Dhaka: The librarian of Investigation Agency of International Crimes Tribunal, Md Anisur Rahman, on Tuesday testified against Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali before a special tribunal dealing with war crimes cases. Anisur, testifying as the 23rd prosecution witness against Quasem, said the investigation officer Md Nurul Islam had visited his workplace at Dhanmondi in the city on…
Dhaka: A female classmate of Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam on Tuesday testified that Azhar was involved in abducting and killing four Hindu teachers of Rangpur Carmichael College and a teacher’s wife during the liberation war. Testifying as the 9th prosecution witness against Azhar in the case against him in the International Crimes Tribunal-1, Shova Kar, 62,…
Dhaka: The Appellate Division of Supreme Court will hear the prosecution argument Tuesday on the appeal of Jamaat-e-Islami’s nayeb-e-aamir Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, who is sentenced to death for crimes against humanity in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh. In response to a plea from Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, a five-member bench led by Chief Justice…
International Desk: South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is due to give evidence for a second day at his murder trial. At the start of his testimony on Monday, he made a tearful apology to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, whom he shot dead last year. The trial was adjourned after Pistorius was overcome with…
Dhaka – Parliament on Monday passed the Supreme Court Judges (Remuneration and Privileges) (Amendment) Bill, 2014 with the provision for special allowances to the Supreme Court judges. With the passage of the bill, the chief justice, judges of the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court will get 50 per cent of their…
Dhaka: The High Court granted a six-month bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a case filed with Shahbagh police station on Monday. The case was filed after a person was killed in the capital`s Malibagh during a demonstration on November 30, 2013. The HC bench of Justice Borhan Uddin and Justice…
Dhaka – A special tribunal on Sunday allowed the prosecution to examine its fifth witness against war crimes accused Syed Md Qaisar in camera. The three-member tribunal, International Crimes Tribunal-2, headed by Justice Obaidul Hassan allowed this responding to a prosecution plea submitted by prosecutor Rana Das Gupta. The tribunal set April 9 for examining…
International Desk, Kuwait City (newsnextbd.com) –Law enforcement agents have arrested six Bangladeshi members of a gang involved in visa scam. The gang was using Nepalese passports to issue visas for compatriots whom the government has banned from entering the country, reports Al- Watan Arabic daily on Saturday. Security operatives caught the suspects inside their operation…
International Desk (newsnextbd.com): The three repeat offenders in the Shakti Mills gang-rape cases have been awarded death sentence by sessions court. Awarding death penalty to the three, the court said, “Mumbai gang-rape accused have least respect for law. They don’t have potential for reformation as per facts of case.” “The suffering that gang-rape survivor and…
Dhaka (newsnextbd.com) — Pointing at the judges of the apex court, newly elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Khandker Mahbub Hossain on Thursday said the cordial relations will be retained if the judges serve the country for ends of justice, or else it will be terminated. Khandker Mahbub, also adviser to the…
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