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.

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‘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.

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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.

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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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March 5, 2015
March 5, 2015

Khaleda 'fugitive'

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has lost her right to defend herself in the two corruption cases for now, as a Dhaka court has declared her a fugitive in the cases.

March 2, 2015
March 2, 2015

No case sees verdict

Court officials cannot tell when a gold smuggler was punished last time. What they can tell though that there is no such instance in the past 10 years. This, they say, has contributed to the recent surge in the smuggling of the yellow metal.

August 7, 2014
August 7, 2014

Drug admin official couldn't care less

Abul Khair Chowdhury is a government official now serving as an assistant director of the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA). Intriguingly, police failed to get hold of him despite summon and arrest orders in the last two years.

July 23, 2014
July 23, 2014

JUSTICE DELAYED, NOT DENIED

Adflame's Paracetamol syrup Flammadol containing toxic chemical diethylene glycol was responsible for the deaths of a number of children between 1982 and 1992.

October 19, 2011
October 19, 2011

All records 'lost' from drug office

Documents available in court indicate clearly that the DGDA deliberately destroyed the cases. Meanwhile, people present during the 1992 drugs test recalled how proper steps regarding the matter had been bypassed since the very beginning.

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