrate Shamsul Arefin of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka granted six days…
Bnp expresses frustration at SC verdict against Salauddin
BNP has expressed its frustration, surprise and shock as the Appellate Division upheld the death sentence o party leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury on charges of crimes against humanity. “Our party considers like his lawyers that he did not get justice.…
SC upholds Salauddin Quader’s death verdict
The appellate division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday upheld the death penalty of condemned war crime convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division of the court, led by chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, delivered…
Hearing against Fakhrul 25 other Bnp leaders Aug 25
A Dhaka court on Tuesday again deferred the hearing against 26 BNP members, including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on whether to frame charge or not to August 25. The case was filed on the charges…
SC exempts Zafruallah from fine on contempt charge
The Supreme Court has exempted Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafruallah Chowdhury from Tk5,000 fine in a judgment of the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) for contempt of court. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice SK Sinha,…
SC cancels bail, orders, Anwar, Aman Mintoo to surrender
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the anticipatory bail granted by the High Court to senior BNP leaders MK Anwar, Abdul Awal Mintoo and Amanullah Aman in separate cases for arson attacks and vandalism, and ordered…
Charge-sheet against Khaleda 41 others for burn deaths Oct 13
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Monday) set October 13 for submission of the charge sheet against four BNP leaders including Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a case filed for the deaths of 42 burn victims during BNP-sponsored…
SQC’s wife given time for hearing on verdict leaking
The Cyber Tribunal of Dhaka on Monday once again deferred the hearing on framing charge against BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s wife, son and four others in a case filed for allegedly leaking a draft verdict of International Crimes Tribunal-1…
Hearing against Kader Siddiqui for MK Alamgir libel
A Dhaka court on Sunday fixed November 2 for hearing on charge framing against Krishak Sramik Janata League President Bangabir Kader Siddiqui in a defamation case filed against him calling former Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir a ‘Rajakar’.
Fresh HC hearing of Maya graft appeal on Monday
The High Court will hear Disaster Management minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya’s appeal against his sentencing for corruption on Monday. The Awami League MP had been slapped a 13-year prison term and fined Tk 50 million during the emergency rule…