Latif lands in jail, finally
The deposed minister and Awami League leader Abdul Latif Siddique landed in jail after he surrendered to the police on Tuesday afternoon, two days after he returned to Dhaka from Kolkata.
Latif Siddique surrenders, whisked to court
Ousted Awami League leader Abdul Latif Siddique surrendered to the Dhanmondi police station this afternoon, to respond to demands by the Islamist parties that he be arrested soon or the nation would face shutdown on Thursday.
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ARREST OF LATIF SIDDIQUE
Speaker, home boss duck responsibilityThe parliament speaker and the state minister for home affairs on Monday made conflicting statements over the provisions under which deposed minister Abdul Latif Siddique could be arrested for making derogatory remarks on hajj and Tabligh Jamaat.
Mobarak sentenced to death for war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday handed death sentence to Md Mobarak Hossain, an expelled local Awami League leader in Brahamanbaria, for 1971 mass killing.
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Latif Siddique returns home
The expelled Awami League leader and cabinet member, Abdul Latif Siddique, on Sunday evening returned to Dhaka on an Air India flight two months after staying in different countries since September when some of his remarks had hurt religious sentiment of Muslims prompting the courts to issue warrants for his arrest for ignoring summons in over two dozen cases.
After Tazreen fire, companies evade compensation: HRW
New York based human rights organization Human Rights Watch said on Monday global clothing brands tied to Tazreen factory that had caught fire two years ago should immediately support full and fair compensation for workers and families of the dead.
War crimes trial: Mobarak at tribunal
The war crimes accused, Mobarak Hossain, an expelled Awami League leader of Brahmanbaria, has been taken to the tribunal in the capital at around 9:25am today where a long-awaited verdict in his war crimes case would be delivered.
Tank lorry catches fire in city
A tank lorry, sitting at a petrol pump, caught fire at Tibet intersection in Tejagon in the city Sunday evening. The lorry, filled with octane and diesel, was being moved when it caught fire at about 6:45pm, said Fire Service and Civil Defense director general Brigadier General Ali Ahmed Khan.
