Dhaka, Jan 10, 2008:  The Supreme Court Thursday allowed the Anticorruption Commission to file a regular appeal against a previous High Court order that ruled illegal a notice served on former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Amnesty International, Jan 7, 2008 : Amnesty International's Secretary General told a meeting of NGOs in Bangladesh that the organisation is in the country to push for reform that will have a lasting impact for human rights.

Dhaka, Jan 7, 2008: Law and Information Adviser Barrister Mainul Hosein Monday launched a veiled attack on politicians saying that it would be pointless to dream of returning to politics of plunder and anarchy that prevailed before January 11 2007, reports UNB.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, Jan 7 (BSS) : A special Bangladesh court here today framed charges against former prime minister Begum

A special court trying the high-profile corruption suspects Thursday ordered the arrest of two truant government-side witnesses who shied away from standing witness against Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to former PM Khaleda Zia, reports UNB.

A special court Tuesday held back hearing by two days of the graft case filed against Harris Chowdhury, political secretary to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, as the Anti-Corruption Commission prosecutors failed to produce the witnesses, reports UNB.