A large number of human rights lawyers voluntarily provided free legal consultation at this event. They included advocate Zia Habib Ahsan, general secretary of BHRF; Advocate Syed Mohammed Haroon, Member of the Board of Trustees and Secretary of Chattogram Metrograss Branch; Advocate HM Jasim Uddin, Secretary of Chattogram District Branch; Advocate Jannatul Naeem Rumana, President […]
“No one is above the law, no matter how powerful they are,” Harun said. After the case was registered at Shahbag police station, the DB police, after conducting a shadow investigation, arrested five lawyers from different places in the capital, including Banani. Arrested him.” , The DB chief said, he is being interrogated in connection […]
An investigative report on the profession of members of the 12th National Parliament has recently been published in Prothom Alo. The report presents a comparative picture of the ratio of businessmen and lawyers as MPs in Parliament between 1973 and 2024. Here industrialists are included in the broader sense of businessmen. The results of elections […]
Advocate Mahbubur Rahman Khan, who was injured in the incident, alleged that the police beat him brutally without any provocation. About 30 lawyers including him were injured in the attack. Humayun Kabir, another lawyer, told Prothom Alo that the lawyers gathered at the Dhaka Lawyers Association office premises in the morning to participate in a […]
The statement also said, “With deep concern, we understand that the current government has taken several repressive and oppressive measures motivated by vendetta against this great crusader of hunger and poverty alleviation.” The statement said that anyone who is considered a rival of the current government is persecuted using the state apparatus. The statement also […]
A case was registered against 55 named and over 200 unidentified persons in connection with the attack on Assistant Public Prosecutor Prabal Chaudhary Pujan of Sylhet Judge’s Court on Thursday. The victim, Prabal Chowdhary, has filed a case against 55 people, including Sylhet District Students’ League President Nazmul Islam, General Secretary Raheel Siraj and Metropolitan […]
The seminar began with opening remarks by Arafat Hossein Khan, Chair, Department of Law, North South University. He remarked that though we see women’s participation in every field, it took 30 years to have a woman judge in the Appellate Division. He expressed hope to the audience at that time that they would get valuable […]
Terming the incident as unjustified, Mohammad Ishq, president of the Jashore District Lawyers Association, said they would apologize to the rickshaw puller. Along with this, action will be taken against Aarti Rani under the rules and regulations of the association. The 6.39 minute video showed a woman lawyer, dressed in her professional attire, slapping a […]
The state’s chief counsel said there was no precedent in the judicial history of the country for defending oneself without appearing in court. “Two brothers (Managing Director of Sikdar Group Ron Haq Sikdar and his brother Deepu Haq Sikdar) had requested for bail from abroad during the time of Corona pandemic. Therefore, there is no […]
UN experts on Wednesday urged the country’s government to drop charges against investigative journalist Rozina Islam and end the long-running prosecution of journalists and human rights defenders, said a press release. The experts said, “We are deeply concerned that the criminal charges against Rozina Islam and the protracted investigation appear to be in direct retaliation […]