Police arrested a BNP leader and former MP of Dhaka-13 contingency from Paribagh area of the city early Sunday in connection with a sabotage case. The arrested MP is Doctor Dewan Mohammad Salauddin, vice-present of Dhaka district BNP. A team…
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Khaleda Zia Trust graft case deposition referred to Oct 29
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred recording the depositions of the witnesses in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases to October 29. The two cases were filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and eight others.…
Court defers submission of probe report against Khaleda’s case
Khaleda, probe report (13-10) Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Tuesday deferred the date for submission of the probe report against four BNP leaders including the party’s Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in the case filed for the deaths of 42…
5 pharmacies fined, govt medicines seized in Ctg
Chittagong – A mobile court of Chittagong district administration on Saturday seized huge quantities of government supplied medicines, contraband Indian medicines and physicians’ samples from 10 pharmacies from city’s Bakalia area and fined five pharmacies Tk. 82 thousand.
2 suspects arrested over Japanese killing
Law enforcers have arrested three people, including two private bank officials, in connection with the killing of Japanese citizen Hoshi Kunio in Rangpur.
Security in prisons across country tightened
Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin on Thursday said vigilance has been tightened in all jails across the country following the killing of two foreign nationals. Italian national Cesare Tavella was gunned down in the city’s Gulshan…
JCD leader arrested in Magura
Police arrested a local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) from his house at Gopal village in Shalikha upazila in Magura on Wednesday in connection with the cases for subversive activities and terrorism.
4 JMB suspects put under 15-day remand in Chittagong
A court in Chittagong on Wednesday put four suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 15-day remand each in three cases filed with Karnaphuli police station. Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Hakim Abdul Quader passed the order…
‘New court contempt law soon to cope with media expansion’
Dhaka – Law Minister Advocate Anisul Huq on Sunday said the government would formulate a new contempt of court law soon as the Contempt of Court Act-1926 has become redundant due to the expansion of media in the country. “A…
Judicial inquiry into custodial death of UGC official sought
Dhaka – A legal notice was served on Sunday to the government seeking judicial inquiry into the custodial death of a UGC official by 24 hours. Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Eunus Ali Akond sent the notice requesting the government to…
Case against MP Liton for ‘murder attempt’ on minor boy
A case has filed against Awami League MP Manjurul Islam Liton of Gaibandha-1 constituency on Saturday for attempting to murder a minor boy by firing bullets at Gopalcharan village in Sundarganj upazila on Friday.
Mujaheed decides to file review petition
Condemned Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed will file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking a review of its verdict upholding his death penalty for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, said Mojaheed’s counsel Shishir Monir on Saturday.
Mujaheed’s lawyears visit him in jail for review petition
Lawyers of condemned war crimes convict Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed are schedules to meethim at Dhaka central jail on Saturday morning, according to the sources at the central jail gate said.
Death warrants for SQ & Mujahid reach jail
Death warrants for convicted war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid have been sent to the prison authorities.
Little progress in Tavella killing case investigation
There is no visible progress into the killing case of Italian national Cesare Tavella though three days have already elapsed as the investigating agency is still in dark about the killers as well as motive behind the killing.
MP Hannan, son arrested on war crimes charges
Jatiya Party (Ershad) parliament member MA Hannan, elected from Mymensigh-7 constituency, and his son were arrested from the city’s Gulshan area on Thursday for their alleged involvement in crimes committed against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
Charge hearing deferred on Mirza Fakhrul
Court Correspondent The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday deferred the hearing on charge framing against 26 BNP men including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir till October 26 in a sabotage case.
Death warrants against Salauddin, Mozahid issued
Dhaka -The International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday issued separate warrants of death against condemned war crimes convicts Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. Three judges of the tribunal — Justice Anwarul Haq, Chairman, Justice…
Schoolboy sued for spreading girl’s blue photo
A case was filed against two schoolboys under the Pornography Control Act 2012 on Saturday as they allegedly spreading a doctored nude image of a class VIII girl of their school on the internet, causing the victim a severe mental…
Defamation case hearing against Tarique Nov 5
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed November 5 for submission of a probe report about BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman, the party’s foreign affairs envoy Jahid F Sardar Saadi and 500 others for making defamatory remarks against Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
Some lawyers offer Justice Shamsuddin Chy falicitations
Some lawyers of the Supreme Court yesterday offered felicitation to the outgoing Appellate Division Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury at his chamber. Justice Choudhury will go into the retirement on October 1. But, yesterday was the last working day of the…
Justice Shamsuddin’s is a wrongheaded person : BNP
Branding Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik an extremely wrongheaded person, BNP on Wednesday said the incident of sending a letter by a justice to the President seeking Chief Justice’s impeachment is unprecedented and bad example in the judiciary.
Another testifies in blogger Rajeeb murder case
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 of Dhaka on Monday recorded the deposition of another witness in case filed in connection with the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider in the capital on February 15, 2013. Judge Syed Ahammad of the tribunal…
One awarded death 3 prison terms for killing Brac Bank official
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka yesterday (Monday) sentenced a young man to death and three others to different terms of imprisonment for killing a Brac Bank official in Mirzapur Upazila area of Tangail in 2011. Judge Abdur Rahman Sardar…
Justice Shamsuddin Chy urges President to impeach CJ Sinha
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has sent a letter to the President seeking impeachment of Chief Justice SK Sinha for what he said violating the Constitution, breach of oath and misconduct. However, the…
HC scraps operation clean heart indemnity law, 2003
Terming it contradictory to the constitution, the High Court (HC) on Sunday scrapped the Joint Drive Indemnity Act, 2003 that had legalised all actions taken place under the ‘Operation Clean Heart’ during the BNP rule. A two-member HC bench comprising…
Babar, Mayors Arif, Gaus among 32 charged for Kibria murder
A court in Sylhet on Sunday indicted 32 people, including former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and suspended Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) mayor Ariful Haque, in the ex-Finance Minister SAMS Kibria murder case. Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal…
Alleged Ansarullah Team chief among 3 held for blogger killing
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three suspected members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from the city’s Fakirerpool area on Thursday in connection with the murders of bloggers Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy Das. The arrestees…
SC scraps HC verdict acquitting ex-MP of Bnp, Millat
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a High Court verdict acquitting former BNP lawmaker Rasheduzzaman Millat in connection with a corruption case. In response to an appeal petition filed by the government challenging the HC verdict,…
Khaleda Zia attends court in Trust graft cases
The Special Judge’s Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed September 17 for the next hearing on the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Abu Ahmed Jomadar passed the…