Tag: Courts

Police are yet to get any witness in the cases lodged by ruling MP Golam Maula Rony and private Independent TV co-owner Salman F Rahman.

The Chief Metropolitan Court in Sylhet starts its operation on Sunday with an attempt to reduce congestion of cases in the district judge court.

The amendment to the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 is a valid law for trying the crimes against humanity during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, argued Ajmalul Hossain, QC, before the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday.

A Dhaka court on Sunday started to record the depositions of the complainant in the much-talked-about Biswajit murder case.

Mouli Azad, daughter of Professor Humayun Azad testified on Thursday in the murder case of her father at Dhaka’s Fourth Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court.

A court here has sent 46 local BNP leaders and activists of Rajapur upazila to jail in two cases filed on charges of vandalising the local police station and obstructing police from discharging their duties.

A Dhaka court on Monday indicted 60 accused for the Aminbazar tragedy where six students were killed two years ago. Dhaka Second Additional Sessions Judge Mohammad Helaluddin gave the ruling and set Aug 25 for commencing hearing. Additional Public Prosecutor…

After concluding self-defence, war crimes accused BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury on Monday produced another defence witness (DW-2) for his plea of alibi to the effect that the accused was elsewhere, not at the scene of a crime allegedly committed.

The ‘attempt to murder case’ filed in connection with the killing of Arif Rayhan Dwip, a former student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), will be considered as a ‘murder case’.

Apparently irked, Chairman of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 Justice ATM Fazle Kabir on Thursday came up with an observation about the state of mind of war crimes accused BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury as he usually utters the words ‘hang…

War crimes accused BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was on Monday barred from making his deposition as defence witness by the International Crimes Tribunal-1 as it goes beyond his claim of alibi.

A Dhaka on Sunday recorded the deposition of 12th witness in the money laundering case filed against BNP Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun and fixed July 14 as the next date of hearing.

War crimes accused BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury on Sunday claimed himself an active supporter of the cause of Bangladesh Independence.

A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced absconding BUET teacher Hafizur Rahman Rana to seven years in prison for threatening to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a Facebook post. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Mohammad Zahirul Haque pronounced the verdict. Rana…

Raising serious objection over the deposition by defence witness Salauddin Quader Chowdhury claiming mostly irrelevant to the war crimes case the accused faces, the prosecution on Wednesday tacitly threatened the International Crimes Tribunal-1 to take a different line of action.

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) on Tuesday sought cooperation from President Abdul Hamid in introducing online application system for examinations under the JSC.

BNP lawmaker Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokan on Sunday said in Parliament that BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman has no wealth abroad and the government is putting pressure on BNP chief Khaleda Zia by tourturing her son.

Opposition BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed and Mohammad Shahjahan, and Jubo Dal president Moazzem Hossain Alal were freed on bail on Wednesday evening.

A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to BNP lawmakers MK Anwar and Barkatullah Bulu.

The High Court on Monday rejected Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman’s petition for quashing a corruption case proceedings.

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 disposed of its rule brought against Ahmed Ziauddin, a Bangladeshi legal expert in Belgium.

Bangladesh national Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis , now detained in the USA for his alleged plot to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in Manhattan, is awaiting the verdict which is scheduled to be delivered on May 30.

The High Court on Thursday granted interim bail for six months to BNP joint secretaries general Aman Ullah Aman, M Shahjahan and chairperson’s adviser Dr ZM Jahid Hossain in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.

A Dhaka court on Sunday granted bail to two bloggers, arrested in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act-2006 for defaming Islam.

Nearly one month after his arrest, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was freed from jail on bail on Monday.