Despite extending all out cooperation to the newly-appointed ICT-1 chairman in the exercise of his judicial functions only a day before, no member from the prosecution panel appeared before the tribunal on Thursday. Thursday was fixed for submitting a reply…
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday interrogated former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Abdul Mannan Khan on charge of acquiring wealth illegally. ACC deputy director Nasir Uddin questioned the former junior minister in the Awami League-led government…
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Thursday said the second phase election in 115 upazila parishads was peaceful except a few stray incidents. “Today’s polls have been completed by and large peacefully except a few incidents of violence in…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court order that declared illegal the posts of eight Pubali Bank directors elected through its 30th annual general meeting. Chamber Judge Hasan Fayez Siddique passed the order following a petition submitted by…
The Election Commission has asked the law enforcers to be on ‘maximum alert’ to hold the second phase of the Upazila Parishad election smoothly on Thursday. Polls will be held in 116 Upazilas and some 20 million voters are expected…
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing Dr. Sazia Afrin Eva in Dakshin Khan area here in 2012. According to the prosecution, the convcict, Md Foysal, who was a caretaker of Amtala Brac…
Joypurhat –A Bangladeshi national was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Hatkhola frontier in Panchbibi upazila early Wednesday. The deceased identified as Azizul alias Eju, 34, son of Tofajjal Hossain Tofa and a resident of Ramkrishnapur village…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to extend her cabinet on Wednesday. Sources at the Cabinet Division told UNB that AH Mahmood Ali, an MP from Dinajpur-4 constituency, will take oath as a minister and he is expected…
Eight posts of directors in Pubali Bank have been vacated by the High Court because of non-compliance with share holding regulations. The eight posts are that of Chairman Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, directors Muhammad Faizur Rahman, Ahmed Shafi Choudhury, Fahim Ahmed…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday recorded the depositions of three more witnesses in the murder case filed in connection with the attempt to kill former Dhaka University Professor Dr. Humayun Azad. Judge AHM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan of the Fourth Additional…
A BNP leader has alleged that the country has only seen ‘partial trial’ over the killings during the 2009 BDR mutiny. “The masterminds of the mutiny are still at large. Their godfathers are not yet nabbed. It appears that the…
The Appellate Division has cancelled an anticipatory bail that BNP leader Khandker Mosharraf Hossain had secured from the High Court in a money laundering case. The case is pursued by Bangladesh’s national anti-graft watchdog Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
Former Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque on Monday apologised to all Awami League leaders and activists and physicians for submitting his affidavit to the Election Commission with wrong wealth information before the 10th general election. “I carelessly and unexpectedly…
A court here on Monday placed two of the snatchers of the three convicted members of the banned militant outfit Jama’at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 20-day remand in two cases. Senior Judicial Magistrate Sonia Akhter passed the order when Sakhipur…
Four accused in the Jahangirnagar University student Zubair Ahmed murder case escaped from the dock of a court after the judge cancelled their bail on Sunday. The four fugitives are Ashiqul Islam Ashique, Khan Mohammad Rois, Mahbub Akram and Ishtiaque…
Bangladesh High Commissioner to Kenya M Wahidur Rahman came under attack by ‘masked muggers’ at his Nairobi’s Karen residence on Saturday night, said an official here on Sunday Though the Bangladesh envoy and his family members were unhurt, they are…
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed former Dhaka City Corporation Ward Commissioner Saidur Rahman Shahid known as Shahid Commissioner on a four-day fresh remand in a murder case. Dhaka’s Chief Judicial Magistrate Court’s Senior Judicial Magistrate Tayebul Hassan passed order…
Dhaka – US Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Atul Keshap arrived here on Saturday on a four-day official visit to discuss bilateral issues and regional matters. During his visit, Keshap will meet with the ‘national leadership’, civil society leaders…
Dhaka – Washington has assured Dhaka of its full support to implement the national strategy adopted to address the issue of refugees and undocumented Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh. The assurance came during a meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque…
The High Court on Thursday asked the designated trial court to dispose of, within six months, the case filed for attempting to kill Professor Humayun Azad of Dhaka University. Passing the order, an HC division bench comprising Justice M Enayetur…
The investigation report on the allegations of amassing wealth illegally by ruling party lawmaker Abdur Rahman Bodi of Cox’s Bazar-4 has been submitted before the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday, said an ACC official. The preliminary investigation found Bodi involved…
The High Court has ordered the Election Commission to resolve within two weeks the code-of-conducts violation charges against two ruling Awami League’s MP candidates from Jessore. The bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar issued…
The 35th sitting of the Saarc Foreign Ministers will be held in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on Thursday with a focus on regional connectivity and enhancing trade ties among the Saarc countries. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar…
The third round of the Bangladesh-US security dialogue will be held on Apr 16 in Dhaka, the foreign ministry has said. The US confirmed the date when Bangladesh’s foreign secretary M Shahidul Haque met senior state department officials including Assistant…
Journalist David Bergman has been accused of being in contempt of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for making making ‘adverse comments’ about the court on his blog. The ICT-2 chaired by Justice Obaidul Hasan has scheduled a hearing for Thursday.…
Dhaka – Voicing deep concern over the continued ‘impunity’ to perpetrators of violence against indigenous women in the CHT region, the International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission has urged the government to take effective measures to put an end to the…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday accepted charge sheets against eight persons and took cognizance of the charges against the accused, including Mufit M Jasimuddin Rahmani, Chief of Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team, in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case.
The Anti Corruption Commission on Tuesday quizzed Soumendra Lal Chandra Shoilen, former assistant personal secretary of ex-state minister for religious affairs Advocate M Shahjahan Miah on charge of accumulation of illegal wealth and laundering money to India, says an ACC…
Dhaka – After a long wait, the 35th sitting of the Saarc Foreign Ministers will be held in Male, the capital of the Maldives, on Thursday with a focus on regional connectivity and enhancing trade ties among the Saarc countries.…
A High Court order has been issued, asking all sign boards, nameplates and number plates of vehicles to be written in Bengali language, except for foreign embassies and entities, in Bangladesh. The bench of Justices Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and ABM…