Desk Report: During the remand hearing in a murder case that took place during the July student uprising, former Education and Social Welfare Minister Dipu Moni emotionally asked the court, “Do we also have to prove that we are sick by dying?” He was produced from jail in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Arifur Rahman on Monday. SI Mainul Islam Khan Pulak, the investigating officer in the murder case filed in the death of Monir Hossain, a fake businessman from Shahbagh Police Station last year, applied for Dipu Moni’s…
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How Israel violated international maritime law by intercepting the Global Navigation Flotilla
Desk Report: How Israel violated international maritime law by intercepting the Global Navigation Flotilla The Global Sea Flotilla, which set sail from Spain on August 31, is the largest maritime humanitarian mission to Gaza to date. It includes more than 50 ships and delegations from at least 44 countries, with the aim of challenging the Israeli naval blockade and delivering food and emergency aid to Gaza. But the massive fleet of more than 50 ships is now heading towards a highly risky area, where many past missions have been attacked…
Read MoreFormer Congolese President Joseph Kabila sentenced to death
Desk Report: The country’s military high court has sentenced former Congolese President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for treason and war crimes. The verdict was announced on Tuesday (September 30) local time. The court’s ruling said that Kabila was found guilty of treason, murder, torture, sexual violence and inciting rebellion for supporting the M23 rebel group active in eastern Congo. The court’s chief judge, Lieutenant General Joseph Mutombo Katalai, said that the death penalty was the maximum penalty under Article 7 of the military criminal code. In addition to…
Read MorePurbachal plot corruption: 9 more people testify in 3 cases against Hasina-Joy-Putul
Desk Report: Nine more people testified on the fifth day in three separate cases filed against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members on charges of corruption in the allocation of three plots in the Purbachal New City project. They testified before Special Judge-5 in Dhaka on Tuesday. Those who testified are: Mohammad Ujjal Hossain, a motor cleaner at the office of the Chief Advisor, Zahidur Rahman, a sub-registrar at Kaliganj in Gazipur, Mahbubur Rahman, a sub-registrar at the Gazipur Sadar Record Room, M Mezbahur Rahman, a former…
Read MoreGoat case: Matiur and Imran tell their story in court
Desk Report: National Board of Revenue (NBR) member Matiur Rahman and Sadiq Agro Chairman Imran Hossain, who are in the spotlight in the goat case in the corruption case, chatted in the court docket. This scene unfolded when they were brought before the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge and Senior Special Judge Court on Wednesday. The two were presented in the court docket at the same time. At this time, Matiur Rahman started talking to the lawyers. Later, Matiur and Imran sat on the bench placed in the docket. They saw…
Read MoreTwo teenagers urinated in restaurant soup, parents fined nearly 4 billion taka
Desk Report: A court in Shanghai, China, has ordered the parents of two teenagers to pay 2.2 million yuan (over 3.76 billion 43 million rupees) in compensation. Because the two teenagers committed an indecent act at a popular restaurant called ‘Haidi Lao’ while drunk, damaging the restaurant’s reputation. The UK-based media outlet Independent reported that the incident took place on February 24 in a private room of the restaurant’s Shanghai branch. There, two 17-year-old teenagers climbed onto a table while drunk, urinated in a bowl of soup and recorded the…
Read MoreNine people, including Inu-Palak, attend virtually for security reasons
Desk Report: Nine people, including six former ministers and state ministers, appeared before the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in various cases filed over the anti-discrimination student movement. The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam took their appearance virtually on Tuesday. Justice Akram Hossain of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court was present in the court during the appearance. He has been visiting various courts in Dhaka for the past few days. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) President and former minister Hasanul Haque Inu, former ICT State Minister Junaid…
Read MoreFakhrul, 70 others acquitted in another sabotage case
Desk Report: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and 70 others have been acquitted in a case filed under the Special Powers Act on charges of setting fire to motorcycles and creating havoc in the capital’s Shahbagh police station area. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court Judge Sabbir Faiz acquitted them on Sunday (September 14). Notable among those who have been acquitted are BNP Vice Chairman Abdullah Al Noman, Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin, Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Joint Secretary…
Read MoreGoat-smuggling case: Matiur, wife remanded in corruption case
Desk Report: Goat-smuggling case: Matiur, wife remanded in corruption case Former National Board of Revenue (NBR) member Matiur Rahman, who was in the news for the ‘Ucchabanshiya goat case’, and his wife Laila Kaniz, former chairman of Narsingdi’s Raipura Upazila Parishad, have been ordered to be remanded for one day in a corruption case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Monirul Islam issued the order on Sunday (September 14). Goat-smuggling case: Matiur, wife remanded in corruption case The Matiur couple were produced in court from jail today in a case filed by the…
Read MoreBusinessman files case for embezzlement of Rs 16 crore by threatening DB Harun
Desk Report: A case has been filed in Jessore court against a person named Azizul Haque for allegedly trying to embezzle Tk 16 crore from a dragon fruit trader. The victim Shahinuzzaman filed the case as the plaintiff on Sunday. Senior Judicial Magistrate Barnali Rani ordered the OC of Jhikargachha Police Station to accept the complaint as a statement. Court inspector Roksana Khatun confirmed the authenticity of this information. Accused Azizul is the son of Sirajul Haque of Ghorakanda area of Bhairab Police Station, Kishoreganj and a resident of Mirpur…
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