The High Court has scrapped four extortion cases filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman in 2007. The HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain passed the order after hearing a rule. Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Barrister Kaiser Kamal and Barrister Sanjid Siddique stood for Tarique. Barrister Mahbub Uddin
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ACC launches probe against ex-BFIU chief
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has started an investigation against Masud Biswas, the former head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), following allegation of graft during the interim government's tenure. The decision to investigate was confirmed by the ACC's public relations officer Akhtarul Islam on Wednesday. According to the complaints Masud facilitated
Udichi Hosts Nationwide Event Against ‘Conspiracy Centering National Anthem’
Against the recent conspiracy centring the national anthem, Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Gosthi has organised a nationwide human chain and protest rally on Friday. In Dhaka, the members of Udichi and some other cultural organizations protested by singing the National Anthem on the road opposite the Jatiya Press Club. The recent controversial discussion
Cases filed against Hasina, Quader, 126 others in Joypurhat
A case has been filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina in connection with the death of a college student in bullets during the movement of Students Against Discrimination in Joypurhat. Majidul Sarkar, father of Najibul Sarkar, 18, from Panchbibi upazila filed the case against Sheikh Hasina, former road transport and
Another murder case filed against Sheikh Hasina
A case has been filed against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 10 others for the killing of an auto-rickshaw driver in the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area of Dhaka during the recent student movement. Md. Abul Kalam, father of the victim, appealed to the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Sonda
BNP likes to intude any move against the government: Quader
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said BNP always attempts to inturde into any agitation against the government and become mad to lebel it as anti-government movement. “BNP’s only stratragy is to create anarchy and conspiracy to usurp to power inspite of being
Quader warns against politicizing anti-quota movement
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Monday called upon students to avoid any agitation programme which causes public sufferings. “The quota system in government jobs is a subjudice matter. So, we have to wait until the final judgment of the court,” he said. “We think that
Drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100pc effective against HIV infection
A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection. The trial tested whether the six-month injection of lenacapavir would provide better protection against HIV infection than two other drugs, both daily
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Gender rights: Resistance against regression
Global progress on gender rights has slowed almost to a halt. After decades of steady progress, demands for the rights of women and LGBTQI+ people now play out on bitterly contested territory. Over the course of several decades, global movements for rights won profound changes in consciences, customs and institutions.