The High Court on Thursday granted bail to BNP leaders MK Anwar, Tariqul Islam, Abdul Awal Mintoo and Amanullah Aman in a number of cases. Meanwhile, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the High Court bail granted to…
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SC rejects petition against Rizvi’s bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday turned down the government’s petition against a High Court order granting bail to BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in four cases filed against him in connection with street…
Khaleda aides among 28 BNP leaders under warrant
A Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant for 28 ‘fugitive’ BNP leaders, including Barrister Rafiqul Islam Mia and Amanullah Aman, in a case filed with Mirpur Model Police Station under the Special Powers Act. Judge Mohammad Quamrul Hossain Mollah…
SC order on Govt objection to Fakhrul’s bail July 8
The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Sunday again fixed July 8 for passing order on the government’s petition against a High Court order granting bail to BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases. A four-member bench…
Charge against 46 Bnp leaders in bomb case 28 Sept
A Dhaka court on Thursday deferred the hearing on charge framing against BNP 46 leaders and activists of the party including Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir until September 28 in a case filed for alleged crude bomb explosion…
Bail rejected, Rony sent to jail
A Dhaka court on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Bakhtiar Alam Rony, son of Awami League MP Pinu Khan and also passed orders to send him to the jail in a case filed for shooting two people with his…
Tension mounts as Latif Siddique freed on bail
Over seven months after his arrest, sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique was freed from jail on bail on Monday. Latif Siddique was released from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) prison cell around 5pm after his release order had reached…
Charge framing against 26 Bnp-men 28 July
A Dhaka court on Monday fixed July 28 to decide on whether to frame charge against 26 BNP men, including its Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in a case filed for vandalism. Magistrate Md Tareq Mainul Islam Bhuiyan…
SC turns down petition against HC bail for Fakhrul
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday turned down the government’s petition against a High Court order granting bail to BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three violence cases. A four-member bench of the…
US Supreme Court orders states to recognise same-sex marriage
Ryan Teague Beckwith Supreme Court rulings are typically dry legalistic documents, but Friday’sdecision recognizing gay marriage nationwide was more lyrical than most. Here are some of the most memorable passages from the majority opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy. He…
Warrant arrest against actor Sharif
A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrant against film actor Ahmed Sharif in a case filed in connection with irregularities over a cheque. Magistrate Mustafizur Rahman of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court of Dhaka passed the order as…
Warrant against Rafiq, 32 Bnp leaders in bomb case
A Dhaka court on Monday issued arrest warrant against 33 BNP leaders including Standing Committee Member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah and Joint Secretary-General Amanullah Aman in a case filed for hurling petrol bomb on a bus in Mirpur area of…
Mobile to punish even if guilt not confessed to?
The Cabinet on Monday approved the ‘Mobile Court (Amendment) Bill 2015’ to empower such court to punish offenders even if one does not confess to the offence. The approval, subject to the Law Ministry’s vetting, came from the Cabinet’s weekly…
Hearing on police’s 10-day remnd plea for Rony Wednesday
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed Wednesday to hear on the pleas of the detectives to place Bakhtiar Alam Rony on a 10-day remand in a case filed in connection with the shooting incident in Dilu Road of the city on…
ICT withdraws warrant against Dr. Zafrullah seeing HC stay
A tribunal here on Sunday withdrew the warrant it issued earlier for the arrest of Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on contempt of court charges. The International Crimes Tribunal-2 recalled the arrest warrant after Zafrullah Chowdhury submitted the copy…
Lawyers to meet Jamaat leader Mojahid Saturday
Lawyers of war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed is scheduled to meet him at Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday Morning. A 5-member lawyers’ team led by Shisir Monir has given a schedule to go to the jail…
Case backlog to go if judges work for 2nd shift – CJ
Chief Justice SK Sinha on Thursday observed that the backlog of cases in courts can be reduced if the judges and lawyers work for a second shift in the afternoon. He came up with the call noting that about 30…
Dr Zafrullah Chowhury faces ICT 2 warrant of arrest despite SC stay
The International Crimes Tribuna (ICT-2) on Thursday issued a warrant of arrest against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on contempt of court charges. The three-member International Crimes Tribunal-2, led by Justice Obaidul Hassan, passed the order as he failed…
Khaleda appears in makeshift court in graft case
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned till July 23 the hearing on Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 passed the order in response…
HC to decide Thursday on legality of Niko graft case against Khaleda
The High Court is set to deliver its verdict on Thursday on a writ petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of the Niko graft case against her after closing arguments in the trial of the case.…
Court indicts Police SI for murder attempt
A Dhaka court on Monday indicted a Sub-Inspector of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station of the city in a case filed for alleged attempt to kill a person in a false gunfight. Ali Masud Sheikh, Second Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of…
Khandakar Mosharraf charge hearing July 23
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing on charge framing against Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain to July 23 in a case filed for money laundering. Judge Ataur Rahman of Dhaka’s Special Judge Court-1 passed the order after hearing on…
Mobile court fines illegal super drug shop owner Tk 3 lakh
A mobile court mibilised by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) fined the chief executive officer (CEO) of a drug super shop of Tk 3 lakh and sealed off the shop in the city’s Banani on Tuesday. Unauthorised medicines worth around…
HC orders Fakhrul’s admission to BBMSU Hospital
The High Court yesterday asked the authorities concerned to admit BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University immediately for his medical treatment. In response to a writ petition filed by Fakhrul’s wife Rahat…
31BNP leaders dropped from Matsabhaban asron case
The Detective Branch (DB) of police on Monday submitted the charge sheet against seven people dropping the names of 31BNP leaders and activists, including Standing Committee member MK Anwar and Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed, in a case filed for…
Fakhrul 41other BNP leaders’ charge framing Monday
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday fixed September 14 to hear on framing charge in a case filed against 41 BNP leaders and activists including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Selina’s no-confidence to N’ganj 7-murder charge-sheet
Selina Islam Beauty, the widow of slain Narayanganj City Corporation panel mayor Nazrul Islam, filed a naraji (no-confidence) petition with a court in Narayanganj on Monday against the chargesheet in the case filed in connection with the sensational seven murders…
Give education to suspended 4 BCL members: HC asks Buet
The High Court on Monday asked the authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) to ensure the academic facilities, including classes and examinations, of four students suspended for allegedly assaulting a teacher. An HC bench comprising by Justice…
Charge-sheet done against Mirza Fakhrul 34 others
The Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Monday submitted a charge sheet against 36 BNP leaders to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka in a case filed on the charges of vandalism and arson attack.
Blogger Rajib killing trial court changed
The Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday transferred Blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider Shovon murder case to Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 for quick disposal. Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette notification to transfer the…