Chaitanya Chandra Halder

Cases against BNP-Jamaat leaders: Trials now rolling well into the night

Multiple lawyers dealing with some of these cases said a number of Dhaka courts have been recording depositions of prosecution witnesses beyond court hours.

Money launderers enemies of nation

Money launderers are enemies of the country and the nation as they illegally build mountains of wealth abroad, a Dhaka court observed yesterday after sentencing PK Halder to 22 years in jail for money laundering and possession of illegal wealth.

Illegal Wealth, Concealing Info: Tarique gets 9yrs, Zubaida 3yrs

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to nine years and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three years in prison in a graft case filed in 2007.

Faridpur Racket Laundering Tk 2,000Cr: CID presses charges against 37 more

The Criminal Investigation Department has found involvement of 37 more people in the much-talked about Tk 2,000 crore money laundering racket of Faridpur.

‘Rab framing me for robbery attempt’

According to the case statement, Rab arrested a man preparing to commit a robbery near a footbridge at Mayakanan in the capital’s Sabujbagh at 6:10pm on February 15.

2015 Pahela Baishakh sexual assault: Witnesses’ no-show puts trial in limbo

Trial of the case filed over the 2015 Pahela Baishakh sexual assault incident at Dhaka University (DU) is in a limbo due to non-appearance of witnesses before the court.

Acquittal from case: Man’s 25-year ordeal comes to an end, finally

For the last 25 years, Oliar Rahman had been shuttling between Madaripur and Dhaka to appear before courts in a case filed over the death of his fellow worker.

Rape, death of 12-yr-old: A poor family’s cries for justice go unheeded

“I will not work at this house anymore. They torture me. I will come back to you.” This was what Iti Akter said to her mother Sarkis Akter in her last phone call in the evening of January 28 last year.

November 10, 2021
November 10, 2021

Farmers Bank Loan Scam: Ex-chief justice Sinha gets 11yrs

Former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was the principal beneficiary of the illegal loans approved for him in violation of the Farmers Bank’s credit policy, a Dhaka court observed in its verdict yesterday.

November 5, 2021
November 5, 2021

1 man, 3 cases, and ‘sentiment’

Lawyer Imrul Hasan has filed an application with a court, seeking withdrawal of the case he filed against members of popular band Meghdol, just five days after the filing.

September 10, 2021
September 10, 2021

Probir gets justice

A journalist who wrote in favour of the Liberation War and against war criminals and war crimes, and suffered assaults because of it, was yesterday acquitted of charges in a case filed under the ICT Act in 2015 over a Facebook post.

September 1, 2021
September 1, 2021

Xulhaz-Tonoy Murder: Killers’ goal was to gag free speech

The common goal of the Ansar al Islam militants who killed LGBT rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy was to clamp down on people’s freedom of expression and independent activities by creating terror in the country. 

August 10, 2021
August 10, 2021

Attack on Bank Officials: Police probe clears Sikder brothers

Police dropped the names of Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, and his brother, from the investigation report of a case filed against them abducting, torturing and opening fire on two Exim Bank officials over permission for a loan.

July 12, 2021
July 12, 2021

Justice now a mirage to them

Hasan Mirdha Akash is losing hope of getting justice.

July 8, 2021
July 8, 2021

Violating Lockdown: Detainees mostly poor, now prey to court frauds

Morzina Begum was waiting anxiously outside the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Dhaka Tuesday morning. Her younger son, Mohammad Hasan, was arrested by Hazaribagh police Monday night for being out during the lockdown.

June 25, 2021
June 25, 2021

No headway for a decade in 30yr-old robbery case

Even though a decade has passed, trial of a case filed over the robbery at Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) 30 years ago has not made any headway.

June 22, 2021
June 22, 2021

It was ‘factual error’; no evidence found

The forgery case filed against Aparajita International proprietor Sharmin Jahan was a matter of factual error, a police probe report has found.

June 19, 2021
June 19, 2021

They defrauded 6,000 patients

An organised crime gang, in line with the instructions from Regent Hospital Chairman Mohammad Shahed, played a role in spreading Covid-19 virus in the country by preparing fake test reports, a Rab probe has found.

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