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Comments on 16th amendment verdict: Legal notice served on Justice Khairul Haque

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to Law Commission Chairman ABM Khairul Haque urging him to withdraw his comments about the Supreme Court judgment on 16th amendment to the constitution.
13 August 2017, 11:35 AM

What CJ said?

Some ministers and leaders of the ruling party have been accusing Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha of undermining Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman through some remarks in the 16th constitutional amendment case verdict. Read from the verdict what the chief justice said.
13 August 2017, 10:28 AM

Govt pushing CJ to annul 16th amendment verdict: BNP

BNP accuses the government of putting pressure on the chief justice to change the Supreme Court verdict that declared the 16th amendment to the constitution illegal.
13 August 2017, 09:07 AM

16th amendment verdict: Govt to seek review for expunging CJ’s remarks, says Anisul

The government will seek a review for expunging some of the remarks of the chief justice in the Supreme Court verdict of 16th amendment case, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.
13 August 2017, 09:07 AM

16th amendment verdict ‘undermines Bangabandhu’, says AG

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says Bangabandhu has been undermined through the Supreme Court observation on 16th amendment verdict.
12 August 2017, 14:21 PM

BNP conspiring over 16th amendment verdict: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says that a group of vested quarter is hatching conspiracy centering verdict over the 16th constitutional amendment to halt the country’s peace and progress.
12 August 2017, 12:04 PM

16th amendment: SC has given a ‘historic verdict’, says Fakhrul

As the protector of the constitution, the Supreme Court has given a “historic verdict” on the 16th amendment case and by disregarding it, the government has lost its moral legality to stay in the office, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said.
12 August 2017, 09:29 AM

Child killed in Pakistan by cars in Nawaz Sharif's motorcade

Speeding cars accompanying Nawaz Sharif's 'homecoming' motorcade crushed a nine-year-old child to death in Lalamusa, DawnNews reports.
12 August 2017, 07:23 AM

70 years after India, Pakistan split, divided Muslim family yearns to reunite

As India and Pakistan prepare to celebrate 70 years of independence from Britain, thousands of families in the nuclear-armed neighbours remain divided by a border that strained diplomatic ties make harder to cross.
12 August 2017, 07:02 AM

Xi urges Trump to avoid aggravating North Korea tensions

Chinese leader Xi Jinping urges US President Donald Trump to avoid rhetoric that could inflame tensions with North Korea as an escalating war of words raised global alarm.
12 August 2017, 06:36 AM

CJ insulted Bangabandhu in verdict: Minister

Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain says the chief justice insulted Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the 16th amendment verdict.
11 August 2017, 15:51 PM

AL’s remarks on SC verdict contemptuous: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the ruling Awami League is furious after release of the full verdict that declared the 16th amendment to the constitution illegal.
11 August 2017, 15:51 PM

Wife of ousted Pakistani PM to seek his parliament seat

The wife of ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will contest a special election for the parliamentary seat her husband was forced to vacate last month after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office, party officials say.
11 August 2017, 11:44 AM

Rizvi criticises Qamrul for demanding chief justice’s removal

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi lambasts Food Minister Qamrul Islam for demanding removal of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha over verdict on the 16th amendment to the constitution.
11 August 2017, 09:13 AM

Food minister demands removal of chief justice

Food Minister Qamrul Islam demands removal of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
10 August 2017, 14:40 PM

BCL chases JCD men at DU

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men chase Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists on Dhaka University campus, leaving a JCD man injured.
10 August 2017, 13:02 PM

BCL men chase JCD at Dhaka University

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men chase Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists on Dhaka University campus, leaving a JCD man injured.
10 August 2017, 12:50 PM

Law Commission chief’s comments tantamount to contempt of court: BNP

BNP criticises Law Commission Chairman ABM Khairul Haque for his comments against Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha over scrapping the 16th amendment to the constitution.
10 August 2017, 12:27 PM

Bangladesh inks deal with Thailand to import rice

Bangladesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thailand to import up to 10 lakh metric tonnes of rice each year till 2021.
10 August 2017, 09:37 AM

Reason for scrapping 16th amendment unacceptable: Anisul

The reason on which the Supreme Court has scrapped the 16th amendment to the constitution is not acceptable to the government, Law Minister Anisul Huq says. “We have decided to take initiative to expunge the objectionable and irrelevant observations made by the chief justice in the judgement,” Anisul Huq said at a press conference.
10 August 2017, 06:25 AM