Earlier on November 22, the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge court had rejected Mirza Fakhrul’s bail plea in the case, which was filed at the capital’s Ramna Model Police Station over the attack on the Chief Justice’s residence on October 29. “Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s petition seeking bail has been filed in the high court, and…
BNP International Affairs Secretary Masud Ahmed, speaking to Prothom Alo, said that BNP leaders have been arrested in political cases. The reality is that if BNP leaders including General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir do not get justice in the court, they will have to remain in jail. Several central leaders of BNP, including Mirza…
The hearing on the bail plea of BNP General Secretary Mirza Fakhrul has been postponed. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court acting judge Foysal bin Atiq has fixed November 22 for the next bail hearing. The court’s additional public prosecutor Taposh Kumar Paul confirmed this to Prothom Alo. Taposh Kumar Paul said that Abdullah Abu, the…
He served three terms – but did not complete any of them. His first term began in 1990 and ended in 1993 when he was dismissed on corruption charges. The second lasted from 1997 to 1999, when he was ousted by the powerful military. He blamed the security establishment for targeting him again in 2017…
Secretary of human rights organization Odhikar, Adilur Rahman Khan and Director ASM Nasir Uddin have been released from jail. Both of them came out of Dhaka Central Jail at around seven in the evening. Dhaka Central Jail Senior Jail Superintendent (Acting) Subhash Kumar Ghosh confirmed the development to Prothom Alo. He said that the bail…
Prothom Alo editor Matiur Rahman has been granted bail in a case registered under the Digital Security Act. Acting Judge Faysal Bin Ateeq of the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court passed the order on Wednesday. This was confirmed by Proshanto Kumar Karmakar, the lawyer for the editor of Prothom Alo. He said the Prothom Alo…
“She is being kept in a deplorable condition that is unfit for any human to live in, but she is in good spirits,” Hasan said. “He said ‘tell people I will not compromise on my principles’.” The 70-year-old man is being kept in a so-called “C-class cell”, sleeping on a mattress on the floor with…
The 24 BUETs granted bail are Afif Anwar, Bakhtiyar Nafees, Mohd Sheikh Sadiq, Ismail Ibne Azad, Sabbir Ahmed, Tazimur Rafi, Mohd Saad Adnan, Mohd Shamim Al Razi, Mohd Abdullah Al Mukit, Mohd Zaim Sarkar, Hachham Bin Mehboob, Mahmudur Hasan, Khalid Ammar, Mohd Fahadul Islam, Tanveer Arafat, ATM Abrar Muhtadi, Mohd Faisal Habib, Anwarul Siddiqui, Ali…
‘good health’ Lynn Tracy, the US ambassador to Moscow, was also present in the courtroom, although she was taken outside with the press during most of the hearing. The Wall Street Journal reporter, the US-born son of Soviet Jewish immigrants, was arrested last month by Russia’s FSB security service during a reporting trip to the…
The High Court (HC) on Thursday granted bail to Sohail Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza that collapsed in 2013 in a murder case over the deadly incident in Savar, in which 1,138 RMG workers were killed, UNB reported. The High Court division bench of Justice Mohammad Akram Hussain Chowdhary and Justice Shahid Noor passed…
The High Court granted bail till April 30 to the suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Jail Bazlur Rashid in connection with an illegal deposit of Taka 3.14 crore. The court also fixed April 30 for hearing his appeal against the sentence. The High Court’s Justice Mohammad Ashraful Kamal’s bench has passed this order.
Further criticizing Rahul Gandhi for his “arrogance”, the BJP leader alleged that he was not ready to apologize to the trial court for his remarks. “The lower court had given him (Rahul Gandhi) an opportunity to apologise, but he refused saying he is Rahul and will not apologise. Rahul and responsibility can never go together.…
Prothom Alo journalist Samsuzzaman has been released from jail on bail. Samsuzzaman came out of jail at 6:22 pm on Monday. Earlier, Samsuzzaman was granted bail on a surety of Taka 20,000 in a case registered at Ramna police station under the Digital Security Act.
He further said that the bail plea is likely to come up for hearing at around 2 pm. The Ramna police produced Samsuzzaman in the CMM court on March 30 and appealed to keep her in jail, while Samsuzzaman’s lawyer sought her bail that day. Later the court ordered him to be sent to jail…
A court has sent Prothom Alo journalist Samasuzzaman to jail, rejecting his bail plea in a case filed under the Digital Security Act by the leader of Jubo League, the youth wing of the ruling Awami-League (AL). Samsuzzaman was produced before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Dhaka at around 10.30 am on Thursday, 30…