More than nine years have passed since a case was filed over the rape of a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The tribunal dealing with the case has framed charges against the lone accused and held 96 hearings but is yet to complete the trial.
The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.
They have been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, abduction, vandalism, extortion, assault, and in certain cases, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
Twelve years have passed since the Rana Plaza collapse, yet the trials of two related cases remain incomplete at a Dhaka court, mainly due to the repeated absence of prosecution witnesses.
A pro-BNP lawyer sued 144 pro-Awami League lawyers for illegally gathering, trespassing, theft, causing bodily harm, attempted murder, vandalism and exploding crude bombs.
The smirk was still there as Shajahan Khan stepped out of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court lockup. His lips curled into the familiar expression that had become his signature -- whether in moments of controversy, tragedy, or now, as an accused in a murder case.
Former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak was brought to a courtroom of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s (CMM) Court of Dhaka from its lockup yesterday.
Former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak remained relatively vocal as he was brought to the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday.
More than nine years have passed since a case was filed over the rape of a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The tribunal dealing with the case has framed charges against the lone accused and held 96 hearings but is yet to complete the trial.
The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.
They have been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, abduction, vandalism, extortion, assault, and in certain cases, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
Twelve years have passed since the Rana Plaza collapse, yet the trials of two related cases remain incomplete at a Dhaka court, mainly due to the repeated absence of prosecution witnesses.
A pro-BNP lawyer sued 144 pro-Awami League lawyers for illegally gathering, trespassing, theft, causing bodily harm, attempted murder, vandalism and exploding crude bombs.
The smirk was still there as Shajahan Khan stepped out of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court lockup. His lips curled into the familiar expression that had become his signature -- whether in moments of controversy, tragedy, or now, as an accused in a murder case.
Former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak was brought to a courtroom of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s (CMM) Court of Dhaka from its lockup yesterday.
Former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak remained relatively vocal as he was brought to the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday.
More than nine years have passed since a case was filed over the rape of a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The tribunal dealing with the case has framed charges against the lone accused and held 96 hearings but is yet to complete the trial.
The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.
They have been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, abduction, vandalism, extortion, assault, and in certain cases, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
Twelve years have passed since the Rana Plaza collapse, yet the trials of two related cases remain incomplete at a Dhaka court, mainly due to the repeated absence of prosecution witnesses.
A pro-BNP lawyer sued 144 pro-Awami League lawyers for illegally gathering, trespassing, theft, causing bodily harm, attempted murder, vandalism and exploding crude bombs.
The smirk was still there as Shajahan Khan stepped out of the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court lockup. His lips curled into the familiar expression that had become his signature -- whether in moments of controversy, tragedy, or now, as an accused in a murder case.
Former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak was brought to a courtroom of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s (CMM) Court of Dhaka from its lockup yesterday.
Former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak remained relatively vocal as he was brought to the Metropolitan Senior Special Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday.
As former shipping minister Shajahan Khan was escorted into the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court of Dhaka yesterday, he maintained a smile.
Kamal Ahmed Majumder, former state minister for industries of the ousted Awami League regime, told a court yesterday that he would no longer engage in politics and that he had renounced his Awami League membership.
