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Court declares Ishraque Mayor of DSCC

He demands trial of 3 ex-CECs

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A Dhaka court has declared BNP leader Ishraque Hossain as the Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), nullifying the 2020 election results. The ruling, delivered on Thursday by Judge Md. Nurul Islam of Dhaka's First Joint District Judge and Election Tribunal, also voided the government's gazette that had declared Awami League's Sheikh Fazle Noor ...

GK Shamim jailed for 5.5yrs in 2.97 billion graft case

Mother acquitted

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GK Shamim jailed for 5.5yrs in 2.97 billion graft case

A Dhaka Special Judge Court on Thursday sentenced controversial contractor Golam Kibria Shamim, widely known as GK Shamim, to jail for five and a half years in a corruption case.Meanwhile, his mother Ayesha Akter was acquitted in the case as the charges brought against her was not proved.Md Rabiul Alam, Judge of Dhaka Special Judge's ...

3 to die for rape, murder of teenager in Keraniganj

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A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced three men to death for the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl, Maria, in Keraniganj three years ago.Judge Munshi Md. Moshier Rahman of Dhaka's Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4 on Tuesday announced the verdict. The convicted are: Md. Sajib (25) from Keraniganj, Md. Rakib (23) from Faridpur, ...

BNP Vice Chair Bulu acquitted in 2008 corruption case

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BNP Vice Chairman Barkat Ullah Bulu has been acquitted in a corruption case filed nearly 17 years ago by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).On Tuesday, Judge Mohammad Abdullah Al Mamun of Dhaka's Special Judge Court-5 delivered the verdict, citing a lack of evidence. The case, filed on January 7, 2008, during the caretaker government's tenure, accused ...

Ex-MP Solaiman sent to jail in murder case

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Former Dhaka-7 MP Solaiman Selim and former Chawkbazar Awami League president Haji Sirajul Islam Rado have been sent to jail following the completion of their remand in connection with the murder of madrasa student Shahenur Rahman during the anti-discrimination student movement.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan on Tuesday rejected their bail petitions and ordered their detention. ...

Ex-MP Afzal Hossain sent to jail in murder case

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Former Kishoreganj-5 Member of Parliament (MP) Afzal Hossain has been sent to jail in connection with murder of Jubo Dal leader Shamim during a BNP rally.Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md. Sanaullah ordered his detention On Tuesday (March 25). The investigating officer, Detective Branch (DB) sub-inspector Ferdous Alam, produced Afzal before court, seeking a 10-day remand. However, ...

Ex-MP Solaiman Selim sent to jail after remand

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Former Dhaka-7 Member of Parliament (MP) Solaiman Selim and former Chawkbazar Awami League president Haji Sirajul Islam Rado have been sent to jail following the completion of their remand in connection with murder of madrasa student, Shahenur Rahman, during Anti-discrimination Students' Movement.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan rejected their bail petitions and ordered their detention on ...

Shamim Iskandar, wife acquitted in corruption case

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A Dhaka court has acquitted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s brother, Shamim Iskander, and his wife, Kaniz Fatema, in a corruption case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).Judge Md. Kabir Uddin Pramanik of Dhaka Special Judge Court-9 delivered the verdict on Tuesday (March 25) dismissing charges of concealing wealth information.The case dates back to 2007 when ACC ...

Barkat Ullah Bulu acquitted in graft case

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3 get deaths for mudering teenage girl after rape in Dhaka

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Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Tuesday sentenced three accused to death for murdering a teenage girl after gang rape in Dhaka's Keraniganj.The condemned convicts are Md Sajib, Md Rakib and Shawan.Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman, Judge of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-4, handed down the judgement.In addition, all the three convicts ...