Leaders and activists of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) brought out a protest march in the capital on Tuesday, condemning the 10-year prison sentence handed to party president Hasanul Haq Inu and demanding that the verdict be overturned.
The post-budget dinner for the 2026–27 fiscal year has been cancelled on the instructions of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.
The International Crimes Tribunal will go on a 20-day vacation from tomorrow, Wednesday. The tribunal will be on vacation from July 1 to 20. Chief Prosecutor Md. Aminul Islam confirmed the vacation on Tuesday.
The High Court has granted interim bail for six months to former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque over his alleged connection to a murder during the July Uprising in Dhaka’s Jatrabari.
Parliament on Tuesday passed a Tk 9,38,000 crore national budget for 2026-27 fiscal year, setting ambitious targets to accelerate economic growth to 6.5 percent and bring inflation down to 7.5 percent after prolonged price pressures eroded living standards for much of the population.
The International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced Hasanul Haq Inu, president of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JASOD) and former information minister, to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of six people in Kushtia during the July 2024 mass uprising. He has also been fined Tk 2 lakh.