Couple jailed for torturing domestic help

Advocate Nahid and Tanvir Ahsan, who were arrested for torturing a domestic worker from Topkhana Road in the capital, were sent to jail by a Dhaka court. On Sunday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahinur Rahman denied their bail plea and ordered them to be sent to jail. Shahbagh police sub-inspector Jahangir Hossain produced

Regular judicial work curtailed amid lockdown

During the nationwide strict lockdown from Thursday, regular court proceedings across the country including the Supreme Court will remain closed. However, for emergency cases the chamber judge of the Appellate Division, three single benches of the High Court division and a magistrate each in the chief judicial magistrate court in each

Hearing of graft case against ex-CJ Sinha on July 15

A court here Sunday set July 15 for holding hearing of a case against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others for allegedly embezzling Taka 4 crore from the then Farmers Bank and laundering the money abroad. Judge Sheikh Nazmul Alam of Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 fixed the date

Court orders to seize bank accounts of 3 including Golden Monir

A Dhaka court has ordered the confiscation of 160 bank accounts of three people, including Golden Monir alias Monir Hossain. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge KM Imrul Kayesh’s court passed the order after Police Inspector of CID Mohammad Chadek Ali filed an application at Tuesday to seize 160 bank accounts of

Ex-MP among 3 held in Sahinuddin murder case

Three more persons, including an ex-MP, have been arrested in connection with the sensational Sahinuddin murder case, police said on Thursday. Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) raided a number of places in the capital and Bhairab Upazila of Kishorgonj district and nabbed

Former Jamaat MP Shahjahan Chowdhury held in Chattogram

Police arrested former Jamaat-e-Islami MP Shahjahan Chowdhury from his residence at Samdar Para in the Satkania municipality area early Saturday. Mohammad Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Satkania Police Station, said a team of police arrested the ex-MP as he was wanted in many cases filed on sabotage charge. He was also the nayeb-e-amir

Legal notice seeks implementation of 14-day mandatory quarantine

A legal notice was sent to the authorities concerned seeking the implementation of a High Court (HC) order to make 14-day quarantine mandatory for all foreign returnees. The notice also sought explanation on why the progress report on implementing HC’s four-point directive was not submitted to the court. Health Minister Zahid Maleque,

Stern action against those involved in anarchy: Anisul

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haque on Saturday issued a warning that the government will take stern action against those trying to create anarchy and damage people's lives and properties in the country. He made the disclosure while talking to newsmen after receiving the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine

‘Shishu Bokta’ Rafiqul sued under DSA; lands in jail

A Gazipur court on Thursday sent Rafiqul Islam Madani, popularly known as Shishu Bokata, to jail after he was sued under the Digital Security Act for delivering  ‘anti-state and provocative’ speeches. Gazipur Senior Judicial Magistrate Shariful Islam sent Rafiqul to jail after he was produced before his court. Earlier , DAD of