The Appellate Division has deferred until August 31 the hearing on whether an appeal filed by death-row convict Maulana Abul Kalam Azad against his war crimes conviction is legally admissible.
A legal notice has once again been sent to the relevant government offices demanding a travel ban on former interim government Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. Supreme Court lawyer Barrister M. Ashraful Islam sent the notice, alleging his involvement in the transfer of the measles vaccine from the state-controlled system to the private sector on Sunday.
The High Court has directed the authorities to conduct a survey to determine the actual boundary of Kaptai Lake in Rangamati and submit a list of illegal occupants to the court. The court also ordered that the names and addresses of owners of illegal structures within the lake be included in the report.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 has set September 3 for the next hearing in the case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 40 others over alleged crimes against humanity linked to the 2013 Hefazat-e-Islam rally at Dhaka’s Shapla Chattar.
A Dhaka court has ordered Arnob Das, 37, to be sent to jail after he was arrested while attempting to pay tribute to a portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 on Saturday.
The appeals and death references of the two convicts sentenced to death in the case over the rape and brutal murder of seven-year-old Ramisa in Pallabi, Mirpur, have been placed on the High Court's cause list.