DHAKA: The High Court Tuesday scrapped a special-court verdict sentencing former BNP minister Shahjahan Siraj for concealing wealth information to the Anti-Corruption Commission during the rule of the past interim regime.An HC bench of Justice Sayed Mohammad Dastagir Hossain and Justice

DHAKA:  The High Court forbade law-enforcers to harass or arrest Awami League lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon, sued in the case of murder of his party leader Ibrahim, until the start of the trial. An HC bench comprising Justice Mohammad Shamsul Huda and Justice Abu Bakkar Siddique

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami was Tuesday sent back to jail after his latest remand in a case filed under the anti-terrorism act with Kadamtali police station, one of a number of cases he and his party colleagues are facing. Metropolitan Magistrate AKM Emdadul

DHAKA: The High Court Tuesday granted ad-interim bail to former BNP minister Mirza Abbas in three cases filed on charges of vandalizing and torching vehicles during the June 27 hartal. Also, the court issued a rule upon the government to explain within four weeks why he “should not be

DHAKA: Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury accused the then Prime Minister Khaleda Zia of directing the August 21 grenade attack in 2004 in a bid to destroy Awami League and its leaders.“Tarique Rahman conducted the grisly attack at the dictate of Khaleda Zia under government

BRAHMANBARIA: The investigation team of the International Crimes Tribunal Monday started investigation here about suspects for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, including former Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Golam Azam. The investigators recorded the statements of

DHAKA: Awami League Joint Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif Monday said the patronisers of the August 21 grenade attack would be brought for trial.“The grenade attack was not an isolated incident. The government will put them on dock,” he told a discussion held at Jagannath University

DHAKA: Opposition BNP Secretary-General Khandaker Delwar Hossain Monday asked the government not to mess up the trial of 21 August grenade attack like the BDR murder case. “Don’t use any case for political aggrandizement so that the real criminal be out of touch,” he said addressing

DHAKA: A Dhaka City Jubo League leader was shot dead in city’s Sheorapara area on Sunday night, few days after a young leader of the ruling party was slain in Segunbagicha area.            The deceased was identified as Mamun Hossain, 25, convener of No-9 unit of the city

DHAKA: Opposition BNP called nationwide demonstrations for August 26 in protest against the filing of “false” cases against party leader Tarique Rahman and cancellation of parole of his younger brother Arafat Rahman Koko. Under the latest major action programme, they will also stage

DHAKA: The High Court (HC) Sunday granted six months anticipatory bail to Diganta Media Corporation chairman and Jamaat leader Mir Kashem Ali in tax evasion case.An HC bench comprising Justice Sharif Uddin Chaklader and Justice Md. Fazlur Rahman issued the order in response to a petition

DHAKA: Former military ruler HM Ershad Sunday said he withdrew Martial Law in 1986 and introduced democracy in the country.His comment came from a joint meeting of his Jatiya Party and its front organisations at city`s Diploma Engineers Institution auditorium. The former army chief had

DHAKA: BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia sat with her party’s senior lawyers at Gulshan office Saturday night to discuss legal issues over government decision of canceling the parole release to her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko.Koko has been abroad for treatment being released on

DHAKA: BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain has got two months` anticipatory bail from the High Court in a case filed for threatening Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.The HC bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice AKM Sahidul Haque granted the bail on Sunday.The

DHAKA: Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal (JJD), youth wing of the opposition BNP will demonstrate across the country on August 24 and 25 to protest cancellation of release of Arafat Rahman Koko on parole.As part of the programme, the JJD will demonstrate at district and thana headquarters on August

DHAKA: An extended meeting of Jatiya Party (Ershad) will be held at Engineers’ Institution auditorium here on Sunday. The meeting will begin at 11am with its chairman HM Ershad in the chair, a press release said.Leaders and activists of the party were requested to attend the meeting,

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahasan Mohammad Mojaheed was sent to jail after his three-day remand in a case filed against him under an anti-terrorism act with Kadamtali police station. Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Minhaz-Um-Munira came up with the order as

DHAKA: Opposition leader and BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia Saturday hosted an iftar party for eminent personalities of the country. Leaders of different organizations, teachers, social workers, artists attended the iftar at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, party sources

DHAKA: The opposition BNP plans to launch a fresh anti-government movement after the Ramadan lull, with a sure-fire neo-strategy.  “BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will announce new strategy of its movement to topple the government after the month of Ramadan,” said party standing

KHULNA: State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian Saturday accused a section of bureaucrats in the administration of plotting trouble and embarrass the government. “A section of bureaucrats who were privileged during the BNP-Jamaat alliance regime was out to