DHAKA: The High Court Monday exonerated former minister and Chairman of Jatiya Party (Manju) Anwar Hossain Manju from conviction on charges of corruption overturning the judgment handed down by a special court during the emergency times.An HC bench of Justice Sayed Mohammad Dastagir

DHAKA: Amid some significant developments on the national front, the High Court Monday opened a process of review of the execution of military officer-turned-revolutionary Colonel Taher back during the days of political turmoil following the August 15, 1975 coup. The High Court issued

DHAKA:  The High Court Monday reprimanded Moulvibazar’s Deputy Commissioner Md Mostafizur Rahman as the defiant DC eventually stood in the dock on a contempt charge.An HC bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Sheikh Mohammah Zakir Hossain kept the district

DHAKA: The administration imposed an indefinite ban on street rallies and processions in the capital without prior permission, incidentally, a day before opposition BNP stages demonstrations under a two-day protest programme. “This order takes effect from Monday and lasts until further

DHAKA: The High Court Monday rejected a writ petition filed by two detained Jamaat leaders challenging the legality of some provisions of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Act and the first amendment to the constitution.  An HC bench comprising Justice Mohammad Abdul Wahhub Mia and

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Monday granted bail to Fazlul Haq Amini, former lawmaker and Chairman of Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ), and another six accused in a house-grabbing case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court’s judge Abdur Rahim passed the order as the accused surrendered before the court

DHAKA: Separate courts Monday granted bail to Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan in two more cases. With the latest two, he got bail in all seven ‘harassment’ cases filed against him. The hearings for the cases took place in the Additional Metropolitan Magistrates courts of

CHITTAGONG: A head-on collision between a truck and a bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sitakunda upazila on Monday morning left two people killed and another three injured.The deceased were named as bus driver Yasin of Noakhali district and truck driver Joynal of Feni.Witnesses said

HABIGANJ: A worker was killed as a tractor crushed him on Monday in Machhulia Bridge area near Khoai River.The deceased was identified as Amir Ali, 24, son of late Idris Ali of Enatabad village under Sadar upazila.Witnesses said Amir fell down from the sand laden tractor and died on the

DHAKA: A Dhaka court Monday issued arrest warrant against former lawmaker and Chairman of Partex Group MA Hashem shortly after he was sued for tax dodging. Mohammad Ismail Hossain, acting Judge of Senior Special Judge’s Court, passed the order after hearing on the tax-evasion case

DHAKA: Pointing the finger at her political foes once again, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday said none would be spared if found guilty about the August 21 grenade attack she had narrowly escaped. “All responsible for the heinous attack would be punished, how much powerful they may

BENAPOLE:  Bangladesh Border Guard (BBG) has constructed the first ever observation post on Kazipur border in Gangni of Meherpur district.According to the BBG source, some 100 observation posts would be set up in the border areas to strengthen vigilance along the border to stop

CHITTAGONG: An unidentified beggar was beaten to death in a lynch-mob attack in Beribadh area under Bandar thana on Saturday night.With the latest one, three such incidents of mass beating took place in Bandar area, Bahaddarhat crossing and Razakhali area in the port city within a span of

DHAKA: The Environment and Forest Ministry has taken decision in principle to provide cent percent family ration for its staffs who are working in the remote hilly areas. The decision was taken in the wake of demand made by officials and workers of the department.  If implemented, it

DHAKA: Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni said the government is very much aware of the international standards to be maintained in the war crimes trial, now underway, as questions cropped up in this regard from different quarters.“As war crimes trial is a crucial issue, we are conscious

BAGERHAT: A court here on Sunday granted a  two-day remand for Mufti Hannan, chief of banned Islamist outfit Harkatul Jihad (Huji), for quizzing him in Bagerhat bomb attack case.Bagerhat Judicial Magistrate M Nur Nabi passed the order as the investigating officer of the case produced him

DHAKA: The High Court Sunday turned down a writ petition seeking court’s order for bringing back the 195 prisoners of war from Pakistan to put them in the dock for war-crime trial.An HC bench comprising Justice Mamnun Rahman and Justice Syeda Afsar Jahan came up with the order upon a

DHAKA: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his wife Cherie left Dhaka on Sunday morning after their three-day private trip to Bangladesh.A plane carrying the Blairs took off from Shahjalal International Airport at about 10am. Foreign secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes and British

DHAKA: Peoples’ representatives and intellectuals Sunday underscored the need for introducing party-based local government elections and formulating a legal framework to make the local body self-reliant.  They also demanded enactment and implementation of ‘Comprehensive democratic

DHAKA: The High Court Sunday directed the government to make sure women are not forced to put on veils at workplaces and educational institutions, as such a coercive action hit headlines.   An HC bench comprising Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury and Justice Sheikh M Zakir Hossain also