Bangladesh is moving to bring marriage and divorce registration under a digital system, allowing authorities to verify marital records through a centralised database and help curb child marriage and secret multiple marriages, Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman said on Saturday (October 3).
A court here today placed Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Major (retd) Akhtaruzzaman on one-day remand in a case filed over allegedly creating disorder, obstructing government officials in discharging duties and assaulting a security official at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).
A demand has been raised to remove 'socialism' and 'secularism' as part of possible initiatives to reform the Constitution. A legal notice has been sent to the relevant authorities giving a 90-day deadline to take necessary constitutional and legal steps to remove these two elements from the Constitution.
The deadline for submitting the investigation report of the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi has been postponed once again even after the formation of a high-level task force committee.
Former principal Siraj Uddoula, sentenced to death in the murder case of Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi of Feni, and three other accused sentenced to life imprisonment have filed applications in the Appellate Division seeking acquittal.
The court has granted bail to Maksuda Islam, first wife of Satkhira-4 constituency Member of Parliament Gazi Nazrul Islam, who was arrested in the case of abetment to suicide of his second wife Mariam. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Sefatullah granted her bail today Wednesday (September 30).