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HC upholds death sentences for 20 ex-BCL leaders in Abrar murder case

The High Court on Sunday confirmed death sentences for 20 former leaders and activists of the Awami League-backed student body Bangladesh Chhatra League on the charge of murdering fellow student Abrar Fahad at a Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology hall in 2019.

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HC directs DIP DG to issue Michael Chakma’s passport

The High Court on Thursday asked the director general of the Department of Immigration and Passports to collect the fingerprint of national minority rights activist Michael Chakma and consider issuing his passport within seven days...

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HC grants bail to Shomi Kaiser

The High Court On Wednesday granted bail to actress and ex-president of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh Shomi Kaiser in an attempted murder case...

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Action over Tk 53,000cr Beximco loans ordered

The High Court on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Bank and other relevant authorities to take legal action against individuals and institutions responsible for approving Tk 53,000 crore in questionable loans to Beximco Group...

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Duterte’s lawyers demand his return

Lawyers for former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, believed headed for The Hague to face the International Criminal Court over his deadly crackdown on drugs, filed a petition Wednesday demanding his return to Manila...

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Patients suffer due to doctors’ strike

Many patients seeking treatment at public hospitals in the capital Dhaka and other districts returned home without medical services on Wednesday as doctors staged protests to press for their demands...

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Seizure of 54 kathas of land of Summit Group ordered

The Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 54 kathas of land worth Tk 9.70 crore owned by Summit Group chairman Muhammad Aziz Khan’s wife Anjuman Aziz Khan...

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Duterte arrested for crimes against humanity

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on Tuesday in Manila by police acting on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to his deadly war on drugs.

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HC questions administering president’s oath by speaker

The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain within four weeks why transferring the authority to administer the president’s oath from the chief justice to the speaker through the 15th amendment to the constitution should not be declared unconstitutional.

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Freeze on bank accounts of Orion chair, family ordered

The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 31 bank accounts of Orion Group chairman Mohammad Obaidul Karim and eight of his family members in connection with corruption allegations...

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HC fines 54 illegal brick kiln owners in CHT

The High Court on Thursday fined the owners of 54 illegal brick kilns Tk 4 lakh each for continuing operations in the Chattogram Hill Tracts in violation of Supreme Court orders...

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Toby Cadman urges govt to refer July massacre case to ICC

Toby Cadman, the special adviser to the International Crimes Tribunal’s chief prosecutor, on Thursday urged the interim government to refer the July-August massacres case to the International Criminal Court in The Hague...

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SC acquits Tarique, Mamun in Tk 20cr money laundering case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun in a Tk 20-crore money laundering case filed during the ousted Awami League government...

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SC adjourns hearing on FF age till Mar 12

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till March 12 its hearing on an appeal challenging the High Court judgment that declared illegal the government circulars and gazette notifications regarding minimum age of freedom fighters...

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SC clears way for 11 independent directors to join three Beximco companies

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order that had halted the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s directive to appoint 11 independent directors to three financially troubled companies of the Beximco Group, where detained businessman Salman F Rahman is a shareholder...

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HC cancels Mahmudur’s 3-yr jail term

The High Court on Monday overturned a lower court’s three-year jail sentence against Amar Desh publisher and editor Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed over failing to submit his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2010.

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Khaleda cleared of all 37 cases

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court verdict acquitting former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others in the Zia Charitable Trust case...

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No bar on demolition of structures in Karnaphuli

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court directive to remove illegal structures built by Bangladesh Jatiya Matsyajibi Samity Ltd inside the boundary of the Karnaphuli River, clearing the way for long-delayed action against encroachment on one of the country’s most vital waterways...

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