Fakhrul, Abbas freed from jail after a month

Just after a month of their arrest, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Mirza Abbas were freed from jail on bail on Monday evening.They walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 6pm after the bail order reached the jail authorities, said media cell

Bail to ex-ACC Official Enamul Basir stayed

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court Tuesday stayed a High Court order till December 5 that granted bail to suspended director of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Khandaker Enamul Basir who had been earlier convicted by a trial court in a case filed over the transaction of Tk 4.0 million

HC grants conditional bail to 2 ex-NSU trustees

The High Court (HC) on Thursday granted bail to two former members of the board of trustees of North-South University (NSU) bail on condition in a case over laundering around Tk 304 crore in the name of buying land for the campus.Ex-NSU trustee board members MA Kashem and Rehana Rahman

HC extends Khaleda’s bail in two defamation cases

The High Court on Monday extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's bail in two defamation cases filed in Dhaka and Narail districts.The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Aminul Islam passed the order after hearing a petition. The bail was extended until the disposition of the two

Henolux owner Fatema Amin gets bail in contractor’s suicide case

Fatema Amin, director of the manufacturing company Henolux, has secured bail from the High Court in a case over contractor Anisur Rahman alias Gazi Anis's death by suicide. Justice Md Habibul Gani and Justice Mohammad Showkat Ali Chowdhury granted her bail on Monday. Fatema is the wife of Nurul Amin, managing

Appellate Division upholds HC order of cancelling Samrat’s bail

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the High Court's order of cancelling the bail of Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an ex-Jubo League leader, in a case filed for amassing wealth beyond known legal income sources. The Appellate Division also rejected the 'Leave to Appeal' brought by Samrat against

Khaleda gets permanent bail in defamation cases

The High Court on Thursday has granted permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two defamation cases.  From now on, the BNP chief will remain on bail until the end of the cases' procedures. The bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Shahed Nuruddin passed the bail order by disposal of

A few lessons from the Pori Moni affair for all

Now that Pori Moni has got bail, public temperature will hopefully  cool down and people will pay attention to other issues as well. This is good news for Pori Moni – a bail is always good news- but not so for media who had found a very lucrative sector to

Pori Moni gets bail after a long wait

A Dhaka court on Tuesday finally granted bail to film actress Pori Moni in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act, 26 days after her arrest. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Emrul Kayesh passed the bail order. "Now there's no bar to release her from jail," said her lawyer Mujibur Rahman. Pori

Nasrir gets bail in narcotics case, omi remanded

Nasir Uddin Mahmud, accused in the case of attempted rape and murder of film actress Pori Moni, has been granted bail in a drug case and Omi has been remanded for three days in two cases. Nasir's lawyer Aminul Islam Liton said there is no obstacle for Nasir to get out