WAR CRIMES: Siraj to die, Akram gets imprisonment till death
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday handed down death sentence to Sirajul Haque alias Siraj Master and awarded imprisonment till death to Khan Akram Hossain of Bagerhat for crimes against humanity they had committed during the country’s war of independence in 1971. The three-member tribunal pronounced the judgement against the duo in a crowded courtroom in the capital’s old High Court building amid tight security.
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WAR CRIMES : Verdict against Siraj, Akram today
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 would deliver today its verdict in the war crimes case of Sirajul Haque alias Siraj Master and Khan Akram Hossain of Bagerhat.
ZIA TRUSTS CASES : Trial to be held every Thursday
The Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3 on Monday decided to hold the trial of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Khaleda Zia, her eldest son Tarique Rahman and seven others in Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases on every Thursday.
FIRST INSTALLMENT TO CHINA-LED AIIB : Govt to allocate Tk 212 crore
The ministry of finance is set to make an allocation of nearly Tk 212 crore against capital expenditure, to own one fifth of the 0.67 per cent share for Bangladesh in China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
Human-elephant conflict increasing
At least 226 people died and 62 elephants were killed in last 12years and a half in growing incidents of human-elephant conflicts, said forest officials.
