Court summons Pori Moni in assault case

A court here today summoned actress Pori Moni and Junayed Bogdadi Jimmy alias Jim in a case lodged by businessman Nasir Uddin Mahmud on the charges of vandalizing, threatening and attempting to murder him. Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Saiful Islam passed the order, allowing a plea of the plaintiff. The court

Pori Moni exempted from personal appearance in drugs case

A Dhaka court Thursday exempted actress Pori Moni from personal appearance in a case lodged under narcotics control act. Judge Nazrul Islam of Dhaka 10th Special Judge Court passed the order, allowing a plea filed for the actress. Pori Moni on May 12 filed the plea, citing her poor health condition. Earlier

Pori Moni’s Remand: HC not satisfied with judges’ reply

The High Court on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over the explanation of two lower court judges, who had placed actress Pori Moni in police remand for multiple times in a drugs case. A division bench of Justices Mustafa Zaman Islam and KM Zahid Sarwar fixed September 29 as the next date 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

Pori Moni placed on CID remand again

A Dhaka court on Thursday placed actress Pori Moni on a one-day fresh police remand in connection with a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Atikul Islam passed the order, rejecting the actor's bail plea after Criminal Investigation Department (CID) inspector Kazi Golam Mostafa produced her

Media: May we have a ‘Hurmoni’ now, please?

These are very trying times for the media as public interest in usual issues are very low. Politics is gone and most are relieved because they say the same thing. Some politicians are still popular but that's because they are amusing and make the audience smile loudly. People hardly care

Pori Moni, Raj put on fresh remand

A Dhaka court has granted a two-day remand to actress Pori Moni in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act while producer Nazrul Islam Raj was handed 6-day remand in a case filed under the Narcotics Control and Pornography Act Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debabrata Biswas granted the remand orders after