A High Court division bench yesterday delivered a split order on the legality of Awami League (AL) leader Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya’s membership of Parliament and ministership with regard to his conviction in a graft case. At present, relief and disaster management minister Maya stands convicted…

A Dhaka Court yesterday sentenced six owners and employees of BCI (Bangladesh) Pharmaceuticals Limited to 10 years’ imprisonment each in a case…

The government has decided to bring major changes to the ambassadorial positions in Bangladesh missions abroad including the United Kingdom, Belgium as well as the European Union, Italy and Spain. The major reshuffle is aimed at bringing dynamism in the diplomatic activities of the important missions,…

As there seems no end to repression of children, another teenage boy was tortured to death allegedly by a former leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) in the city’s Hazaribagh area yesterday over the theft of a cellphone set, reports UNB. The victim was identified as Raja, 16, son of Babul…

A Faridpur court yesterday sent journalist Probir Sikhder to jail in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology Act, reports UNB. Judge of Faridpur Cognisance Court-1 M Hamidul Islam passed the order when police produced him before the court seeking a 10-day remand for him. The…

In a rare incident, Bangladesh Secretariat witnessed a power outage for two minutes from 1:05pm to 1:07pm yesterday while Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was present at the administrative hub of the country. It’s a norm to ensure uninterrupted supplies of power and other utility services to the secretariat…

Observing that there is a smell of conspiracy against the judiciary’s dynamism in disposing of cases quickly, Chief Justice SK Sinha yesterday urged lawyers to stay alert against such conspiracy, reports UNB. “There’s a smell of conspiracy against the vibrancy of the judiciary in disposing…