Bangladesh

The High Court has fixed Thursday (August 22) for holding hearing on a writ seeking the ban on Awami League and cancellation of its registration as a political party for mass killing. An HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Md Mahbubul Ul Islam set the date on Tuesday. Writ petitioner Arifur Rahman Bhuiyan, executive director of rights group ...

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have arrested former deputy minister for Youth and Sports Arif Khan Joy. According to the DMP’s statement, Arif Khan Joy was arrested on Monday night from the capital’s Dhanmondi area. He was shown arrested in a murder case filed with  Mohammadpur Police Station. He will be produced in the court on Tuesday (August 29) seeking remand. ...

Broadcasting of private television channel ‘Somoy TV’ has been suspended for seven days. An HC bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Shashanka Shekhar Sarkar passed the order on Monday following a writ petition filed by the channel’s director Shampa Rahman. Senior lawyer Mojibul Haque Bhuiyan and Ahsanul Karim were present for the writ petitioner, while deputy attorney general Foyej ...

The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule asking why the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which scrapped the caretaker government system, should not be declared illegal. A High Court bench of Justice Naima Haider and Justice Shashanka Shekhar Roy issued the rule following a writ petition. The court also asked the government to explain in eight weeks why ...

A Supreme Court lawyer filed a case against former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque with Shahbagh Police Station on Monday (August 19). The lawyer filed the case against the chief justice under sections 219 and 466 on charges of amending the caretaker government provision in the constitution through fraud, breach of trust and forgery. Earlier on Sunday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate ...

Gazi Md. Mozammel Haque, who began his career in 1997 after being appointed as an Assistant Commissioner of Police through the 17th BCS, is currently serving as an Additional DIG at the Police Headquarters. He is also the director of a housing project. The project, promoted under the name ‘Ananda Police Family Multipurpose Cooperative Society,’ currently holds assets worth approximately ...

Another murder case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 61 others over the death of a fish trader in Narayanganj’s Siddhirgaj upazila. Shahnaz Begum, wife of deceased Milon, filed the case with Siddhirgaj Police Station on Sunday (August 18) night. The police station OC Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddiq confirmed the matter at about 1am on Monday. ...

Interim Government Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s dictatorship has destroyed every institution of the country in the effort to stay in power. The judiciary has been broken, he said while briefing diplomats stationed in Dhaka, reports UNB. The Chief Adviser said he has taken up the responsibility at the request of the ...

A total of 626 people, including politicians and police members, took shelter in cantonments across the country to save their lives after the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5. As the situation became normal, 615 left the cantonments voluntarily and four were handed over to the law enforcement agencies following a legal procedure. Seven are staying inside the ...

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested former senior secretary to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Shah Kamal on Saturday ( August 17) night. He was arrested from Mohakhali area in the Dhaka city. This information was confirmed in a message sent from DMP’s public relations division. Earlier on Friday (August 16), DMP conducted a raid ...