Lorry driver jailed after B3004 death
Thursday, 5 July 2018 – Local People Lewis Lodge has been jailed for four years and eight months after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving A LORRY […]
Jamaat’s stay plea on HC verdict rejected
Source: BD News 24 DHAKA: The Supreme Court has thrown out a plea to freeze the High Court’s verdict that declared as illegal and void Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration as a political party. A wider High Court bench on Aug 1 declared as cancelled Jamaat’s registration on grounds that its charter is […]
The trial of the birth of a nation
Source: The Economist BANGLADESH suffered a violent birth. In the last days of 1971 the country then called East Pakistan was engulfed by torture, rape, mass-killing and other acts of genocide. The main perpetrators were Pakistani troops bent on preventing secession from “West Pakistan”. But the army had the support […]
Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal Under Spotlight
Source: Global voices. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is an ongoing tribunal in Bangladesh that was set up to investigate and provide justice regarding the war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. It is claimed that up to three million people were […]
Philadelphia Church Official Sentenced to at Least 3 Years in Prison
Source : NY Times. PHILADELPHIA — Msgr. William J. Lynn, the first Roman Catholic official in the United States to be convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests under his supervision, was sentenced to three to six years in prison on Tuesday. “You knew full well what was right, […]
Dutch court orders block on file sharing site
Source: Reuters. Two Dutch internet service providers were ordered by the local court to block access to popular torrent sharing site, The Pirate Bay. The site posts torrents, which are links or sources of copies of unlicensed music, videos and software. The website’s users were violating copy right laws […]