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Supreme Court stays ex-Addl AG Mehedi’s bail

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday stayed a High Court order that granted bail to former additional attorney general Mohammad Mehedi Hassan Chowdhury in a case lodged over a murder took place during the July-August mass uprising. Stay till filling of the regular leave...

Auto-rickshaw drivers protest at Dayaganj over High Court ruling

Hundreds of auto-rickshaw drivers staged a protest at the Dayaganj intersection in Dhaka on Wednesday, blocking traffic in response to a recent High Court ruling that ordered the suspension of battery-powered auto-rickshaws in the Dhaka metropolitan area. The protest began around 11:30 a.m. and...

Former food minister Kamrul Islam arrested in Dhaka

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DB) arrested Advocate Kamrul Islam, former Food Minister and Awami League presidium member, in the Uttara-12 sector of the capital on Monday night. The arrest was confirmed by DB Additional Commissioner of Police Rezaul Karim Mallik. Kamrul Islam, currently serving as...

PBI receives 3201-page long case docket

The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has received a 3201-page long case docket on journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi murder case. Confirming this matter, additional superintendent of police at PBI and investigation office in the case Md Azizul Haque said, On November 4, I...

Amir Hossain Amu sent to prison after remand

Awami League advisory council member and former minister Amir Hossain Amu has been sent to prison after completing a six-day remand in connection with the murder of businessman Abdul Wadud in the Newmarket area of Dhaka. On Tuesday morning, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman rejected...

55 arrested in Gulistan sent to jail

Court has ordered the imprisonment of 55 individuals arrested during a rally in the Gulistan and Paltan areas under the Anti-Terrorism Act. Among those arrested, at least eight are women. The order was issued by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court in Dhaka on Monday. According to...

No receiver appointment for Beximco Pharma

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the appointment of a receiver to manage Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd. However, the court upheld the High Courts decision to appoint receivers for other companies within the Beximco Group. A three-judge bench led by Justice Md Ashfaqul...

Entrepreneurs targeted by resentment

The Bangladesh Bank or the Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) cannot appoint a receiver to any business entity on its own. If a receiver needs to be appointed, it requires a lengthy process. However, in recent days, several media outlets have reported that receivers have been appointed to 10...

Supreme Court to hear Khaleda Zia's petitions on 10 Nov

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has fixed 10 November for hearing two leave to appeal petitions filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the High Court verdict that doubled her five-year jail term in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case. Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division...

BNP Faces Obstacles in Case Dispositions

One of the most pressing challenges facing the BNP, a major political party in Bangladesh, is the legal predicament of its members. Over 6 million leaders and activists, including prominent figures like Begum Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman, are entangled in a complex web of legal cases. With...

HC allows preparing paper book of Zia charitable graft case

The High Court (HC) today granted a petition for preparing the paper book at own cost to file an appeal against a 7-year conviction to BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case, reports BSS. A High Court bench comprising Justice AKM...

SC exempts 7 pro-BNP lawyers from contempt of court charges

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday exempted seven pro-BNP lawyers from contempt of court charges brought against them for holding press conference against two the then judges of the apex court and bringing out procession on the court premises, reports BSS. Dismissed as...

Chief Justice called full court meeting on November 4

Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has called a full court meeting with the participation of all justices from the Supreme Courts Appellate and High Court Divisions. The meeting will take place on Monday afternoon, November 4, in the conference room of the administrative building. A document...

BNP joins hearing on 15th Amendment validity

BNP has joined the case challenging the validity of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, following a review of the 13th Amendment. Partys Secretary General, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, has been added as an intervener to present his views based on his application. On Tuesday, a High Court...

Hasnat-Sarjis not to continue writ to suspend of AL, 10 other parties' activities

Sarjis Alam and Hasnat Abdullah, coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, have decided not to proceed with the writ seeking court directives to prevent 11 parties, including the Awami League, from conducting political activities, reports The Business Standard. At the same time,...

Sarjis, Hasnat seek HC order to restrain AL from political activities

Anti-discrimination Student Movement coordinators Hasnat Abdullah and Sarjis Alam have filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking an order restraining Awami League from political activities. They filed the petition on Monday, confirmed Senior Lawyer Advocate Ahsanul Karim. The petition...

HC questions legality of Presidential authority over lower courts

High Court issued a rule questioning legality of article 116 of constitution granting President control over lower courts. A HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury passed the order, after holding hearing on a writ petition filed by seven Supreme Court lawyers. The...

Legal notice sent to ACC asking investigation over ECs and MPs elected without vote

A Supreme Court Lawyer sent legal notice to ACC asking investigation over all the members of parliament (MPs) who were elected without vote in the previous elections and the election commissioners (ECs) who conducted those faulty elections. The legal notice asked to start investigation under the...

Barrister Suman sent to jail

In a case related to the attempted murder of Hridoy Mia, a leader of the Bangladesh JatiotabadiJubodal and assistant cook at Bangaliana Bhoj in Mirpur, the court has ordered the imprisonment of former Member of Parliament Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman. This decision came after the...

42 murder case against Khaleda Zia dismissed

The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) court has dismissed the case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for the alleged killing of 42 individuals. The order was issued today by Judge Ziadur Rahman. The murder case was filed against Begum Zia and three others, accusing them of burning...

Govt. appoints 198 law officers

The government has appointed 198 government pleaders in various courts in Mymensingh and Moulvibazar. Last night, the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs issued a separate order regarding these appointments. In the same order, the ministry also canceled the appointments of all...

Hearing on caretaker government review petitions set for November 17

The Chamber Court of the Supreme Courts Appellate Division has postponed the hearing on the three review petitions regarding the caretaker government filed by the BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and Shujan, rescheduling it for November 17. Today, Thursday, the six-member Appellate Division, led by Chief...

HC acquits Babar in graft case

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday acquitted former State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and cancelled his eight-year jail sentence in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS. A High Court division bench of Justice Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah passed the...

Jamaat too files review plea for restoration of caretaker govt system

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has filed a plea seeking a review of the Supreme Court judgment that declared illegal the 13th amendment to the Constitution that had introduced the caretaker government (CG) system. Jamaat counsel Advocate Mohammad Shisier Manir said Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General...

SC restores Jamaat's appeal against verdict declaring registration illegal

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday restored Jamaat-e-Islamis appeal against the High Court verdict that had declared its registration as a political party, illegal, reports BSS. Restored, said the apex courts four-member bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed...

Court bans transfer of property of ex-minister Nurul Islam

The Chittagong Money Loan Court on Monday issued a ban on the transfer of property belongings to former Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment Minister Nurul Islam Bsc and his wife Sanwara Begum, reports the Business Standard. Joint District Judge of the Chittagong Money Loan Court Mujahidur...

10-day remand sought for Ex-MP Suman

The police have sought a 10-day remand for interrogating former member of parliament (MP) Syed Sayedul Haque, also known as Barrister Suman, in an attempt to murder case. Mirpur model police station Sub-Inspector (SI) Abdul Halim, also the investigating officer of the case, filed a petition in...

Tarique acquitted from defamation case

BNPs Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman was acquitted from a defamation case in a Dhaka court on Sunday which was filed for criticizing the Awami League during a discussion in London five years ago. In addition to him, partys Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee Members...