A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 63 leaders and activists of BNP including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir until September 15 in a case filed for burning a vehicle and…
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ACC questions Basic Bank MD
Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday interrogated managing director of BASIC Bank Limited Khondoker M Iqbal about the alleged loan scam of Tk 3,500 crore. Former managing director Fakhrul Islam ignored the commission notice and did not appear before the anti-graft watchdog. A…
Husband gets life for killing wife in Sirajganj
A court on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing his wife in 2013.The convict was identified as Shahin Ali Babu, son of Amjad Sheikh, a resident of Mahmudpur village in sadar upazila.
Khaleda in special court: ACC official cross-examined
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has reached a Dhaka court to attend hearing in two corruption cases on Zia orphanage and charitable trusts. She reached the court at Bakshibazar just after 10am on Thursday. The former prime minister is accused in…
Charge-sheet against 58 of Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance
The Police yesterday (Wednesday) submitted two charge sheets to a Dhaka court against 58 leaders and activists of 20-party alliance including MK Anwar, Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s Adviser Khandaker Mahbub Hossain…
ICT-2 defers Zafrullah chy’s contempt hearing
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Wednesday deferred for two weeks (to August 5) the hearing on the charges of contempt of court against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury. Advocate Abdul Baset Mazumder, lawyer of Zafrullah Chowdhury, during today’s…
Review to reject N’ganj 7-murder charge-sheet sought
A review petition has been filed against a court order that rejected the naraji (no-confidence) petition against the chargeshhet in a case filed in connection with the sensational seven murders. Selina Islam Beauty, widow of Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor…
Charge-sheet given against MP’s son Rony
The Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Tuesday at about 12.30 submitted the charge sheet against Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony in a case filed for double murder to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of…
Ruhul Amin accused in hiding Rajon’s body remanded
A local court has placed Ruhul Amin on a seven-day remand in the case filed in connection with the brutal killing of Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon in Kumargaon area of the city on July 8. Judge Anwarul Haque of the…
Case filed over landslilde
Two cases have been filed in connection with early Sunday’s landslide and wall collapse in the port city that left six people, including three siblings, dead.
Restoring justice to the US justice system
Antonio Ginatta Yesterday, two days before his visit to the El Reno federal prison in Oklahoma – the first visit to a prison by a sitting United States president – President Barack Obama made a long-overdue and compelling call for…
Fakhrul back to Uttara home, Gayeswar released on bail
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who has been undergoing treatment at a city hospital since his release on bail on Tuesday evening, returned his Uttara home on Thursday. Mirza Fakhrul reached his house around 3pm from United…
Fakhrul bailed 6 months after arrest need treatment
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was released on bail from the prision cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital yesterday, six months after his arrest. The BNP leader walked out of the BSMMU prison cell…
Khaleda replies to loan default of Dandy Dying
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday (Tuesday) submitted her written reply to the Money Loan Court-1 of Dhaka in a case filed for default of Dandy Dying Limited. Begum Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Ahmed Azam Khan submitted the written reply on her…
SC upholds HC bail to Fakhrul in 3 violence cases
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday upheld the High Court (HC) order that granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases for six weeks. A four-member bench of the…
Private TV news editor Mukul again refused bail
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka again rejected a bail petition of Rakibul Islam Mukul, sacked news editor of private television channel GTV yesterday, in a case filed for torturing his wife. Magistrate Meher Nigar Shuchona of the…
ICT summons Zafrulah Chowdhury against for contempt
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Sunday summoned Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury again to appear before it by July 22 to explain why the charges of contempt of court should not be brought against him. A 3-member bench…
Anwar, Tariqul, Mintoo, Ama get bail, Gayeshwar, Rizvi, Papiya bail upheld
The High Court on Thursday granted bail to BNP leaders MK Anwar, Tariqul Islam, Abdul Awal Mintoo and Amanullah Aman in a number of cases. Meanwhile, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the High Court bail granted to…
SC rejects petition against Rizvi’s bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday turned down the government’s petition against a High Court order granting bail to BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in four cases filed against him in connection with street…
Rana’s mother faces arrest under building Act
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant against six people, including Sohel Rana’s mother, in the case filed under the Building Construction Act for the murder of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of Rana Plaza building of…
Khaleda aides among 28 BNP leaders under warrant
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant for 28 ‘fugitive’ BNP leaders, including Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia and Amanullah Aman, in a case filed with Mirpur Model Police Station under the Special Powers Act. Judge Mohammad Quamrul Hossain Mollah…
HC rejects writ seeking second chance for admission to DU
The High Court on Wednesday rejected the writ petition against the decision of the Dhaka University (DU) authorities not to allow students to sit for the university’s admission test for the second time. An HC bench comprising Justice Farah Mahbub…
2 jail guards suspended following Rajshahi prisoner suicide
The jail authorities here on Sunday suspended two jail guards, including chief jail guard, in connection with the suicide of a prisoner in the jail. The suspended guards are Amzad Hossain, chief jail guard of Rajshahi Central Jail, and Shukur…
SC order on Govt objection to Fakhrul’s bail July 8
The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Sunday again fixed July 8 for passing order on the government’s petition against a High Court order granting bail to BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases. A four-member bench…
Judiciary more controlled then befoire separation from executive: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday claimed that the judiciary is now more controlled even after its separation from the executive due to the government’s interference. “The judiciary has been separated, but it hasn’t become independent. The independence of the…
HC should decide whether Maya would remain minister
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said the High Court will decide whether Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya will continue as minister or not. “No one is above the law…the Maya issue is under trial,…
Charge against 46 Bnp leaders in bomb case 28 Sept
A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the hearing on charge framing against BNP 46 leaders and activists of the party including Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir until September 28 in a case filed for alleged crude bomb explosion…
Bail rejected, Rony sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan and also passed orders to send him to the jail in a case filed for shooting two people with his…
Dandy Dying case framing deferred to July 14
The framing of issue in a case filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others over loan default of Dandy Dyeing Limited was deferred again on Tuesday. Money Loan Court-1 of Dhaka set July 14 as the new date for…
MP’s son Rony, in fresh remand
A Dhaka on Tuesday again placed Awami League lawmaker Pinu Khan’s son Bakhtiar Alam Rony on a two-day fresh remand in the case filed in connection with the killing two people in the city. Dhaka’s Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Aminul Hoque…