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Suspended DIG Bazlur Rashid gets five-year jail in graft case

A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Prisons Bazlur Rashid to five years imprisonment for illegally amassing wealth worth Tk 3.14 crore. Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-5 Jude Md Iqbal Hossain also fined the convict Tk 5 lakh, in default, to suffer six months more in jail. Read More...

HC upholds death penalty for 5 convicts on Photojournalist Aftab murder case

The High Court (HC) on Wednesday upheld the death penalty for the five men and life imprisonment for another person convicted of killing acclaimed photojournalist Aftab Ahmed in 2013. A division bench of justices Jahangir Hossain and Md Bashir Ullah passed the order after hearing their appeal petitions. Read More...

7 to die, 3 get life term in Swechasebak League leader Shubhra murder

A Dhaka court today has sentenced seven people to death in the murder case of Masudur Rahman Shuvro, general secretary of Gouripur upazila Swechasebak League and chairman of UCCA Limited, in Mymensingh. Besides, 3 people have been sentenced to life imprisonment. Read More...

Shubhra murder: 19 accused including Mayor Rafiqul in court

Gouripur Municipality Mayor Syed Rafiqul Islam, Mailakanda Union Chairman Riyad Uzzaman Riyad and 19 other accused have been presented in the court, in the murder case of General Secretary of Upazila Awami Swechchhasebak League Masudur Rahman Shubhra in Gouripur, Mymensingh. Read More...

7 suspended DB members jailed for 7 years

A Cox's Bazar court has sentenced seven suspended members of the Detective Branch (DB) to 7 years imprisonment in a case filed over abducting and holding a businessman hostage for Tk17 lakh ransom. Read More...

Samrat’s bail has been extended.

A Dhaka court has granted bail to Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, the expelled president of Dhaka Metropolitan South Jubo League, in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on the charge of acquiring wealth outside of known income till October 20. Read More...


Samrat’s bail has been extended

A Dhaka court has granted bail to Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, the expelled president of Dhaka Metropolitan South Jubo League, in the case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on the charge of acquiring wealth outside of known income till October 20. Read More...

Court frames charges against PK Halder, others

A court here today framed charges against former managing director of NRB Global Bank Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder and 13 others in a case lodged for allegedly amassing illegal wealth and laundering money abroad. Read More...

Lawyer moves SC seeking Momen's disqualification

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court, challenging the legality of AK Abdul Momen holding the office of the Foreign Minister. On behalf of SC advocate Md Ershad Hossain Rashed, lawyer Mostafizur Rahman Ahad filed the petition in the High Court division of the top court on Tuesday. Read More...

17 get life term imprisonment for killing father, son in Khulna

The court in Khulna sentenced 17 people to life imprisonment in the case of murder of father and son in Terkhada, Khulna. At the same time each of them has been sentenced to one more year’s imprisonment in default of payment of a fine of TK 5000. Read More...

Appellate Division stays HC order on government officials’ arrest

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday stayed till October 23 the High Court’s order scrapping the provision of prior permission for the arrest of government employees. A six-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, passed the order in the wake of an appeal by the government against the HC order. Read More...

ACC is going to the High Court seeking cancellation of Samrat's bail

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has prepared an application seeking cancellation of the bail of Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, the expelled leader of Dhaka Metropolitan South Jubo League. ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan confirmed the matter to reporters on Saturday (August 27). Read More...

The court has fixed new schedule

After reducing the working hours of government and autonomous offices, this time there has been a change in the court schedule. In a notification of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, it was informed that the working hours of the High and Subordinate Courts have been reduced by half an hour. Read More...

Why Jahangir’s suspension from mayoral post should not be declared illegal: HC

The High Court issued a rule on Tuesday asking the government to explain why the suspension of Mohammad Jahangir Alam from the post of mayor in Gazipur City Corporation should not be declared illegal. Read More...

Chief Justice called a full court meeting in the afternoon

Chief Justice Hasan Faiz Siddiqui called a full court meeting to decide the new schedule of the court. A full court session will be held at the Judges' Lounge of the Supreme Court on Tuesday (23 August) at 4 pm. Appellate and High Court judges will participate in the meeting. Read More...

Samrat gets bail in ACC case

The court has granted bail to Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, the expelled president of Dhaka Metropolitan South Jubo League, in the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case on the charge of acquiring wealth beyond known income. Read More...