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Ex-Speaker Shirin Sharmin gets bail in attempted murder case

A Dhaka court has granted bail to former Speaker of the National Parliament, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, in an attempted murder case filed with Lalbagh Police Station in connection with the anti-discrimination movement.On Sunday (April 12), the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir H...

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Court orders seizure of tax records of ex-cultural minister Asaduzzaman Noor over corruption allegations

A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of income tax records of former Cultural Minister and actor Asaduzzaman Noor following corruption allegations.The order was issued on Wednesday (April 8) by Judge Md. Sabbir Foyez of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court after hearing a petit...

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Court transfers ACC case over alleged Gulshan flat fraud against Tulip Siddiq, others

A Dhaka court has ordered the transfer of a corruption case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and former RAJUK Assistant Legal Adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain over allegations of flat fraud in the Gulshan-2 area of the capital.The order was passed on Wednesd...

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Former Speaker Shirin Sharmin sent to jail in attempted murder case linked to July movement

A Dhaka court has sent former Speaker of Parliament Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury to jail in a case filed over the attempted murder of Ashraful during the July movement.Detective police had sought a two-day remand to interrogate her in the case, while her lawyers filed a bail petition. After hearing both...

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Court grants 3-day remand to accused in Keraniganj gas lighter factory fire that kills 6 people

A Dhaka court has placed accused Iman Ullah Mastan on a three-day remand in connection with a case filed over a deadly fire at a gas lighter factory in Keraniganj that left six people dead.Dhaka Judicial Magistrate Tanvir Ahmed passed the order on Monday following a hearing, confirmed Prosecution Po...

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Ex-DGFI Chief Mamun Khaled placed on a fresh 3-day remand in Delwar Hossain Murder case

A Dhaka court has granted another three-day remand for interrogation of former Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), retired Lieutenant General Sheikh Mamun Khaled, in connection with the Delwar Hossain murder case filed with Mirpur Model Police Station over the ...

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Court grants 3-day remand for ex-DGFI director Afzal Naser in BNP activist murder case

A Dhaka court has granted a three-day remand for former Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) director Afzal Naser in connection with the murder of BNP activist Makbul Hossain, following an earlier murder case filed at Mirpur Police Station.On Sunday (April 5), investigation officer Sub-...

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Court orders freezing shares in 5 BO accounts linked to PSC question leak scam

A Dhaka court has ordered the freezing of shares held in five Beneficiary Owners (BO) accounts belonging to Syed Abed Ali, the alleged mastermind of the Public Service Commission (PSC) question leak scandal and a former driver of the PSC, along with his associates.According to the court order, the f...

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Daughter of top listed criminal Subrata Bain shown arrested in July uprising attempted murder case

Khadija Yasmin Bithi, daughter of alleged top criminal Subrata Bain, has been shown arrested in an attempted murder case related to the July movement, following her earlier arrest in the murder case of Jubo Dal leader Arif.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Ehsanul Islam passed the order on Thur...

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Sons of MP Gias Uddin Quader Chy among 3 secure bail by surrendering before court

Three accused, including two sons of Chattogram-6 (Rauzan) Member of Parliament Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury, have surrendered before a Dhaka court and obtained bail in a case filed over allegations of assault, vandalism and looting during an attempted takeover of an industrialist’s apartment i...

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Court issues arrest warrants against sons of MP Gias Uddin Quader Chy, 2 others

A Dhaka court has cancelled the bail of four accused, including the two sons of Chattogram-6 (Rauzan) Member of Parliament Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury, and issued arrest warrants against them over allegations of assault, vandalism, looting and attempted illegal occupation of an industrialist’s...

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Court defers probe report in Sagar–Runi murder case for 125th time

A Dhaka court has once again deferred the submission of the investigation report in the much-discussed murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, marking the 125th postponement of the report.The next date for submitting the investigation report has been fixed for May 7.The orde...

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Ex-DGFI Chief Mamun Khaled on 6-day remand in Delwar Hossain Murder case

A Dhaka court has granted a six-day remand for former Director General of the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), Lieutenant General (Retd.) Sheikh Mamun Khaled, in connection with the Delwar Hossain murder case linked to the anti-discrimination movement in the capital’s Mirpur ...

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Menon, Inu, Ex-Judge Manik get bail in defamation case over remarks on Zia

A Dhaka court has granted bail to former Social Welfare Minister Rashed Khan Menon, former Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, and former Justice of the Supreme Court A H M Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik in a defamation case filed over alleged derogatory remarks about former President Ziaur Rahman.Dha...

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Husband of deceased JU tudent placed on 2-day remand in murder case

A Dhaka court has granted a two-day remand for Fahim Al Hasan, the husband of Jahangirnagar University student Sharmin Jahan, in a murder case.Senior Judicial Magistrate Mahfuzur Rahman passed the order on Tuesday after a hearing. Fahim is a fourth-year student of the Economics Department at Dhaka C...

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Ex-MP Masud Uddin Chowdhury on 5-day remand in human trafficking case

A Dhaka court has granted a five-day remand for former military officer and ex-lawmaker Masud Uddin Chowdhury for interrogation in a human trafficking case filed with Paltan Police Station.On Tuesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Aminul Islam Junaid passed the order after a hearing. Earlier in the ...

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Jurno Anis Alamgir get bail in ACC case

 Journalist Anis Alamgir has been granted bail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) after previously securing bail in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act.Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md. Sabbir Foyez granted him bail on Wednesday.During the hearing, his lawyer Tasl...

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Court accepts PBI charge sheet against 28 in; Warrants issued for 22 absconders

A Dhaka court has accepted the charge sheet submitted by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) against 28 people in the case over the beating death of mentally unstable Tofazzal Hossain, who was suspected of theft at Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall of the University of Dhaka.Among the accused, 22 are absc...

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Court imposes travel ban on ex-DWASA MD Salam, retired Army officer over corruption

A Dhaka court has imposed a travel ban on recently former Managing Director (MD) of Dhaka WASA, Md. Abdus Salam Bapari, and his wife Mahbubunnesa over allegations of corruption.Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Sabbir Foyez issued the order on Tuesday following a petition filed by the Criminal I...

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Court acquits singer Asif Akbar in case over foreign liquor

A Dhaka court has acquitted popular singer Asif Akbar in a case filed over the alleged possession of four bottles of foreign liquor.The verdict was delivered on Monday (March 9) by Judge Ayesha Akter Mousumi of Dhaka’s 2nd Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court after the hearing conclude...