Arrest-warrant

Bidisha Ershad, second wife of former president and late Jatiya Party founding chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad, has been arrested by police. She was arrested from her residence in Gulshan in the capital at around 20:30 on Tuesday. Gulshan Police Station Officer in Charge Daud Hossain confirmed that Bidisha was arrested in a fraud case. The OC said there was an arrest warrant against her issued by the court. Earlier in May, a court sentenced Bidisha to two years in prison in the fraud case. She...

A partial hearing on charge framing has been held against deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 286 others in a sedition case. The court set Sept. 30 for the remaining hearing. Dhaka’s Third Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md. Moin Uddin Chowdhury set the date on Tuesday. According to the case documents, 24 accused who are currently in jail were produced before the court in the case. Of them, 20 were men and four were women. They were then placed in the dock, and the hear...