Court-order

The High Court has ordered a three month freeze on 81.92% of the shares in Islami Bank held in the names of various companies affiliated with S.Alam Group. The High Court bench led by Justice KM Kamrul Kader issued the order on August 30 following a writ petition filed by Islamic Economics Research Bureau (IERB), a sponsor shareholder company of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC. The court also issued a rule in the matter. The court asked why Bangladesh Bank’s inaction in allowing 81.92% of Isl...

Every person has media in the palm of their hand. They can listen to whatever they want. These days, it is not possible to stop someone’s statements from being broadcast. Barrister Rumeen Farhana made the remarks regarding the court’s ban on broadcasting statements by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted during the 2024 uprising. She made the remarks at a meeting in Sarail, Brahmanbaria, on Wednesday afternoon. The member of parliament from the Brahmanbaria 2 constituency a...

A court has shown Ajay Kar Khokon, former general secretary of the banned organization Chhatra League, arrested in the murder case of Md. Nazmul Mia in the Mohammadpur area of the capital. On Monday, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Jamsed Alam ordered that he be shown arrested and sent to jail. With this, he has now been shown arrested in three cases. Later, as he was being taken out of the courtroom, Ajay Kar said, “There is no general diary or case against me in the country. Even then, one c...

Former lawmaker Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Suman has been granted bail by the High Court in a case filed in Habiganj. The order was passed on Wednesday by a High Court bench led by Justice Sheikh Md. Zakir Hossain. Lawyer Luthfe Jahan represented the bail petition before the court. Barrister Suman was arrested from Mirpur 6 in the capital at 1:30 am on Oct. 21, 2024. Shortly before his arrest, at around 1:15 am on Oct. 21, Barrister Suman posted on his verified Facebook account, sayin...

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has entered two apartments owned by former Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed in Gulshan, Dhaka, and has begun preparing an inventory of the belongings inside. ACC officials entered the two apartments at around 10:30 am Sunday in the presence of an executive magistrate. Police personnel were also present during the operation. ACC Deputy Director Md. Mashiur Rahman confirmed the matter. He said, “The operation to enter the former land minister’s...

A court on Thursday placed two Singapore-returned youths, who were arrested on suspicion of involvement with militant organizations, on a three-day remand. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order after a hearing. The two youths are Sahedul Islam and Rishad Tayani. They were detained by Singapore police on suspicion of involvement with militant organizations while staying in the country. They were deported by air on Wednesday. Airport Police Station took them into custod...