The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the High Court order that earlier granted six months bail to Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of rights organisation Odhikar, in a case filed against him under the Information Communication and…
The government needs support from the newspaper owners to implement the government announced 8th Wage Board Award that has already been published in the gazette, Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu told Parliament on Wednesday.
A mobile court here on Tuesday sentenced two young men to one month’s imprisonment each for teasing two schoolgirls in the district town.
Government has allocated more than 1,750 tonnes of rice for the distressed and ultra poor people of the district on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme.
A court here on Monday sentenced two persons to life term imprisonment, three to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment each and three others to six months’ jail each for killing a man in 2008.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) will announce the verdict on former BNP minister Abdul Alim on Wednesday.
Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-3 on Tuesday ended recording the depositions of the main Investigation Officer (IO) in the money laundering case against BNP leader Tarique Rahman and his business associate Giasuddin Al Mamun amidst uproar.
A bill, titled ‘Multi-Level Marketing Activities (Control) Bill, 2013’, was passed in Parliament on Monday with tough provisions seeking to control MLM activities in the country.
Dhaka – The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday submitted charge-sheets before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court in the city in 11 cases against 25 people for their alleged involvement in the much-talked-about Sonali Bank –Hallmark Group loan scandal.
A court here on Sunday sentenced a young man to life term imprisonment for murdering a boy in 2011.
Parliament has passed a bill to bar anyone convicted under the Bangladesh Collaborators (Special Tribunals) Order 1972 and the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 to vote in Bangladesh.
Border Guard Bangladesh members seized Indian smuggled cloths worth Tk 1 crore from a shallow-engine run vehicle (Nasimon) along Gatipara border here Sunday morning.
Dhaka – Ten additional judges of the High Court division were regularised as judges on Sunday.
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing on charge framing in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others until October 27.
Dhaka – The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated throughout the country on October 16 as the moon for the Hijri month of Zilhaj has been sighted in the sky of Bangladesh.
Dhaka, Oct 6: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed was admitted to a city hospital as he suddenly fell sick on Sunday afternoon.
Dhaka – Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday slammed Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) for its recent study report on utilisation of government’s climate change trust fund.
Two staff of the International Crimes Tribunals, arrested in connection with the leakage of the draft verdict on condemned convict war criminal BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, were put on eight-day police remand each on Saturday. Both the accused —…
Results of the combined medical and dental admission tests will be published by Monday with the government planning to complete the admissions this month, Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque has said.
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members arrested an alleged arms trader along with four firearms and bullets from Kansat in Shibganj upazila on Wednesday.
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad’s lawyer once again on Thursday cross examined Manjur Ahmad, Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) deputy director and investigation officer (IO) of the case filed for irregularities and misuse of power in purchasing radar in 1980s.
Dhaka – The death sentence imposed against a Bangladeshi MP convicted of crimes against humanity is not the way to bring justice to the many victims of the country’s war of independence, Amnesty International said yesterday.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday asked the defence counsel for war crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami to conclude cross-examination of the investigation officer by tomorrow (Thursday) as the questions over cross-examination appeared ‘pointless’.
Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Trubunal-4 on Wednesday adjourned the hearing in the Biswajit murder case till October 6.
Four persons including a police sub-inspector was sued on Wednesday for extortion, theft and manhandling.
A Dhaka court on Wednesday recorded the deposition of another prosecution witness in the Humayun Azad murder case and fixed October 29 for the testimony of other witnesses.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested two people along with fake currency notes worth Tk93,000 on the premises of Mohadebpur Upazila Health Complex of the district on Tuesday.
Speakers at a discussion here on Tuesday said the state should take total responsibilities of all older persons to pay due honour to them.
A court here on Monday sentenced a young man to seven years’ imprisonment for stalking a college girl in the town.
Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) arrested six persons including five Bangladeshis and an Indian while they were attempting to illegally cross Hili border in Dinajpur on Monday afternoon, BGB and police sources said.