The High Court will deliver its verdict on April 20 on two separate writ petitions filed regarding the land acquisition for the proposed Chandpur Science and Technology University (CSTU)
The High Court today directed the government to shut down the operations of all the illegal brick kilns and demolish their structures in Dhaka and four other surrounding districts Gazipur, Manikganj, Narayanganj and Munshiganj in 15 days to prevent environment pollution.
The High Court yesterday blasted the government for not taking sufficient measures to control the air pollution in Dhaka and its surrounding areas even after repeated directives.
A total of 318 illegal brick kilns are still running and polluting the environment in Dhaka and four other surrounding districts Gazipur, Manikganj, Narayanganj and Munshiganj even after 95 were shut down through mobile courts recently.
2002 attack on Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade: 7 convicts get HC bail Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
The High Court today granted bail to seven convicts in a case filed over the attack on motorcade of the then opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002.
The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir Lytton granted the bail following separate petitions filed by the seven convicts.
The convicts are lawyers Abdus Sattar and Abdus Samad, Golam Rasul, Rakib, Zahirul, Shahabuddin and Monirul Islam, defence lawyer AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon told The Daily Star.