- Shafik Rehman secures bail
- Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott dies at age 86
- Khaleda Zia makes first public appearance at Senakunja in 12 years
- Putin gifts over 70 animals to North Korean zoo following troop support for Russian army
- 4 foreign tourists die from methanol tainted alcohol in Laos
- Supreme Court stays ex-Addl AG Mehedi’s bail
- Farmers busy in harvesting paddy in Naogaon
- Ukraine says Russia has launched an ICBM in an attack
- No artificial crisis be allowed in food supply chain: Bashir
- Nasir Uddin appointed as new CEC, along with four others
- Garment workers block road in Gazipur protesting
- Dr. Yunus advocates for a country where people hold ultimate power
- New DMP Commissioner Sazzad Ali takes charge
- Shakib hints he might be available for Windies ODIs
- Robert Pattinson cast in Christopher Nolan's next film
- Ex-MP Shahjahan arrested
- South Korea donates $2mn to support WFP’s Rohingya food aid in Bangladesh
- Barrister Suman shifted to Habiganj jail
- Bhutanese Ambassador and BNP leader Fakhrul discuss SAARC revival
- Sohanur Rahman honored with YAS24 Award in Geneva
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
12 HC Judges will not get any bench now
The Supreme Court (SC) is not going to assign 12 High Court (HC) Judges to any bench in the face of the protest of the students demanding resignation of partisan, corrupted and fascist-enabler judges. The above information was revealed by SC registrar general Aziz Ahmad Bhuiyan. However, he...
12 High Court Judges being sent on leave
Six High Court judges, accused of collaborating with the ousted Hasina government, have been sent on leave. Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed personally informed the judges of this decision during a meeting on Wednesday, reports UNB. In a series of meetings, the judges entered the Chief Justices...
Body of BNP leader Harris Chowdhury exhumed
The body of BNP leader Harris Chowdhury has been exhumed for carrying out DNA tests on the orders of the High Court, reports The Business Standard. His body was exhumed from the Jamia Khatamun Graveyard of Jamine Khatamun Nabin in Birulia Union in Savar on Wednesday. After conducting the DNA...