Chelsea close in on UEFA Conference League final with win at Djurgarden
Chelsea strolled to a comfortable 4-1 win at Djurgarden in the first leg of their UEFA Conference League semi-final on Thursday to all but book their spot in the final.
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Bashundhara鈥檚 shares of Tk聽1,458cr seized
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 75.46 crore shares, worth Tk 1,458 crore, of 22 companies of the Bashundhara Group in connection with graft allegations...
22,000 cases pending with labour courts
The wait for justice for hundreds of workers is getting ever longer, as the labour courts and the labour appellate tribunal are struggling to deal with a backlog of around 22,000 cases...
Filing of false cases risks justice for July massacre
AMID concerns about the dubious nature of many cases filed in connection with the July massacre, such cases are repeatedly filed against political leaders, activists, aides and, even, cultural personalities presumably close to the Awami League regime. On April 29, an injured victim of the July uprising filed such a case of attempted murder against at least 17 artistes, including...
Actor Siddique placed on seven-day remand in July-uprising case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday granted seven-day remand for actor Siddiqur Rahman Siddique in an attempted murder case of a van driver, Jabbar Ali Hawlader, during the July-August uprising in the Gulshan area.
3 BNP front orgs announce programmes for May
The Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, Jatiyatabadi Swechchhasebak Dal and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, three front organisations of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Monday announced for May various programmes to be held in the country鈥檚 four...
New footage of Ashulia killings, burning found
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday granted the chief prosecutor additional time until May 25 to submit the investigation report in a crimes against humanity case involving the killing of six people on the outskirts of Ashulia during the student-led uprising in July鈥揂ugust 2024.
Palestinian official tells ICJ Israel using aid blockage as 鈥榳eapon of war鈥�
A top Palestinian official told the International Court of Justice Monday that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza as a 鈥榳eapon of war鈥�, at the start of a week of hearings at the UN鈥檚 top court.
I鈥檓 underrated, says Taijul
Taijul Islam agreed with Tamim Iqbal鈥檚 opinion that he was 鈥榯he most underrated bowler in the world at the moment鈥�. The left-arm spinner also hit back at his critics after taking a five-wicket haul on the first day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at the Bir Shrestha Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Monday.
Taijul five-for puts Tigers on top
Taijul Islam grabbed his 16th five-wicket haul in his career as Bangladesh claimed the upper hand at the end of the first day of the second Test against Zimbabwe at the Bir Shrestha Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Monday.
ICT sets May 25 for submitting report into case over burning bodies on Aug 5
The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday fixed May 25 for the submission of the investigation report into a case over burning the bodies of six students after killing them at Ashulia in Savar on August 5...
Pro-BNP lawyers want Justice Khairul鈥檚 arrest
Pro-BNP lawyers on Sunday renewed their demand for the arrest of former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque and the removal of the judges loyal to the ousted Awami League regime from the Supreme Court and its subordinate courts...
Rethinking equality after the July uprising
THE term 鈥榦pposition to inequality鈥� has re-emerged with striking political significance in the wake of the August student-popular uprising led by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. But this resurgence raises a pressing question: Is opposition to inequality merely a slogan to mobilise mass sentiment, or does it hold practical significance in dismantling the...
Ministries to publish list of politically motivated cases recommended for withdrawal
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs, within the next couple of days, will start publishing on website the list of politically motivated cases recommended by a ministry-level committee for withdrawal.
Reports on arrest warrants against Hasina, Rehana, Tulip on May 12
A court in Dhaka on Sunday set May 12 for submitting reports on executing arrest warrants against 53 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and niece Tulip Siddiq in separate cases filed over irregularities in acquiring plots in RAJUK Purbachal New Town project.
Teenage daughter of July movement martyr 鈥榗ommits suicide after rape鈥�
A teenage daughter of a deceased during the July-August mass uprising reportedly killed herself in the capital鈥檚 Adabor area Saturday night, 39 days after she was raped in Patuakhali district on March 18.
Pharmacy owner jumps under train, dies in Srimangal
A pharmacy owner died after he had jumped under a moving train at Srimangal upazila in Moulvibazar on Saturday afternoon in an apparent act of suicide...
Justice Abdur Rouf remembered for his integrity
Former chief election commissioner and retired High Court judge, Justice Mohammad Abdur Rouf was remembered at a memorial event on Saturday for his integrity, commitment to justice, and contribution to Bangladesh鈥檚 electoral history...
Separate judicial secretariat will end dual administration, lawyer tells HC
At least 15 lower court judges, currently under investigation by the Anti-Corruption Commission for alleged corruption during the Awami League regime, may have been involved in a network of transfer and posting syndicates with links to the...
JL activist hacked, shot in Rajshahi
A group of four masked youths allegedly hacked and shot an activist of Juba League, youth wing of the ousted Awami League, in the Kharbona Garoanpara area in Rajshahi city on Wednesday night...
CJ leaves for T眉rkiye, UAE
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday left Dhaka for T眉rkiye and United Arab Emirates to join two separate programmes as invited guests, official sources said...
Delay in Rana Plaza cases makes mockery of justice
EIGHTEEN of the 19 cases filed on various charges in connection with the Rana Plaza collapse, which left at least 1,138 people, mostly apparel workers, dead and more than 2,400 people wounded, having been pending for 12 years brings to the fore the inertia that grips the legal and regulatory system when it comes to worker rights. The eight-storey Rana Plaza, which...
362 acres of land, $61.39 lakh investment of Kazi Nabil family seized
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to attach 362.43 acres of land, seven flats and a couple of houses in Dhaka owned by former Jashore-3 lawmaker and Gemcon Group owner Kazi Nabil Ahmed and his family members...
End to AL-made discriminatory energy system demanded
Speakers at an energy fest in the capital Dhaka called on the interim government to ensure energy justice by ending discrimination embedded in the current power and energy system...
Victims still cry for justice
Twelve years after the Rana Plaza collapse, which killed at least 1,138 people, mostly apparel workers, and injured over 2,400 at Savar, justice remains elusive for the victims and their families...
Govt to establish 2nd ICT tribunal
The chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal Muhammad Tajul Islam on Wednesday said the government has decided in principle to establish a second tribunal to hold hearings of cases filed over genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising.
Juba Dal activist shot dead in Raujan
An activist of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth front of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was shot to death by unidentified assailants in the Gazipara Bazar area under Raujan upazila in Chattogram Tuesday afternoon.
CHANKHARPUL MASSACRE CASE: Charge sheet to be submitted within 4 weeks
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will file a formal charge sheet within four weeks in Chankharpul massacre case, where six innocents were gunned down during the July-August mass uprising.
ILO delegation meets Rizwana to discuss 鈥榡ust transition鈥�
A delegation, led by country director of the International Labour Organisation, Tuomo Poutiainen, met environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at the secretariat in Dhaka on Monday...
RAJUK to demolish 3,382 illegally built buildings in Dhaka
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha chairman engineer Md Riazul Islam on Monday said work of identifying illegal parts of 3,382 under construction buildings in Dhaka that deviated from the design has began.