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S. M. Kuddus Zaman
S. M. Kuddus Zaman is a Justice of the High Court Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Zaman was born on 12 August 1960 in Bhabanipur, Rajbari District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. He graduated from Rajbari Government High School and Rajbari Government College in 1975 and 1978, respectively. He completed his bachelor's and master's in law from the University of Dhaka in 1982 and 1983, respectively. Career Zaman joined the judicial branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service on 22 February 1984 as a munsif. He was promoted to Senior Assistant Judge and Joint District Judge. From March to April 2006, Zaman visited the United States as part of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs to study the Plea bargaining in the United States, Plea bargain system. He was promoted to District Judge on 9 October 2006. He was the Registrar of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. In January, he sent a letter to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police requesting extra security after bombs wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Court Division, Supreme Court Of Bangladesh
The High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, হাইকোর্ট ডিভিশন) popularly known as the 'High Court' is one of the two divisions of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the other division being the Appellate Division. It consists of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh and the Judges of the High Court Division. The High Court Division exercises both original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters. The prime jurisdiction of it is the Writ Jurisdiction, pursuant to which it is empowered under article 102 of the Constitution of Bangladesh to issue writ of certiorari, mandamus, quo warranto, prohibition and habeas corpus. History Dhaka High Court (1947 - 1955) The High Court of judicature for East Bengal commonly known as the Dhaka High Court was established in 1947 under Pakistan (Provisional Constitutional) Order 1947 as a separate High Court with all Appellate, Civil and Original jurisdictions. East Pakistan High Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka District
Dhaka District ( bn, ঢাকা জেলা, Dhaka jela) is a district in central Bangladesh, and is the densest district in the nation. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and rests on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River which flows from the Turag to the southern part of the district. While Dhaka (city corporation) occupies only about a fifth of the area of Dhaka district, it is the economic, political and cultural centre of the district and the country as a whole. Dhaka District consists with Dhaka, Keraniganj , Nababganj, Dohar, Savar and Dhamrai upazila. Dhaka District is an administrative entity, and like many other cities it does not cover the modern conurbation which is Greater Dhaka, which has spilled into neighbouring districts, nor does the conurbation cover the whole district, as there are rural areas within the district. Geography Dhaka District shares borders with Gazipur and Tangail to the north, Munshiganj and Rajba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search Committee, 2022
Search Committee, 2022 is a committee set up by President Mohammad Abdul Hamid on 5 February 2022, to select qualified persons for the post of Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners of the 13th Bangladesh Election Commission. Obaidul Hassan is the chairman of this committee with 6 members. Although two such committees have been formed in Bangladesh before, this is the first committee formed by law. One week before the formation of this committee, the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Appointment Act, 2022 was passed. The ruling Awami League welcomed this committee. However, 15 political parties, including the main opposition party BNP and Islami Andolan Bangladesh Islami Andolan Bangladesh ( bn, ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ, lit=Islamic Movement of Bangladesh) is one of the biggest Islamist political party in Bangladesh. It was founded in 1987 by Fazlul Karim as Islami ..., refrain from bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zia Charitable Trust Corruption Case
The Zia Charitable Trust corruption case refers an ongoing corruption case in Bangladesh that relates to corruption over the misuse of funds in a charity named after former President Ziaur Rahman. Khaleda Zia, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh is one of the accused in the case. Background The trust was named after the husband of Khaleda Zia, former president, Ziaur Rahman. President Zia was assassinated in 1981. The former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has a "bitter" rivalry with the incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The Cases Bangladesh Anti Corruption Commission filed the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in Tejgaon Police Station on 8 August 2011. The case accused four people including former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. The other accused are Harris Chowdhury, former political secretary to Khaleda Zia, Ziaul Islam Munna, incumbent acting director of naval security and traffic in Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, and the personal assistant to former mayor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaleda Zia
Khaleda Zia (; born Khaleda Khanam Putul in 1945) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from March 1991 to March 1996, and again from June 2001 to October 2006. She was the first female prime minister of Bangladesh. She is the widow of former President of Bangladesh Ziaur Rahman. She is the current chairperson and leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) which was founded by Rahman in 1978. After a military coup in 1982, led by Army Chief General Hussain Muhammad Ershad, Zia helped lead the movement for democracy until the fall of Ershad in 1990. She became the prime minister following the BNP party win in the 1991 general election. She also served briefly in the short-lived government in 1996, when other parties had boycotted the first election. In the next round of general elections of 1996, the Awami League came to power. Her party came to power again in 2001. She has been elected to five separate parliamentary constituencies i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamnoon Rahman
Mamnoon Rahman (born 9 December 1965) is a Bangladeshi justice of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. He was appointed in 2004. Early life and education Rahman was born on 9 December 1965. He obtained his bachelors and masters in law from the University of Dhaka. Career Rahman became a lawyer of the Districts Court on 26 November 1989. On 29 May 1990, Rahman became a lawyer of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Rahman became a lawyer of the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on 25 October 2001. On 23 August 2004, Rahman was appointed an additional judge of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Rahman was made a permanent judge of the High Court Division on 23 August 2006. On 6 March 2008, Rahman and Justice Mirza Hussain Haider declared the detention of Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, by the police using the Special Powers Act to be illegal. Rahman is Judge in the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Amirul Islam
Syed Amirul Islam (1935/1936 – 7 September 2022) was a Bangladeshi lawyer who served as judge of the Bangladesh High Court. Career On 7 February 1994, Islam was appointed a judge on the Bangladesh High Court. In 2003, Justice M. A. Aziz M. A. Aziz (1921 - 11 January 1971) was an Awami League politician and the former Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from Kotwali- Double Mooring, Chittagong. He was also a good friend and an advisor of Sheikh Mujib. Early life Aziz was ... was promoted to the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, superseding Islam. This was the third time Islam had been superseded. The Supreme Court Bar Association expressed concerns over the fact that Islam was superseded. In 2003, Islam made a trip to Feni, Bangladesh. Under court rules, the Feni district and sessions judge, Md Firoz Alam, should have met Islam on arrival and assisted him with accommodations and other needs. However, Alam did not show up and, despite several contact attempts by Islam, ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feni District
Feni is a district located in southeastern Bangladesh. It was a part of the Greater Noakhali, Comilla, Chittagong and Tripura. , the district's estimated population stood at 1,437,371, making it the ninth-most populous district in Chittagong Division. The administrative hub of the district is in Feni City, which also serves as the headquarters of Feni Sadar Upazila in the central section of the district. The original name of the district was Shamshernagar, which served as a mahakuma under the district of Noakhali (greater part), Comilla (few part) and Chittagong District (at rest) until 6 December 1984. It is the 64th Number Districts of Bangladesh. The district consists of six sub-districts: Sonagazi, Fulgazi, Parshuram, Daganbhuiyan, Chhagalnaiya and Feni Sadar. History In the opinion of most historians, the area of this district is more ancient than the other areas of the greater Noakhali region. Many archaeological antiquities were found in this district which prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogra District
Bogra District, officially known as Bogura District, is a district in the northern part of Bangladesh, in the Rajshahi Division. Bogra is an industrial city where many small and mid-sized companies are sited. Bogra was a part of the ancient Pundravardhana territory and the ruins of its capital can be found in northern Bogra. History Ancient history In the ancient period, Bogra District was a part of the territory of the Pundras or ''Paundras'', which were known by the name of Pundravardhana, one of the kingdoms of Eastern India and was separated by the Karatoya River from the more easterly kingdom of Prag-Jyotisha or Kamrupa. The name Pundravardhana frequently occurs in the Mahabharata, Ramayana, and the Puranas. According to the Mahabharata and the Puranas, Vasudeva, a powerful prince of the Pundra family, ruled over Pundravardhana as far back as 1280 B.C. The claims of the district to antiquity, however, mostly rely on an association with the old, fortified town that is now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sramik League
The Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় শ্রমিক লীগ "Bangladesh National Worker's League") is a national trade union federation in Bangladesh. Nationally, it is affiliated with the National Coordination Committee for Workers' Education and internationally with the International Trade Union Confederation. K.M. Azam Khasru is general secretary of the union and Fazlul Haque Montu was its president until his death in 2020. History The Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik League was founded in 1969 by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, It is politically tied to the Awami League. The union was absolved in 1975 with BAKSAL due to an amendment to the constitution of Bangladesh. BJSL also had an armed wing Lal Bahini Lal Bahini (Red Guards), was the armed wing of Bangladesh Awami League's labor front Bangladesh Jatio Sramik League that was active during 1972 to 1975 until the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975. Lal B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obaidul Hassan
Obaidul Hassan is a judge on the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Hassan was born on 11 January 1959 in Mohanganj Upazila, Netrokona District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. Hassan's father was Akhlakul Hossain Ahmed, a member of East Pakistan Provincial Assembly, and his mother was Begum Hosne Ara Hossain. His brother, Sajjadul Hassan, is the chairperson of Bangladesh Biman. Hassan completed his undergraduate and graduate degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka. He completed his law degree from the University of Dhaka. Career In 1986, Hassan started working as a lawyers in the District Court and the High Court in 1988. Hassan started working as a advocate in the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2005. In 2009, he was appointed an additional judge of Bangladesh High Court and became a full judge in 2011. On 2 September 2020, Hassan was appointed to the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. In 2017, Justice Obaidul Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Farmers Bank Limited
Padma Bank Limited, formerly known as The Farmers Bank Limited, is a private commercial bank headquartered in Gulshan-1, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The bank was established in 2013. The fourth generation bank commenced its banking operation on June 3, 2013. By an order On 29 January 2019 Bangladesh Bank has changed the name of The Farmers Bank Limited to Padma Bank Limited after the bank failed to pay its liabilities due numerous bad loans and embezzlements. Chowdhury Nafeez Sarafat is the Chairperson of Padma Bank Limited. History The Farmers Bank Limited was established in 2013 and was granted a licence due to the political links of its founder Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir. In January 2016, Bangladesh Bank appointed an observer to The Farmers Bank Limited who had found evidence of irregularities with the distribution of 4 billion taka loans. Farmers Bank used its security deposit money with Bangladesh Bank to payback interbank short-term loans to four banks for a total of 7 billion tak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
