The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday quizzed immediate past chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha Nurul Huda as part of the investigation into three cases recently filed against former secretary of ministry of housing and public works Khondaker Shawkat Hossain, for allegedly…
The High Court has asked why Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital interns who denied treatment to a journalist should not be denied their certificates. A High Court bench on Thursday also asked under what authority those interns had denied treatment…
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed May 18 for arguments afresh in the Ramna Batamul blast case. Second Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Dhaka Ruhul Amin set the date, after completion of arguments on behalf of 13 accused in the…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday acquitted Jamuna Group Chairman Nurul Islam Babul, the Dainik Jugantor publisher Salma Islam and the then editor Golam Sarowar in a defamation case, filed by BNP leader Mirza Abbas.
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule asking three officials of Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL), including its Managing Director, to explain in a week why they should not be charged with contempt of court for violating court order.…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday approved a charge sheet against 40 people including some Prime Bank officials and businessmen over their alleged involvement with embezzlement of about Tk 93 crore from the bank, according to sources. “The ACC approved the…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted bail to BNP Vice-Chairman M Morshed Khan, his wife Nasrin Khan and son Faisal Morshed Khan in a money laundering case. Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman of Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court passed the…
The High Court on Sunday granted six months’ bail to BNP leader Amanullah Aman in a case filed in connection with the killing of an Islami Chhatra Shibir man in the capital last year. An HC bench comprising Justice Naima…
Stressing that the court is the last resort to justice seekers, Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday called upon the newly-appointed judges to be careful about miscarriage of justice. “It’s the responsibility of the judges to prevent crimes providing exemplary…
Senior BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy has been relieved of contempt charges after tendering apology for his reported remark about courts’ Gayeswar Roy appeared before the High Court for explaining his remarks that led to a case of contempt of…
BIRDEM General Hospital management has filed a case of assault on doctors of the hospital and police official ABM Masud Hossain has been mentioned as an accused. BIRDEM senior security official Md Manik Molla filed the case with the Metropolitan…
Disappointed at the reply to the contempt of court charge submitted by David Bergman, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Thursday further asked him to explain properly his stance releasing ‘contemptuous’ writings and ‘distorted’ judicial order of the tribunal in his…
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) submitted the charge sheet against 12 people for the murder of Juba League leader Riazul Haque Milki on Tuesday noon. Investigation Officer (IO) of RAB-1, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Kazemur Rashid submitted the charge…
A gross mistake by the stateside in placing the documentary evidence in the court has stood in the way of disposing of the sensational Ramna Batamul blast case, already pending for 13 years. The case now lies with the court…
Acting BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been released on bail from Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur. Kashimpur Jail’s Senior Superintendent Md Jahangir Kabir said Alamgir’s bail papers reached the jail at 5pm Tuesday. He was released at 7:15pm.…
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an inquiry against Chief Whip of Parliament ASM Feroze and his brother ABM Reza over their alleged involvement with loan forgery. The commission had asked the chief whip and his brother to appear before…
A Dhaka court on Wednesday deferred the next date of the case filed in connection with the celebrations Bangla New Year on April 1, 2001, when a blast killed 10 people and inured 50 others to April 10. Earlier, on…
Sonali Bank Limited authorities on Tuesday filed another fresh case against Hall-Mark Chairman Jasmin and Managing Director (MD) Tanvir Mahmud for loan default. Executive Officer of Ruposhi Bangla Branch of Sonali Bank Md Abdus Salam filed the latest case with…
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced two convicts to death for killing schoolboy Nafiz in Keraniganj of Dhaka in 2012. Judge ABM Sajedur Rahman of Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-3 passed the order in absence of the convicts. The sentenced convicts…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday expressed its dissatisfaction over the modus operandi of cross-examination by the defence counsel for war crimes accused ATM Azharul Islam, a Rangpur commander of 1971 Al Badr. Pointing at defence counsel Abdus Sobhan Tarafder,…
The mediation between Sonali Bank Limited and the directors of Dandy Dying Limited in the case filed for a defaulting loan amount of Tk 45.49 crore failed and the court fixed March 23 to frame issue of the case. Judge…
The High Court has directed the government to issue within 48 hours a machine readable passport (MRP) to BNP Standing Committee Member Barrister Moudud Ahmed. The bench of Justice Kazi Rezaul Haque and Justice ABM Altaf Hossain passed the order…
A Supreme Court lawyer has brought contempt-of-court charges against senior journalist Amanullah Kabir over his remarks at a television talk show. Former High Court judge Munsurul Haque brought the charges amid the hearing over a contempt rule against the joint…
A woman from Rajshahi and her two accomplices have been sentenced to life in jail for throwing acid on her husband in an attempt to kill him. Rajshahi Additional Chief Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Shahidullah pronounced the verdict at 3pm…
The High Court has ordered daily Prothom Alo’s Editor Matiur Rahman and Joint Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan to re-submit their explanations on charges of contempt of court. It also ordered the editor to appear before the court and ascertain that…
Another Jahangirnagar University (JU) teacher testified on Sunday to Dhaka’s Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 in the case lodged in connection with the killing JU student Zubair Ahmed. JU professor Dr SM Badiar Rahmed of the Department of Bio-Chemistry of the university…
The High Court on Sunday declared illegal the recruitment of over 4,000 nurses holding diploma degrees by the government. After hearing a writ petition, an HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday asked the assigned local counsel for the New York-based 5 Human Rights Watch (HRW) to submit its reply on the show cause notice in order to contest the contempt of court case before it…
A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed June 16 to hear on charge framing against BNP-led 18-party leaders including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the case filed in connection with cocktail explosion in side Bangladesh secretariat. Earlier,…
A High Court division bench on Wednesday dropped from its cause list the petition seeking bail for three accused in the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case as it does not have jurisdiction to entertain it under section 498 of the…