ICT sets Dec 19 for submitting report against Ziaul Ahsan
ICT sets Dec 19 for submitting report against Ziaul Ahsan

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday set December 19 for submitting probe report over allegations of killings, genocides and crimes against humanity against eight former security officials, including former director general (DG) of NTMC sacked Maj Gen Ziaul Ahsan, whom the...

Qamrul Islam placed on 8-day remand
Qamrul Islam placed on 8-day remand

Former food minister Qamrul Islam has been placed on an eight-day remand in a case filed over the killing of businessman Abdul Wadud in the Nilkhet area of Dhaka in July, reports Dhaka Tribune. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ziadur Rahmans court issued the order on Tuesday. Earlier, the...

Sagar-Runi murder: Report submission deferred for 113th time
Sagar-Runi murder: Report submission deferred for 113th time

The submission date for the investigation report on the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi has been postponed for the 113th time, reports Dhaka Tribune. The report was scheduled to be submitted on Monday, but as the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) failed to file...

ICT orders completion of probe against Hasina in a month
ICT orders completion of probe against Hasina in a month

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered its investigation agency to submit reports within one month in two cases filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others over the killings and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising, reports UNB....

Ex-MP Tipu sent to jail
Ex-MP Tipu sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Friday sent to jail former Barishal-3 lawmaker Golam Kibria Tipu in a case lodged for attacking motorcade of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in 2018 in the capital, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order as police produced Tipu, also a...

High court dismisses six cases against Annie
High court dismisses six cases against Annie

The High Court has annulled the proceedings in six cases filed against BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie. The cases, which involved charges of obstructing police work, vandalism, and arson, have now been dismissed. A High Court bench, led by Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and...

Former IGP Shahidul granted two-day remand
Former IGP Shahidul granted two-day remand

The court has granted a two-day remand for former IGP AKM Shahidul Haque and Joint Secretary AKMG Kibria Majumdar in connection with the second case filed over the petrol bomb attack on a bus in Chouddagram, Comilla. On Monday, November 12, former IGP AKM Shahidul Haque and Joint Secretary AKMG...

Ex-MP Shambhu on 6-day remand
Ex-MP Shambhu on 6-day remand

A Dhaka court on Tuesday placed former Barguna-1 lawmaker Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu on a six-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of trader Abdul Wadud, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sharifur Rahman passed the order as police produced Shambhu before the court and pleaded to...

Ex-MP Haji Salim shown arrested in murder attempt case
Ex-MP Haji Salim shown arrested in murder attempt case

A Dhaka court on Monday showed former Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim arrested in a case lodged over attempt to murder one Fazlur Karim in front of Dhaka Alia Madrasa in the capital, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza passed the order as police produced the former...

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

Trump sues CBS News for $10 billion
Trump sues CBS News for $10 billion

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is suing CBS News for $10 billion in damages, stating the network practiced deceptive conduct for the purpose of election interference in its interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, reports Fox News. Trump attorneys said that the complaint comes due to CBS...

Ex-minister Obaidul Muktadir on 5-day remand
Ex-minister Obaidul Muktadir on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court on Friday placed former Housing and Public Works Minister RAM Obaidul Muktadir Chowdhury on five-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of BNP activist Mokbul, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehera Mahbub passed the order as police produced Chowdhury before the...

HC hearing on 15th amendment adjourned till Nov 6
HC hearing on 15th amendment adjourned till Nov 6

The High Court (HC) today adjourned the hearing on a rule questioning the legality of the 15th amendment to the constitution till November 6. A High Court Division bench, comprising Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury, issued the order after senior advocate Dr Sharif Bhuiyan...

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

Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana’s bail remains suspended
Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana’s bail remains suspended

The Appellate Division has ordered that a rule concerning the bail of Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza in Savar, be resolved within two months, saying that until then, his bail will remain suspended. A three-member Appellate Division bench made the decision on Monday from, led by Justice Md...

Ex-state minister Zakir placed on 3-day remand
Ex-state minister Zakir placed on 3-day remand

A Dhaka court on Friday placed former state minister for primary and mass education Zakir Hossain on three-day remand in a case lodged over the murder of electrician Shamim Hawlader in the Dhakas Mohammadpur area. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter passed the order as police produced the...

Ex-secretary Helal remanded in murder cases
Ex-secretary Helal remanded in murder cases

A Dhaka court on Friday placed former secretary of Election commission (EC) Helal Uddin Ahmed on four-day remand in murder case, reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Nazmin Akter placed former EC secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed on four-day remand as police pleaded to place him on 10-day remand...

17 BNP men acquitted in subversion case
17 BNP men acquitted in subversion case

A Dhaka court on Wednesday acquitted 17 leaders and activists of BNP including its Joint Secretary General Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohel in a subversion case filed with the capitals Paltan Police Station, reports BSS. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanaullah passed the judgment,...

HC acquits Babar in graft case
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
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...

Travel ban imposed on ex-MPs Mirza Azam, Nixon, Wadud
Travel ban imposed on ex-MPs Mirza Azam, Nixon, Wadud

A Dhaka court on Wednesday imposed a travel ban on former lawmakers Mirza Azam, Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury (Nixon) and his wife Tarin Hossain and Md Abdul Wadud and his wife Marjina Wadud, reports BSS. Acting judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court, Ibrahim Miah passed the orders,...

SC restores Jamaat's appeal against verdict declaring registration illegal
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...

Hasina, 56 others sued over murder in Rampura
Hasina, 56 others sued over murder in Rampura

A case has been filed against 57 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the killing of one Sohan Shah in capitals Rampura area during the anti-discrimination student movement, reports BSS. Sohans mother Sufia Begum filed the complaint with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan...

Supreme Court hears review petition on 16th amendment
Supreme Court hears review petition on 16th amendment

The Supreme Court is hearing a review petition on Sunday on an appeal court ruling that declared the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, which empowers the National Parliament to remove Supreme Court judges, as unconstitutional and void. The review petition filed by the government has been...

Judges appointed during AL govt on leave: Sources
Judges appointed during AL govt on leave: Sources

Syed Refaat Ahmed, the Chief Justice, has reportedly sent on leave six judges, who were appointed during the Awami League governments era. The chief justice earlier invited them for tea in his office, reports tbsnews. Earlier, The chief justice, invited 12 such judges for tea in his office this...

Salman shown arrested in 17 cases filed at Paltan police station
Salman shown arrested in 17 cases filed at Paltan police station

The former private industry affairs adviser Salman F Rahman was shown arrested on Monday in connection with 17 cases filed at Paltan Police Station after August 5, reports The Daily Star. With these new cases, Salman was shown arrested in a total of 37 cases filed at various police stations,...

Ex-minister Anisul put on 2-day remand
Ex-minister Anisul put on 2-day remand

A Dhaka court on Monday placed former law minister Anisul Huq on a 2-day fresh remand in a case filed over the killing of Swechasebak Dal leader Al Amin in the capitals Badda area on August 5, reports UNB. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Nurul Huda passed the order after hearing a...