Hindu Widows To Get Share Of Husbands' Properties: Bangladesh Court
World News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 4, 2020
For the first time, Hindu widows in Bangladesh will have the rights to both agricultural and non-agricultural lands of their dead husbands after a top court ruled in their favour, according to a media report.
Bangladesh Court Orders Top Editor's Arrest
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday January 17, 2020
A Bangladesh court Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Matiur Rahman after a student was killed at an event organised by a sister publication.
7 Get Death Sentence In Bangladesh For Plotting 2016 Dhaka Cafe Attack
World News | Reuters | Wednesday November 27, 2019
A Bangladesh court on Wednesday handed death sentences to seven members of a terrorist group for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian nation's worst such incident.
Bangladesh Court Orders "Virgin" Removed From Muslim Marriage Certificates
World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday August 27, 2019
The word "virgin" must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in Bangladesh, the country's top court has said, a landmark verdict after campaigners challenged the "humiliating and discriminatory" term.
Bangladesh Sentences 9 To Death For 1994 Attack On PM Sheikh Hasina
World News | Reuters | Thursday July 4, 2019
A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced nine members of the main opposition party to death and handed life terms to another 25 for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago, a government lawyer said.
People Jailed For Over Two Years Cannot Contest Polls: Bangladesh Court
World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday November 27, 2018
A Bangladesh court today ruled that people who have been jailed for more than two years with their appeals pending, cannot contest the December 30 general elections. The order was passed in response to an appeal seeking a stay order on the imprisonment of five opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders: Amanullah Aman, AZM Zahid Hossain,...
Khaleda Zia's Jail Term In Corruption Case Doubled To 10 Years
World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 30, 2018
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled a jail term for imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years following a prosecution appeal. The decision came the day after Zia, 73, was ordered jailed for seven years in a separate case, piling pressure on the opposition ahead of a national election. The increased term was ordered over embez...
Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 7 Years In Jail In Corruption Case
World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday October 29, 2018
A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...
Bangladesh Court Rejects Bail For Photographer Held In Student Protests
World News | Reuters | Tuesday September 11, 2018
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday turned down a plea for bail by a prominent social activist and photographer arrested last month for spreading "propaganda and false information" during widespread student protests.
Bangladesh Court Refuses To Hear Photographer Shahidul Alam's Case
World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 4, 2018
Award-winning photographer and rights activist Shahidul Alam, whose month-long detention has triggered an international outcry, failed to win bail on Tuesday after Bangladesh's high court refused to consider the request, his lawyer told AFP
Protests In India As Bangladesh Court Hears Case Of Arrested Photographer
World News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday August 12, 2018
Bangladesh is under international scanner for the arrest of award-winning photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam for critical remarks about the Awami League government over the recent student protests. Mr Alam, 63, arrested under law often called draconian, has claimed that he was tortured in police custody. His case will be heard by a cour...
Serial Killer Sentenced To Death By Bangladesh Court
World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday March 7, 2018
A serial killer sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court Wednesday for torturing and murdering a woman may have claimed at least seven other victims, authorities said.
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 5 Years In Jail For Corruption
World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 8, 2018
A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.
Bangladesh Court Upholds Death Sentence Of 139 Soldiers In 2009 BDR Revolt Case
World News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 27, 2017
The Bangladesh High Court today upheld the death sentence of 139 and the life imprisonment of 146 convicted soldiers involved in a 2009 mutiny and their role in the massacre of 74 people, including 57 Army officers, in the country's biggest-ever criminal case.
Bangladesh Courts Issue Arrest Warrants Against Former PM Khaleda Zia
World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 12, 2017
Two arrest warrants were issued today against Bangladesh's Opposition leader and former premier Khaleda Zia after she failed to attend court hearings in graft and defamation cases, a move her lawyer said was a "ploy by the government" to stop her from returning home from London.
Hindu Widows To Get Share Of Husbands' Properties: Bangladesh Court
World News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 4, 2020
For the first time, Hindu widows in Bangladesh will have the rights to both agricultural and non-agricultural lands of their dead husbands after a top court ruled in their favour, according to a media report.
Bangladesh Court Orders Top Editor's Arrest
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday January 17, 2020
A Bangladesh court Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Matiur Rahman after a student was killed at an event organised by a sister publication.
7 Get Death Sentence In Bangladesh For Plotting 2016 Dhaka Cafe Attack
World News | Reuters | Wednesday November 27, 2019
A Bangladesh court on Wednesday handed death sentences to seven members of a terrorist group for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian nation's worst such incident.
Bangladesh Court Orders "Virgin" Removed From Muslim Marriage Certificates
World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday August 27, 2019
The word "virgin" must be removed from Muslim marriage certificates in Bangladesh, the country's top court has said, a landmark verdict after campaigners challenged the "humiliating and discriminatory" term.
Bangladesh Sentences 9 To Death For 1994 Attack On PM Sheikh Hasina
World News | Reuters | Thursday July 4, 2019
A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced nine members of the main opposition party to death and handed life terms to another 25 for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina 25 years ago, a government lawyer said.
People Jailed For Over Two Years Cannot Contest Polls: Bangladesh Court
World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday November 27, 2018
A Bangladesh court today ruled that people who have been jailed for more than two years with their appeals pending, cannot contest the December 30 general elections. The order was passed in response to an appeal seeking a stay order on the imprisonment of five opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders: Amanullah Aman, AZM Zahid Hossain,...
Khaleda Zia's Jail Term In Corruption Case Doubled To 10 Years
World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 30, 2018
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday doubled a jail term for imprisoned opposition leader Khaleda Zia from five to 10 years following a prosecution appeal. The decision came the day after Zia, 73, was ordered jailed for seven years in a separate case, piling pressure on the opposition ahead of a national election. The increased term was ordered over embez...
Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 7 Years In Jail In Corruption Case
World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday October 29, 2018
A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia to another seven years in prison on corruption charges that her supporters say are politically motivated. Zia, long a rival to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year term in February on separate embezzlement ch...
Bangladesh Court Rejects Bail For Photographer Held In Student Protests
World News | Reuters | Tuesday September 11, 2018
A Bangladesh court on Tuesday turned down a plea for bail by a prominent social activist and photographer arrested last month for spreading "propaganda and false information" during widespread student protests.
Bangladesh Court Refuses To Hear Photographer Shahidul Alam's Case
World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday September 4, 2018
Award-winning photographer and rights activist Shahidul Alam, whose month-long detention has triggered an international outcry, failed to win bail on Tuesday after Bangladesh's high court refused to consider the request, his lawyer told AFP
Protests In India As Bangladesh Court Hears Case Of Arrested Photographer
World News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday August 12, 2018
Bangladesh is under international scanner for the arrest of award-winning photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam for critical remarks about the Awami League government over the recent student protests. Mr Alam, 63, arrested under law often called draconian, has claimed that he was tortured in police custody. His case will be heard by a cour...
Serial Killer Sentenced To Death By Bangladesh Court
World News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday March 7, 2018
A serial killer sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court Wednesday for torturing and murdering a woman may have claimed at least seven other victims, authorities said.
Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia Gets 5 Years In Jail For Corruption
World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday February 8, 2018
A court in Bangladesh sentenced opposition leader Khaleda Zia to five years in jail on Thursday after convicting the two-time former premier of embezzling money meant for an orphanage.
Bangladesh Court Upholds Death Sentence Of 139 Soldiers In 2009 BDR Revolt Case
World News | Press Trust of India | Monday November 27, 2017
The Bangladesh High Court today upheld the death sentence of 139 and the life imprisonment of 146 convicted soldiers involved in a 2009 mutiny and their role in the massacre of 74 people, including 57 Army officers, in the country's biggest-ever criminal case.
Bangladesh Courts Issue Arrest Warrants Against Former PM Khaleda Zia
World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 12, 2017
Two arrest warrants were issued today against Bangladesh's Opposition leader and former premier Khaleda Zia after she failed to attend court hearings in graft and defamation cases, a move her lawyer said was a "ploy by the government" to stop her from returning home from London.
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