Vice-Chancellor and President of Malaysia’s UCSI University Professor Emeritus Datuk Dr Siti Hamishah Binti Tafsira spent a busy first day of her four-day visit to Bangladesh. She was welcomed with floral greetings by Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Provost, Registrar along with teachers, students and officials when she arrived at the UCSI University Bangladesh Branch Campus in the capital’s Banani on Saturday (September 19) morning.
A legal notice has been served seeking steps to divide the Dhaka District and Sessions Judge's Court and the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court into two separate judicial regions: Dhaka North and Dhaka South. Supreme Court lawyer Salah Uddin Regan sent the notice to the Law Minister, the Secretary of the Law and Justice Division and the Registrar General of the Supreme Court, urging necessary administrative, legal and judicial measures in this regard.
A court has ordered the seizure of two flats and other immovable assets worth Tk 4,961,384 belonging to economist and former Janata Bank chairman Professor Abul Barkat. It also ordered the seizure of a car valued at Tk 2.9 million and the freezing of funds held in his bank accounts.
The prosecution has filed a formal charge sheet with the Registrar’s Office of International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) against eight people, including former Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor A.S.M. Maksud Kamal and writer Dr Muhammad Zafar Iqbal, over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July mass uprising of 2024.
The High Court (HC) has directed action against unregistered online news portals operating in the country and pages involved in spreading rumours, false and misleading information on social media.
A legal notice has been sent to the government demanding the immediate stoppage of renting out BRTC buses to government institutions to resolve the public transport crisis of common people.