SC order stalls Amar Desh publication

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed for four weeks the HC stay order on the government action to cancel the declaration of publication of the daily Amar Desh.
Chamber judge of the Appellate Division Justice SK Sinha passed the SC order after hearing a petition moved by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam seeking stay on the HC stay order.
He also directed the government to file a regular leave to appeal petition against the HC order with the SC within this period.
On June 10, HC stayed the government action that cancelled the declaration of publication of the daily.
On the same day the court passed the order upon a writ petition filed by Acting Chairman of the daily Amar Desh Anwar-un-Nabi challenging the legality of the government action.
The HC bench also issued a rule upon the government to explain why its action regarding closure of the daily should not be declared illegal.
The government recently filed a petition with the SC against the stay order of the HC.
Barrister Abdur Razzak argued for the writ petitioner.
On June 1 the government cancelled the declaration of Amar Desh citing that it has no authorised publisher.
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court fixed June 23 to hear the bail petitions filed by Mahmudur Rahman in connection with four cases filed against him with different police stations.
Judge (in-charge) Mohammad Ismail Hossain of Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court set the date after the counsels filed the bail petitions on behalf of Mahmudur Rahman yesterday.
He will be produced before the court today on completion of his four-day remand. Sources said he would be taken to Biman Bandar Police Station today on a four-day remand approved earlier in connection with a sedition case.
The cases were filed against Mahmudur Rahman with the police stations of Kotwali, Tejgaon, Uttara and Biman Bandar areas for obstructing police from discharging their duties, his alleged link with the leaders of banned Hizb ut-Tahrir and on sedition charge.