SC confirms death for SQ Chy
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld a war tribunal’s death sentence to BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha delivered the verdict on Wednesday morning.
Defence to file review petition
War criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury will file a petition, challenging the Appellate Division verdict that upheld the death penalty to the BNP leader. Salauddin Quader's lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain made the statement while expressing his reaction over the verdict on Wednesday morning.
Moncho demands immediate execution of verdict
Gonojagoron Moncho has demanded the immediate execution of the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the death penalty to war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury. Moncho spokesperson Imran H Sarkar made the demand immediately after the verdict was pronounced by the four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Justice SK Sinha on Wednesday morning.
SC seeks information about Imran H Sarkar
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has asked the attorney general to collect detail information about Gonojagoron Moncho spokesperson Imran H Sarkar. In a press conference, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said the apex court asked him to submit the information about Imran before it.
Contempt rule against Janakantha
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has issued a rule against Daily Janakantha for publishing an article raising question on the judges role in war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury's trial. A four-member bench headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha issued the suo-moto rule on Wednesday morning, after delivering verdict on Salauddin Quader's appeal against his death penalty handed down by a war tribunal.
Fire at Egypt furniture factory kills 25
A fire at a furniture factory outside Cairo killed 25 people on Tuesday, the spokesman for Egypt's health ministry said. Another 22 people were injured by the fire in El Obour, an industrial city about 35 kilometers (22 miles) northeast of Cairo, Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said.
Over 2,000 migrants tried to enter Channel Tunnel
More than 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel in an attempt to reach Britain from France, French authorities said on Tuesday. Six migrants were injured in what was the biggest incursion effort in the last few weeks at the tunnel entrance near Calais, on the night between Monday and Tuesday, a local official said.
