Dhaka – A two-day annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) ended on Thursday at 5 pm. Of the 5,080 voters of the SCBA, 4,043 cast their votes on Wednesday and Thursday to elect the 14-member new Executive…
Category: Governance
HC admonishes 2 subordinate court judges
Dhaka – The High Court on Thursday admonished two judges over their refusal to hear a bail petition filed by an accused in a case filed under section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The judges are…
HC stay on Khaleda’s trial in Niko graft case scrapped
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the concerned subordinate court to restart the trial of Niko corruption case lodged against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia, scrapping a stay on the trial…
Mufti Hannan two others convicts get 7 days for mercy plea
The copies of the death warrants against death row top leader of banned terror outfit Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh (HUJI-B) Mufti Hannan and his cohort Sharif Shahedul Alam reached Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur. The death warrants reached Kashimpur Jail from…
Arms trader held with firearms in Ctg
Dhaka – Chittagong Metropolitan Police in a drive arrested an arms trader with a single barrel gun and four round of cartridge from city’s Fisherighat area early today.The arrested person was identified as Jewel Nath, 28, a CNG-run three wheeler…
28 BNP men held in Jessore
Dhaka –Detectives arrested 28 leaders and activists of BNP along with ‘15 crude bombs’ from Navaran Bazar in Sharsha upazila here in Benapole on Thursday evening.UNB agency
26 fishermen fined in Laxmipur for defying ban
Dhaka – A mobile court on Wednesday fined 26 fishermen for catching Hilsa fry in the Meghna river defying the ongoing ban.A joint team of the Fisheries Department and members of Bangladesh Coast Guard conducted separate drives in the river…
BAF, 15 personalities receive Independence Award
Dhaka, Mar 23 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday handed over the Independence Award 2017, the highest State award, to Bangladesh Air Force and 15 distinguished personalities in recognition of their outstanding contributions to their respective fields.
Niko graft case against Khaleda to continue
Dhaka, Mar 23 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday turned down the High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Niko corruption case.
Isolated, militants now in suicide attacks: Police
‘Family members either being forced or motivated to join them’ M Jahangir Alam & Abdur Rahman Jahangir, UNB Staff Writers Dhaka, Mar 23 – Turned furious amid law enforcers’ strong vigilance and continued drives, the militants are now opting to…
Five dead in London Westminster terror attack
Five people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament.
Top democratic senator suggests Trump going to resign
Donald Trump is going to “get himself out of office soon”, a leading Democratic senator has claimed, The Independent, London has reported.
HC adjourns FBCCI election for two months
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) Division of the Supreme Court Wednesday adjourned stayed for two months the holding of the election of the country’s top trade body the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI).
Five sentenced for issuing bail through fake order
Dhaka – The Special Judge Court-5 of Dhaka yesterday (Wednesday) sentenced five persons including two employees of the court to 14 years of imprisonment each for helping 106 accused to secure bail with fake orders. However, they will have to…
Jailors await executive order for Mufti Hannan execution
Dhaka – The jail authorities are full ready to execute convicted militant leader Mufti Abdul Hannan’s death penalty immediately after getting the government’s executive order for the executions.
3 to die for killing Comilla expatriate
Dhaka– A court here on Wednesday sentenced three people to death for killing an expatriate after abduction in 2013.The condemned convicts are Shipon Majumdar alias Ripon, 22, Shahabuddin, 22, son of Siddiqur Rahman of Manikpur village in Chouddagram upazila, and…
5 court employees get life for forging judge’s sign
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced five staff members of a lower court to life-term imprisonment (14-Yrs) each as they secured bail for 106 accused, forging the signature of a judge.The convicts are — M Mosleh Uddin, Sheikh…
March 25 officially declared ‘Mass Killing Day’
The government has officially declared March 25 as ‘Mass Killing Day’, marking the widespread killings by Pakistani Army on the unarmed Bengalis on the black night of March 25, 1971. “The government has decided to observe March 25 as the…
Death warrants issued for Mufti Hannan, 2 others
A special tribunal here on Wednesday issued death warrants for Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two others condemned to death in a case filed over the grenade attack on ex-British envoy to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury in 2004. Copies…
Drone-catchers Emerge on a New Aerial Frontier
The enemy drone whined in the distance. The Interceptor, a drone-hunting machine from Silicon Valley startup Airspace Systems, slinked off its launch pad and dashed away in hot pursuit. The hunter twisted through the air to avoid trees, homed in…
Death row convict Mufti Hannan to seek clemency
GreenWatch Dhaka Report Dhaka, March 22 – Mufti Abdul Hannan, chief of Harkat-ul Jihad al Islami (Huji) who has been handed down deathn penalty in a grenade attack case will seek presidential mercy, reliable sources have informed quoting a senior…
One held with 8 firearms in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka, Mar 22 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged robber along with eight firearms and 10 bullets from Shyamlapur in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.
EC prapared to hold Gaibandha-1 election
Dhaka – Election Commission (EC) has completed all necessary preparations to hold the Gaibandha-1 by-polls today in a free, fair and neutral way.
5 ‘Neo JMB men’ held in city
Dhaka– Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested five suspected members of Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh(JMB)(Sarwar-Tamim group), including its two engineers of IT section, from different areas in the city on Monday night.The arrestees are Oliuzzaman alias Oli, 28, Anwarul Alam,…
2 Jamaat men held in Magura
Dhaka – Police arrested two activists of Jamaat-e-Islami at Darimagura village in Sadar upazila on Monday night.UNB agency
Sitakunda slain ‘militants’ buried as unclaimed bodies
Chittagong, Mar 21 – The suspected militant couple and their six-year-old boy, killed during a special drive at Premtala in Sitakunda upazila, have been buried at a graveyard in Sitakunda upazila as their family members refused to receive their bodies.
SC releases full verdict on Mufti Hannan’s death sentence
Dhaka, Mar 21 – The Supreme Court on Tuesday released the full text of its verdict upholding the death sentence of Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two others in a case filed over a grenade attack on ex-British…
2 man held with Yaba pills in Sunamganj
Dhaka – Police arrested two suspected drug peddlers along with 310 Yaba tablets at Badaghat in Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj on Monday.UNB agency
FBI probing Trump-Russia links, wiretap claims bogus
Washington, Mar 21 (AP/UNB) — The FBI is investigating whether Donald Trump’s associates coordinated with Russian officials in an effort to sway the 2016 presidential election, Director James Comey said Monday in an extraordinary public confirmation of a probe the…
3 to die for murders in Kushita
Dhaka – Two separate courts here on Monday sentenced three people to death for murders.Judge Touhidul Islam of additional District and Sessions Judge Court-2 sentenced two people to death for killing a van puller in 2015.The court also fined the…