Chaitanya Chandra Halder

Iron cages being removed from all courtrooms

The Public Works Department (PWD) has initiated the removal of iron cages from courtrooms nationwide, following directives from higher authorities.

3m ago

‘2 killers went to Kolkata on medical visa’

Foysal Ali Sahazi and Mostafizur Rahman Fakir travelled to Kolkata on a medical visa to murder Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar. 

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MP Azim murder: Azim sensed danger, tried to leave flat

As soon as Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar entered the Sanjeeva Gardens flat in Kolkata’s New Town on May 13, he realised that the accused had planned to murder him.

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Azim Murder: Babu confesses meeting hitman over blood money

Accused Kazi Kamal Ahmed Babu admitted to court that he was involved in the murder of Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar.

5m ago

MP Azim Murder: AL leader Babu secretly met one of the killers

An Awami League leader of Jhenidah met one of the killers of lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar to learn about the details of the abduction and murder, police said.

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The murder plan was finalised at a Kolkata eatery

It was Tanvir Bhuiyan who lured the Jhenaidah-4 MP Anwarul Azim Anar to Kolkata as part of a mission to kill him.

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MP Azim Murder: Celesty posed as mastermind’s wife to rent flat

Celesty Rahman went to Kolkata and posed as the wife of Aktaruzzaman, alleged mastermind of MP Anwarul Azim Anar murder, to rent the flat where the lawmaker was killed.

5m ago

Trial of murder case drags on

Even 11 years after the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, the trial of two cases filed over the incident did not reach any verdict, causing frustration among the victims.

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September 19, 2018
September 19, 2018

Aug 21 Grenade Attack Cases: Trial completes after 14 years

Trial of the August 21 grenade attack cases have been completed and its verdicts are set to be delivered on October 10.

September 11, 2018
September 11, 2018

A case, many questions

Luthful Haque was treated at Labaid hospital in the capital's Dhanmondi for seven days from August 4 for hypertension, diabetes and kidney complications.

August 21, 2018
August 21, 2018

21 August Attack: Justice in sight after 14 years

With over 300 splinters inside his body, all Suranjit Sengupta wanted until his death was justice for the August 21 grenade attack. "I want justice," said the Awami League leader in tears while testifying before a court in 2015, eleven years after the attack on an AL rally that left 24 people killed and over 300 wounded.

April 24, 2018
April 24, 2018

Rana Plaza trials stuck in stay

The trial proceedings of the two cases filed over the Rana Plaza building collapse in Savar in April 2013 were stuck for the last two years as the accused filed criminal appeals with higher courts challenging the indictment orders.

February 8, 2018
February 8, 2018

34 CASES AGAINST KHALEDA

Trial of the Gatco graft case is pending with the Special Judge's Court-3 of Dhaka. The Anti-Corruption Commission filed the case on

April 20, 2017
April 20, 2017

24-year-old Defence Purchase Scam: Ershad, two other accused acquitted

A Dhaka court yesterday acquitted Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and two others in a 24-year-old defence purchase scam case as it

March 29, 2017
March 29, 2017

2010 Blast At CJ's Residence: Court orders fresh probe into case

A Dhaka court has ordered reinvestigation into a case filed in connection with 2010 Molotov cocktail attack on then chief justice ABM Khairul Haque's residence.

February 25, 2017
February 25, 2017

Fugitive on paper, jailed in reality

He is in jail and he is a fugitive -- all at the same time. Strange, right? But the man we are talking about is no illusionist. He is Kamol Khan, a prisoner as per the Dhaka Central Jail records and a fugitive in case documents.

August 13, 2015
August 13, 2015

A regret for life

Mukuly Begum literally struggled to take her thirteen-month-old daughter on her lap.

August 11, 2015
August 11, 2015

Drug court to give judgement Aug 13

Amid all the bleak stories covering newspapers nowadays, the nation gets something to celebrate -- the Dhaka Drug Court fixed August 13 for passing its judgment on adulteration of drugs by six manufacturers of BCIB.