Washington – A new Pentagon report concludes that North Korea “is committed to developing a long-range, nuclear-armed missile that is capable of posing a direct threat to the United States.” The report, required by law, updates Congress regularly on the…
STAFF REPORTER A code of conduct both for the sitting and retired judges of the Supreme Court is needed, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said yesterday.
The High Court has ordered an inquiry into allegations of patients being administered spurious drugs at Dhaka’s Square Hospital.The court issued the order in response to a writ petition filed by Prof Dr AMM Zakaria Swapan, who alleged that he…
Seoul -A senior North Korean military leader has been executed for “factionalism, misuse of authority and corruption,” a South Korean government official with knowledge of North Korean affairs told CNN Thursday. The official, who spoke to CNN on condition of…
Dhaka–A sedition complaint has been filed against Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of English daily The Daily Star, for publishing corruption reports against Awami League president Sheikh Hasina,supplied by DGFI, without any verification.
BAU Correspondent A human chain was formed at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) campus demanding to start Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) technical cadre for the agricultural and food engineers yesterday.
Chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha on Wednesday asked the incumbent and retired judges, who are enjoying government facilities, to abide by the code of conduct, reports UNB news agency. He made suggestion during the hearing of the appeal filed by…
Court Correspondent Two factory inspectors on Wednesday secured bail after they surrendered to the court in the murder case filed in connection with the collapse of Rana Plaza building.
Court Correspondent Allegation of sexual harassment against Sub-Inspector (SI) Ratan Kumar Howlader of capital’s Adabor Police Station has been found true on Wednesday afternoon.
President Barack Obama’s plans to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from US power plants have been stalled by the US Supreme Court. The court ruled that the president’s Clean Power Plan could not go forward until all legal challenges were…
Former chief justice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury on Tuesday recommended formulation of guidelines on writing judgments by the retired judges. He came up with the suggestion while speaking at a discussion at the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) auditorium. Ganatantrik Ainjibi…
Dhaka – Former Supreme Court Judge AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury on Monday alleged that Chief Justice SK Sinha is trying to implement BNP’s agenda being a ‘spokesman of BNP chairperson Khaledia Zia’. “Long time ago, Khaledia Zia had said retired judges…
In what was a clear act of reprisal, the Pakistani authorities summoned Bangladesh High Commissioner in Islamabad Suhrab Hossain on Monday.A senior official at the foreign ministry confirmed to bdnews24.com that the high commissioner had been called to the Pakistan…
After several developments throughout the day, retired Supreme Court judge AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury says he now can submit the verdicts and orders he wrote after retirement. Senior Appellate Division judge Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah has “agreed to accept the…
Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Sunday said New Delhi gives its highest priority to its relations with Dhaka and wants to carry forward the ties to a ‘new height’.
The probe panel, formed by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to look into the death of Mirpur tea-seller, has found four suspended policemen guilty.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday and offered Bangladesh to be member of a UN high-level panel to be formed on water which she has readily accepted.
The chief justice, Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday urged retired Supreme Court judge AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury to refrain from speaking to the media about verdicts and court orders.
Dhaka – The banned Islamist outfit Harkatul Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh (HuJI) is now suffering from a serious setback as 11 top leaders including its supreme Mufti Abdul Hannan have been sentenced to death, and eight others to life term, official news…
United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic raped or sexually exploited at least eight women and girls between October and December 2015. Among the survivors are a 14-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman who said peacekeepers gang-raped them near…
The Election Commission (EC) is likely to announce the schedule this week for arranging election in nine municipalities in mid-March.
A case was filed on Thursday noon against five persons including a police source. The details about the case are yet to be known. Babul Matobbar, 45, a tea stall owner who sustained burn injuries allegedly by policemen on Wednesday…
Dhaka – Terming the death of a tea-seller from a kerosene stove blast reportedly caused by members of police ‘inhuman and barbaric’, BNP on Thursday alleged that the police force itself is now engaged in terrorism. In a statement, BNP…
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will turn himself over to UK police on Friday if a UN panel rules he has not been unlawfully detained.He took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in west London in June 2012 to…
Japan put its military on alert on Wednesday to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatens its territory, while South Korea warned the North it would pay a “severe price” if it goes ahead with a satellite launch that…
STAFF REPORTER The High Court yesterday fixed February 11 for delivering its verdict on the appeal filed by the three condemned convicts and two lifers in a case for 2004 grenade attack that killed three people and injured 70, including…
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed four people, on remand for different terms to quiz them in connection with the killing of an eleven-year old schoolboy after abduction in Keraniganj of the district.
The number of prisoners in the country’s jails is around double their accommodation capacity, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has told Parliament.According to statistics updated to January 24, 2016, a total of 69,774 detainees were in the country’s jails, but the…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday again deferred the hearing on the charge framing against Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan, in a case filed for shooting two people to death in the city’s New Eskaton area,…
The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday took cognisance of charges against BNP’s senior leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Barrister Moudud Ahmed and 34 other BNP men on the charge of hurling crude bombs at policemen in March…