A Dhaka court on Tuesday rejected bail pleas of Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna’s in two cases filed for sedition and inciting the army. Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Kamrul Hossain Molla rejected the bail plea after hearing. On March…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected death-row war crimes convict Kamaruzzaman’s review petition against its previous verdict in favour of his death penalty that was earlier awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal-2. A four-member bench of…
BNP-backed candidate of Dhaka North City Corporation polls Abdul Awal Mintoo filed a writ with the High Court on Sunday challenging the cancellation of his nomination paper. Mintoo’s lawyer Barrister Ehsanur Rahman told UNB that the hearing on the writ…
The review petition of Jamaat leader Kamaruzzaman, a death row convict in war crimes case, is set to be heared on Monday. A four-member appeals bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha heard the matter on Sunday. Khandaker Mahbub…
Bnp chief Begum Khaleda Zia has been ganted bail in the two graft cases on Zia Orphanage and Charitable Trust in the special court that had earlier issued arrest warrant for her inabiliy to be present at hearing during the…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to return her Gulshan residence Sunday after appearing before the special judge’s court at Bakshibazar in the city today, for hearing in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust corruption cases, according to…
Lawyers of Mohammad Kamaruzzaman Jamaat-e-Islami leader and death-row war crimes convict met him at the Dhaka Central Jail on Saturday. His counsels Shishir Monir, Ehsar A Siddique, Mashiul Alam, Matiur Rahman Akhand and Maujahidul Islam Shahin entered the jail at…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred Jamaat Assistant Secretary General M Kamaruzzaman’s review petition hearing to April 5. A four-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha, passed the order. Counsels for M Kamaruzzaman…
A trial court has ordered death sentence for seven accused for the murder of Swechhasebak League leader Manir Uddin Manu. In its verdict on Monday, Dhaka’s Fourth Speedy Trial Tribunal found eight people guilty of the 2006 murder in the…
A Dhaka court on Sunday deferred the hearing in the case filed against 73 people including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for vandalism and arson June 16.
Samedur Rahman alias Mithu Biswas, the younger brother of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s special assistant Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, was released early Thursday, hours after he was picked up by people masquerading as detectives. Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)…
BNP chairperson’s adviser and president of Supreme Court Bar Association Khandaker Mahbub Hossain yesterday said the Prime Minister will have to face trial if the government fails to find out whereabouts of Salahuddin.
A court of Dhaka on Thursday sentenced two convicts to prison for life for killing Bikalpa Dhara leader Masun in 2004. Judge Shahed Noor Uddin of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 pronounced the verdict in presence of convit Babul. Another convict…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday framed charges against eight accused in blogger Ahmed Rajeeb Haider murder case. Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Dhaka Md Ruhul Amin passed the order on Wednesday morning and fixed April 21to record the depositions…
A Dhaka court on Monday took cognizance of a charge sheet in the case filed in connection with the death of Mahabubur Rahman Sujon, a garment-waste trader in police custody. Judge-in-Charge KM Imrul Kayes of the Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court…
The High Court has asked why aspirants would not be given a second chance to take the Dhaka University admission tests. In a rule issued by the bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Md. Ejarul Haque Akondo on…
The High Court on Monday further adjourned the hearing till April 8 on its rule asking the government to explain why directions should not be given to find out BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and bring him before it.…
A Dhaka court on Monday granted a petition of Sonali Bank Limited to include BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others in the case filed against the directors of Dandy Dyeing Limited for defaulting a loan of Tk 45.49 crore.…
A Dhaka court on Sunday rejected the bail pleas of BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Mosaddek Ali and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in five separate cases filed with Motijheel, Paltan, Jatrabari and Mirpur Model Police Stations. Judge-in-Charge of Dhaka’s Metropolitan…
Security forces say they have ‘no knowledge’ of BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed’s whereabouts. The Special Branch, CID, RAB, DMP and police headquarters filed separate reports to the Attorney General’s office on Sunday in response to a court ruling.
The 2-day election of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association has begun at 10 am on Sunday. Voting will continue up to 5 pm with an hour of lunch break on both days.
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the government to explain why directions should not be given to find out BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and bring him before it. Responding to a petition under section 491…
A court of Dhaka Wednesday awarded death sentence to five employees of Mitford Hospital and life imprisonment to three others for killing their colleague’s son in 1999. Judge Md ruhul Amin of the Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed engineer Abdus Salam, a contractor of Bangladesh Railway on a two-day remand in case filed in connection with the death of child Zihad falling in a pipe of a pump, set at Shahjahanpur Railway…
Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday night as he fell sick in police custody. Inspector Mozammel Haque, in-charge of DMCH police camp, said a team of Detective Branch (DB) of…
Multi-level marketing company Destiny Group on Tuesday lodged a case against thee people for looting valuables worth about Tk six crore from its headquarters in the city. Mahabubur Rahman, Chief Auditor of the company filed the case with the Chief…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday again asked both the defence and prosecution lawyers to submit by March 31 the concise statement before it on the pending appeal filed by condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against…
Hearings on the review petition filed against the death penalty for war crimes awarded to Jamaat assistant secretary general Kamaruzzaman will start on Apr 1. The full bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice SK Sinha fixed the…
The review petition for Jamaat-e-Islami assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman was filed by his lawyer Shishir Monir filed the petition with the Supreme Court on Thursday. Following a plea by the state to hear the matter, chamber judge Justice Hasan…
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday upheld the arrest warrant it issued against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on February 25 but filed the petitions for withdrawal of the warrant and granting of bail before adjourning the proceesings till April 5.…