The High Court has granted bail to former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque in an attempted murder case filed with Banani Police Station in Dhaka. Following the bail in this case, there is no longer any legal bar to his release, lawyers said.
Parag Jain, chief of India's external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), has arrived in Dhaka. His visit, leading a four-member high-level delegation amid efforts to normalise Bangladesh-India relations, is being seen as significant by diplomatic and security analysts.
The High Court has granted eight weeks of anticipatory bail to Gazi Nazrul Islam, the expelled Jamaat-e-Islami leader and MP from Satkhira-4, in an attempted murder case filed with Pallabi Police Station in the capital.
A court has rejected the bail applications of six individuals, including Notundhara Bangladesh Chairman Momin Mehedi and Senior Vice Chairman Shanta Farzana, in an anti-terrorism case filed with Shahbagh Police Station in the capital.
This year's SSC and equivalent examination results have further highlighted the weaknesses in the secondary education system. The pass rate across 11 education boards has dropped to 62.25 percent, the lowest in 19 years since 2007. The pass rate declined by 6.20 percentage points in a single year. The number of students achieving GPA-5 has also decreased.
The extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the repatriation of those involved in the killing of Osman Hadi were discussed in detail during the meeting between Prime Minister Tarique Rahman and Indian High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi.