Ashutosh Sarkar

Twenty years have passed since two bombs blasted during Bangla New Year celebrations at Dhaka’s Ramna Batamul on this day in 2001, but the final justice is yet to be delivered. Appeals and death reference in connection with the case are still pending with the High Court.

Both of them shared some common principles and championed the causes of freethought and secularism. And both met the same fate.

Three years have passed since Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a madrasa student in Feni, was set on fire and killed, but her family’s wait for final justice is yet to end due to lengthy legal procedures.

Earlier in 2007, the then Chief Justice Md Ruhul Amin had for the first time constituted a division bench of the HC comprising Justice Zinat Ara and Justice Farah Mahbub for delivering Justice. 

The result of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election has not been declared even after 17 days, making an unprecedented event in the history of SCBA that has more than 8,000 lawyers as members.

Twelve years have passed since trial proceedings against crimes during the Liberation War began. Looking back, the government has had significant success in ensuring justice for the victims, after the formation of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) 1 and 2, but has failed in some respects as well.

Rights organisation Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust has recommended changes in the Evidence Act that would block the ways in which the character of women are questioned in rape cases.

He played a pivotal role at the crucial juncture in the country’s history, resolutely steering the nation’s transition to parliamentary democracy from an autocratic rule.

As the prices of daily essentials continue to soar, the government has decided to sell several essential goods at subsidised prices to 88 lakh selected low-income families outside the capital from Sunday.

The High Court five years ago allowed the Anti-Corruption Commission to conduct enquiries and investigations into any type of corruption and take necessary action against the offenders, but the graft watchdog failed to bring the Bangladeshis, who deposited money in overseas banks and purchased properties abroad, to book.

The country’s constitution stipulates that there should be specific laws to appoint Supreme Court judges and regulate the appointments of the chiefs of staff of the defence services.

Thirteen years have passed after the BDR munity, but the victims’ families and the accused in the carnage case are still waiting for justice due to the lengthy legal process and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government will amend both the relevant sections of the Evidence Act in order to block all avenues of questioning the character of rape victims in court.

The search committee is likely to propose names of former bureaucrats for the helm of the next Election Commission, sources said.

The government has drafted an amendment to the Evidence Act, seeking to repeal only one of the two sections that allow questioning the character of a rape victim in court.

The search committee is not likely to disclose whom it will recommend to the president for the posts of the chief election commissioner and other commissioners.

In their forensic report, police found no evidence of Rasraj’s involvement in spreading a photograph that led to a mayhem in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar in October 2016.

Corruption is a mental disease that cannot be cured only by corporal punishment, the High Court said in the full text of a verdict in a graft case recommending introduction of the death penalty for such offences.

The move to bring money launderers to book is not making any headway as the Anti-Corruption Commission and different government agencies have failed to submit information on the offenders, their deposits in overseas banks, and properties abroad before the High Court despite its orders to do so.

The ongoing parliament session is set to pass a law aiming to give legal cover to the chief election commissioners and other commissioners appointed through search committees in the past.