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SC overturns death sentence of Jamaat leader Azhar in war crimes case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned its previous verdict that had upheld the death sentence of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the 1971 Liberation War in Bangladesh...

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HC to deliver verdict in Zubaida Rahman’s appeal on May 28

The High Court on Monday set May 28 for delivering its verdict in the appeal filed by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s wife Zubaida Rahman challenging a lower court decision that had sentenced her to three years in prison in absentia allegedly for abetting her husband in amassing illegal wealth...

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EZ products not exempted from VAT, rules AD

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that products, including edible oil, sugar, cement, and iron, manufactured in the country’s economic zones are not exempted from value-added tax, overturning a High Court verdict that had declared such taxation illegal...

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Justice Diliruzzaman fired for misconduct

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has removed High Court judge Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman from office following a recommendation by the Supreme Judicial Council on proven allegations of misconduct...

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HC clears way for Ishraque to take oath as DSCC mayor

The High Court on Thursday cleared the way for Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain to take oath as mayor of the Dhaka South City Corporation, rejecting a writ petition that challenged the legality of his appointment...

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SC quashes graft proceedings against Mirza Abbas

The Appellate Division on Wednesday quashed the corruption proceedings against former housing and public works minister and senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Mirza Abbas over alleged irregularities in allocating government land for a journalists’ cooperative society in Mirpur...

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Ishraque supporters gather near Jamuna

Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Wednesday joined the protest and demanded that he should be sworn in as Dhaka south mayor...

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SC to hear delayed ACC appeal against Hasina case crapping

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday set July 15 for hearing a delayed petition filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission in March 2025 seeking permission to appeal against a 2010 High Court verdict...

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Verdict on Jamaat’s registration appeal, election symbol on June 1

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed June 1 to deliver its verdict on two appeals filed by the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami—one challenging the cancellation of its registration as a political party and the other seeking allocation of ‘daripalla’ (scales) as its election symbol...

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HC grants interim bail to Zubaida Rahman

The High Court on Wednesday admitted an appeal filed by Zubaida Rahman, wife of Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, challenging her three-year prison sentence in a corruption case...

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RAMNA BATAMUL BLAST: HC commutes death sentence of 7 convicts

The High Court on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of seven members of the banned extremist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh in the case of 2001 Ramna Batamul blast that killed 10 people during Pahela Baishakh celebrations in Dhaka.

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HC allows Zubaida to appeal against jail sentence

The High Court on Tuesday granted permission to acting Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman’s wife Zubaida Rahman to appeal against her Tree-year jail sentence handed to her in her absence on charge of...

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Govt forms another ICT amid rising caseload

The government on Thursday constituted a second International Crimes Tribunal appointing retired High Court judge Justice Md Nozrul Islam Chowdhury as its chairman...

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IAB demands Shariah Court, local elections before JS polls

The Islami Andolan Bangladesh in a meeting with the National Consensus Commission on Wednesday demanded Shariah Court for every tier of the country’s judiciary, and the next Jatiya Sangsad elections after local government elections...

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Form monitoring body to stop Sitalakhya pollution: HC

The High Court on Tuesday directed the chairman of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority to form a monitoring committee to prevent industrial waste and polluted water from being discharged into the Sitalakhya River in Narayanganj...

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SC stays bail of ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in sedition case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order granting bail to Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, a former leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in a sedition case over alleged desecration of the national flag.

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Azhar’s lawyer questions war crimes trial fairness

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned until May 8 the hearing on a petition filed by condemned war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam seeking a review of the court’s earlier decision upholding his death sentence...