Earlier today, on Sunday, a court granted bail to Shireen Sharmin Chaudhary in a case registered at Lalbagh police station in the capital, in which she was accused of violence, vandalism and attempt to murder during the mass insurgency. Following the defence’s plea, the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Mohammad Zakir Hossain […]
Earlier, DB had shown him arrested in the case and sent him to court. In the remand petition, DB said that there is a need to take the accused on remand to identify the whereabouts of the absconding suspects, arrest them and collect necessary evidence. The petition was submitted to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate by […]
Journalist Anees Alamgir, who was released on bail from jail in a case registered under the Anti-Terrorism Act, criticized the previous interim government and said, “Not only was injustice done to me, but I was also oppressed. You ask me to criticize you and when I do so, you send me to jail. This is […]
Earlier on March 8, the High Court had granted bail to ABM Khairul Haq in four cases registered on various charges including murder. On October 26, the HC issued a ruling asking the government to explain why former Chief Justice Khairul Haq should not be granted bail in five cases. On July 24 last year, […]
Ishraq's lawyer Tauhidul Islam confirmed the news to Prothom Alo. Ishraq Hussain surrendered in court and appealed for bail in 12 cases, including the Paltan police station case, lawyer Tauhidul Islam told Prothom Alo. The court rejected his bail plea in the Paltan police station case and ordered him to be sent to jail. In […]
A court on Thursday sent a BNP leader to jail for his involvement in a demolition case in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj. Mirza Fakhrul Islam in his statement said that BNP, other pro-democracy parties and dissidents are facing brutal atrocities under the current government. The ruling party is trying to maintain its illegal hold on […]
This BNP leader was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on February 19 after spending three and a half months in jail. Police arrested Mirza Abbas on October 31, ahead of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) elections. Describing his experience in jail, Mirza Abbas said, “We were worried about the medical treatment. We […]
Expelled Faridpur Press Club president Imtiaz Hasan Rubel and his brother Sajad Hussain Barkat, expelled general secretary of Faridpur City Awami League, came into limelight for their involvement in controversial political activities. He is considered very close to former Local Government Minister and Faridpur-3 constituency MP Khandakar Mosharraf Hussain. The two brothers were arrested in […]
Many leaders of BNP and its affiliated bodies have been sentenced. They are fugitives. They include joint general secretary Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohail, information affairs secretary Azizul Bari Helal, volunteer affairs secretary Mir Sarafat Ali, former Jubo Dal president Sultan Salauddin and former general secretary Khandekar Inamul Haq, current organizing secretary Ishaq Sarkar, former […]
Mirza Fakhrul, who was then joint general secretary, became the acting general secretary of the BNP in March 2011 after the demise of the then general secretary Khondkar Delwar Hossain. He was elected General Secretary of the party in 2016. Mirza Fakhrul has been in jail since October 29, when police arrested him a day […]
BNP leaders say that the movement will continue until the government which ‘regained power through unilateral and imaginary elections’ is not removed. However, he will have to wait for some more time to launch new programs to restore confidence among workers and supporters. Meanwhile, senior party leaders, including Action Chairman Tariq Rehman, have started holding […]