HC questions legality of order asking to freeze former AL MP Awal’s bank account

The High Court questioned a lower court’s order today that asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze bank accounts and seize property documents of Pirojpur’s former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin in connection with two corruption cases.
6 June 2021, 08:13 AM

SC stays bail for BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury

The Supreme Court today stayed till June 20 the High Court’s bail orders for BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury in two vandalism and arson cases.
6 June 2021, 07:56 AM

Mamunul sent to jail after 18-day remand

A court in Narayanganj today sent Hefajat-e-Islam's former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque to Kashimpur Central Jail on completion of his 18-day remand in six cases filed over rape and March 28 violence.
5 June 2021, 10:39 AM

Tk 40 lakh bribery case: Suspended ACC director seeks HC bail again

Suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission Khandaker Enamul Basir has again sought bail from the High Court in a case filed over transaction of Tk 40 lakh as bribe.
4 June 2021, 14:13 PM

HC refuses to grant bail to Sinha murder case accused

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Mohammad Abdul Aziz alias Aiaz, an accused in the murder case of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan.
3 June 2021, 15:33 PM

MC College rape: HC orders to suspend principal, hostel superintendent in 7 days

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned to suspend Principal of Murari Chand College in Sylhet Prof Mohammad Saleh Ahmed and hostel superintendent Jiban Krishna Acharaya in seven days for their negligence and failure to save a woman from being gang-raped on the campus in September last year.
2 June 2021, 07:47 AM

SC upholds HC verdict scrapping govt relief scam case against Falu

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court verdict that cleared BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu from trial proceedings of a relief scam case filed during the regime of army-backed caretaker government in 2007.
2 June 2021, 06:09 AM

Fraudulence: SC upholds HC order barring Tufan from seeking bail for 6 months

The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court ruling that Tufan Sarkar, a suspended Sramik League leader of Bogura who is accused of committing corruption, cannot seek bail from any court for six months for resorting to fraudulence.
2 June 2021, 05:54 AM

Ex-MP Awal, wife seek HC directives to release bank accounts

Pirojpur’s former Awami League lawmaker AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin have sought High Court directives to scrap a lower court order that asked Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze their bank accounts and seize documents of properties in connection with two corruption cases.
1 June 2021, 17:19 PM

Rape at MC college: HC verdict on a suo moto rule tomorrow

The High Court is set to deliver its verdict tomorrow on a suo moto rule over a case filed over the rape at Murari Chand College campus in Sylhet on September 25 last year.
1 June 2021, 16:14 PM

S Alam Group, police served contempt of court notice for case against Banshkhali engineer

Six rights organisations today served a contempt of court notice on S Aalm Group and Chattogram's Banshkhali police for filing a case under the Digital Security Act against a local engineer in violation of a High Court directive.
1 June 2021, 14:34 PM

FIR ‘manipulation’ of Rajshai’s Nurul Islam murder case: HC wants to know probe update

The High Court today wanted to know the progress of investigation into the case filed over Rajshahi's labour leader Nurul Islam and allegation of manipulating its first information report (FIR).
1 June 2021, 07:43 AM

Money laundering: SC scraps HC bail order for Rashedul Haque Chishty

The Supreme Court today scrapped a High Court verdict that granted bail to Rashedul Haque Chishty, son of former chairman of Farmers Bank audit committee Mahbubul Haque Chisty, in a money laundering case involving Tk 159 crore.
1 June 2021, 06:08 AM

Journalist murder in Noakhali: HC dismayed as no one helped the man

The High Court today expressed utter dismay and dissatisfaction as nobody came forward to save a journalist when he was seeking help after being shot during a clash in Noakhali this February.
31 May 2021, 15:59 PM

Spreading extremism: Mufti Amir Hamza gives confessional statement

Mufti Amir Hamza, a well-known speaker on Islam, confessed to a magistrate today that he was involved with misinterpreting religion and spreading extremism through waz mahfils.
31 May 2021, 12:32 PM

Possessing LSD: 5 university students placed on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court today placed five university students on five-day remand each in a case filed for possessing LSD.
31 May 2021, 10:56 AM

HC orders NTRCA to recommend for recruiting 2,500 petitioners as teachers

The High Court today directed the Non-government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) to recommend to the authorities concerned -- in four weeks -- to recruit around 2,500 contempt of court petitioners, who qualified relevant exams as teachers of private educational institutions.
31 May 2021, 07:59 AM

Hefajat leader Azizul shown arrested in case filed over March 26 violence

Azizul Haque Islamabadi, organising secretary of Hefajat's now-dissolved committee, was shown arrested today in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over March 26 violence centring the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
31 May 2021, 07:46 AM

Murder in Pallabi: 2 accused denied bail

A virtual court in Dhaka today rejected a bail petition of two accused in a case filed over the killing of businessman Shahinuddin in Dhaka’s Pallabi area on May 16.
31 May 2021, 06:04 AM

BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury secures bail from HC; no bar to release from jail

The High Court today granted ad-interim bail to BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury in two separate criminal cases, clearing the way for him to walk out of jail his walk of jail.
30 May 2021, 14:10 PM