Jamuka accused of giving fake FF certificates
Independent lawmaker and former Awami League minister Abdul Latif Siddique has raised an allegation that Jatio Muktijoddha Council or Jamuka has given fake freedom fighter certificates...
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New LRF committee takes charge
The Newly elected executive committee of Law Reporters鈥� Forum for the tenure of 2024-2025 officially took over the office on Thursday from the outgoing committee in a ceremony at its office on the Supreme Court Bar Association compound.聽...
Report on MP Anar murder Aug 8
A Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Thursday fixed August 8 as the next day for submitting the investigation report in Jhenaidah-4 constituency lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar abduction and murder case....
Imran Khan arbitrarily detained: UN panel
A panel of UN experts has determined that the detention of former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan was arbitrary and a violation of international law, calling for him to be released 鈥榠mmediately鈥�...
India overhauls colonial-era laws with new criminal codes
India on Monday implemented an overhaul of colonial-era criminal laws, praised as a 鈥榳atershed鈥� movement by the top judge but which critics said could worsen an already glacially slow pace of justice...
475 workers die in workplace accidents in Bangladesh in Jan-Jun, 2024
At least 475 workers were killed in 420 workplace accidents across Bangladesh in the first half (January-June) of 2024, according to a Safety and Rights Society survey report...
Ashraf, Mission elected LRF president, secretary
Law Reporters鈥� Forum on Friday elected its 12-member executive committee with Ashraf-Ul-Alam as its president and Moneruzzaman Mission as general secretary for the 2024-2025 term....
AL MPs blast corruption
Several Awami League lawmakers on Wednesday became scathingly critical of the rampant corruption in the country...
Two arrested from Khagrachhari over MP Anwarul murder: DB
Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday arrested two more suspects at a Kali temple in a remote hilly area of Khagrachari in connection with the murder of ruling Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar...
India lawmakers take oath without duo behind bars
India鈥檚 newly elected lawmakers took the oath of office on Tuesday, but without two vocal government critics unable to take their seats because they are jailed on national security charges...
AL MP for regional security council
Ruling Awami League lawmaker and whip Shaimum Sarwar Kamal told Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday that had there not been a cantonment, the Cox鈥檚 Bazar area would have been occupied by the Arakan Army...
Law doesn鈥檛 allow sending Khaleda abroad: law minister
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said that the law, under which BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia had been released after suspending her jail term, did not permit sending her abroad for treatment....
Govt land in Dhaka div can generate over 20,000MW聽
Bangladesh can generate 20,555 megawatts of electricity by 2050 using a very small portion of available khas land in the Dhaka division alone, according to a joint study released on Wednesday by the Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network and the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association...
AL MP for legalising money through stock market
A number of ruling Awami League lawmakers on Tuesday spoke in favour of keeping illegal money legalising provisions, taking part in a general discussion on the proposed budget for the 2024鈥�25 financial year in Jatiya Sangsad...
Malawi VP, nine others, killed in plane crash
Malawi鈥檚 vice president Saulos Chilima was killed in a plane crash, the nation鈥檚 president said on Tuesday, after searchers located the wreckage of the aircraft in a...
Bail plea of Shimul, Tanvir scrapped
A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Monday scrapped pleas for bail by accused Syed Amanullah Aman alias Shimul Bhuiyan and Foysal Ali Saji alias Tanvir Bhuiyan in a case lodged over the abduction and murder of Awami League lawmaker of Jenaidah-4 Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata, India...
Integrated ticketing system law nears finalisation
The government is set to finalise a law, introducing an integrated ticketing system for all public transports, including road, waterways, railways, and airways...
All steps to be taken to rein in loan default: minister
Law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said that all steps would be taken to dispose of quickly the cases pending before money loan courts to rein in loan default....
Indian Sikhs celebrate after Amritpal elected as MP from jail
The face of newly elected Indian lawmaker Amritpal Singh stares out from posters and flutters on flags in his home village 鈥� but the firebrand Sikh separatist remains securely in jail...
Israel, Russia and int鈥檒 law
INTERNATIONAL law 鈥� the recognized rules of behavior among nations based on customary practices and treaties, among them the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 鈥� has been agreed upon by large and small nations alike...
Murdered MP鈥檚 daughter yet to get Indian visa
Mumtarin Ferdous Dorin, the daughter of slain ruling Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, did not get an Indian visa till Thursday as she was waiting to go to Kolkata to give a sample for a DNA test to identify her father鈥檚 body who was reportedly killed in a New Town flat...
Special law for female politicians sought
Female lawmakers on Thursday advocated for a dedicated law to establish a public fund for female politicians to enhance their participation in politics.
Rajshahi lawmaker accuses upazila chair, UNO of murder plot
Rajshahi-1 constituency (Godagari and Tanore) lawmaker Omar Faruk Chowdhury accused the Godagari upazila parishad chairman and the upazila nirbahi officer of organising a gathering at the upazila parishad with the alleged intention of killing him...
India extends support to Bangladesh in MP Anar murder case investigation: MEA
India is extending necessary support to Bangladesh in investigating the murder case of Anwarul Azim Anar, a parliament member from Jhinaidah-4 constituency....
Chopped flesh, crime and punishment
THE recent murder of a Bangladeshi lawmaker in Kolkata and the media attention it has drawn should be a lesson for all pondering politics, crime and the role of various institutions in Bangladesh. It is not just criminals who are taking the heat but the system as well...
Motive behind lawmaker Anwar murder not clear yet: DMP commissioner
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman said on Wednesday that the cause of the murder of Jhenaidah-4 constituency lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar was yet to be known...
Another Purba Bangla Communist Party leader held over MP Anar murder
Saiful Alam Member, the second-in-command to Shimul Bhuiyan, a leader of the defunct extremist group Purba Bangla Communist Party, has been arrested by Detective Branch of police in connection with the murder of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar...
DMP team visits Kolkata flat, canal
The visiting team of the Detective Branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has visited Bagjola canal at Polerhat near Kolkata in West Bengal along with Jihad Howladar, the suspected killer of ruling Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, to find out remains of the victim...
Reasons behind murder of lawmaker Anwar yet to be found: DB chief
No specific reason has been found yet behind the killing of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, said chief of the Detective Branch of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Mohammad Harun-Or-Rashid on Saturday...
BELA, Swedish embassy sign deal to defend environmental rights
The embassy of Sweden has signed a grant agreement with the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association for the implementation of a four-year programme titled 鈥楧efending Environmental Rights and Promoting Justice鈥�...