Ashutosh Sarkar

Schools to stay open in Ramadan

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the government’s decision to keep the primary and secondary schools open for the first 10 and 15 days respectively during Ramadan.

2w ago

Confusion over school closure in Ramadan

With Ramadan beginning today, confusion remains among the students, parents and teachers over whether the schools will be shut during the fasting month as the authorities are yet to make a final decision in this regard.

2w ago

SCBA polls Violence: Kazal sent on four-day remand

A Dhaka court yesterday placed pro-BNP lawyer  Ruhul Quddus Kazal on a four-day remand in connection with a case filed over Friday’s violence centring the Supreme Court Bar Association election.

2w ago

Pilkhana Carnage: 15 years on, justice yet to be meted out

Fifteen years have passed since the BDR mutiny that killed 74 people, including 57 army officials, but the victim families are yet to get final justice and the accused their due punishment, as both the cases filed over the incident have not yet been disposed of due to lengthy legal processes and courts being overburdened with cases.

10 years on, justice remains elusive

It has been 10 years since the brutal custodial torture and death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader from Dhaka’s Mirpur, and his family is still waiting for ultimate justice.

Same case, 16 granted bail, Fakhrul kept waiting

Sixteen accused have secured bail in a case filed over vandalising the chief justice’s residence on October 28 last year, but in the same case, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is yet to get bail from lower courts or the High Court.

Custodial Death of Sultana Jasmine: HC rule on Rab action remains unresolved

Sultana Jasmine, 41, a land office employee in Naogaon, was picked up and detained by Rapid Action Battalion on March 22 last year. She died in Rab custody at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital two days later. Rab officers told doctors Jasmine had suffered a fall.

Basic Bank Scam: Bacchu at large as arrest warrant ever elusive

Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu, the former BASIC Bank chairman accused in 58 cases of embezzling Tk 2,265 crore, remains at large due to delay in issuing the arrest warrant by the court.

March 13, 2024
March 13, 2024

Schools to stay open in Ramadan

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the government’s decision to keep the primary and secondary schools open for the first 10 and 15 days respectively during Ramadan.

March 12, 2024
March 12, 2024

Confusion over school closure in Ramadan

With Ramadan beginning today, confusion remains among the students, parents and teachers over whether the schools will be shut during the fasting month as the authorities are yet to make a final decision in this regard.

March 11, 2024
March 11, 2024

SCBA polls Violence: Kazal sent on four-day remand

A Dhaka court yesterday placed pro-BNP lawyer  Ruhul Quddus Kazal on a four-day remand in connection with a case filed over Friday’s violence centring the Supreme Court Bar Association election.

February 25, 2024
February 25, 2024

Pilkhana Carnage: 15 years on, justice yet to be meted out

Fifteen years have passed since the BDR mutiny that killed 74 people, including 57 army officials, but the victim families are yet to get final justice and the accused their due punishment, as both the cases filed over the incident have not yet been disposed of due to lengthy legal processes and courts being overburdened with cases.

February 9, 2024
February 9, 2024

10 years on, justice remains elusive

It has been 10 years since the brutal custodial torture and death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny, a garment-waste trader from Dhaka’s Mirpur, and his family is still waiting for ultimate justice.

January 28, 2024
January 28, 2024

Same case, 16 granted bail, Fakhrul kept waiting

Sixteen accused have secured bail in a case filed over vandalising the chief justice’s residence on October 28 last year, but in the same case, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is yet to get bail from lower courts or the High Court.

January 13, 2024
January 13, 2024

Custodial Death of Sultana Jasmine: HC rule on Rab action remains unresolved

Sultana Jasmine, 41, a land office employee in Naogaon, was picked up and detained by Rapid Action Battalion on March 22 last year. She died in Rab custody at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital two days later. Rab officers told doctors Jasmine had suffered a fall.

January 4, 2024
January 4, 2024

Basic Bank Scam: Bacchu at large as arrest warrant ever elusive

Sheikh Abdul Hye Bacchu, the former BASIC Bank chairman accused in 58 cases of embezzling Tk 2,265 crore, remains at large due to delay in issuing the arrest warrant by the court.

December 2, 2023
December 2, 2023

Legal tangles still unresolved

Twenty-six years have passed since the signing of historic CHT Peace Accord took place between Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti and the government on this day in 1997.

November 3, 2023
November 3, 2023

Jail Killing Day: 48 years on, justice still elusive

It has been 48 years since, on this very day in 1975, four national leaders were assassinated at the Dhaka Central Jail.

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