HC scraps 4 extortion cases against Tarique Rahman

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

High Court ordered without listening to both sides: BNP

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged the High Court bench of Justice Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Khairul Alam passed the order to remove BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman's speech from online without listening to both sides. "This order is politically biassed and a complete violation of freedom of

Graft Case: Tarique gets 9 years’ jail, Zubaida 3 years

A court here Wednesday convicted and sentenced BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to nine-year imprisonment and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three-year jail in a case filed for amassing illegal wealth of Taka 4.81 crore and concealing information about the wealth. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman pronounced the judgment in

Judgment in graft case against Tarique, Zubaida on Aug 2

A court here Thursday set August 2 for pronouncing judgment in a graft case filed against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman set the date as placing of legal arguments concluded in the case Thursday. Earlier on July 24, the court fixed

Graft Case: Tarique, his wife face arrest warrants

A Dhaka court on Tuesday issued warrants for the arrest of BNP senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Asaduzzaman court passed the order after taking the chargesheet against them