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MNA National Desk: Noted photographer Shahidul Alam was freed from jail on bail on Tuesday night. He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail at Keraniganj around 8:25pm after his bail paper reached the prison, said jailer Mahbub Islam On November 15, the High Court granted bail to Shahidul Alam in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act for spreading ‘propaganda’ through his Facebook account during the student movement demanding safe roads. Earlier on October 7, the High Court issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain within seven days as to why Shahidul Alam, also ...

MNA National Desk: A Chittagong court sent BNP leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury to jail after rejecting his bail petition in a case filed under ICT Act. Metropolitan Session Judge Akbar Hossain Mridha passed the order on Sunday (October 21), reported news agency. Earlier, the High Court granted anticipatory bail to Amir Khosru in the case. The case was filed under sections 57 (2) of ICT Act and 15 (3) of Special Power Act with Chittagong Kotwali Police Station on August 4. Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Chattogram city unit Acting General Secretary Jakaria Dastagir filed the case on charges of ...

MNA National Desk: Narayanganj school teacher Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, who was publicly humiliated last year, has been sent to jail on charges of bribery. On Wednesday morning, a Narayanganj court issued an arrest warrant for him after taking into account the charges brought against him by a colleague. Plaintiff Morsheda Begum accused Shyamal of taking Tk 135,000 as bribe promising to include her as an employee in the government’s monthly payment order or MPO scheme. Hours after the order was out, Shyamal surrendered to the court and pleaded for bail. The court sent him to jail, rejecting his plea. Advocate ...

MNA National Desk: The two-century old Dhaka Central Jail that has borne witness to much of the country’s brutal history has opened to the public as a museum. The last inmates of the 228-year-old prison in the capital’s old Mughal quarters were relocated in July this year, and the gates of the 35-acre facility opened, allowing people to explore the jail for a 100 taka (US$1.25) ticket rather than being arrested first. Over the last two centuries, the jail – the biggest in Bangladesh until it closed – has been a central stage for much of the country’s history. Scores ...

MNA Culture & Entertainment Report: The Bengali people going to witness the painful life of Bangabandhus’ imprisonment during liberation war in Pakistan jail through a movie titled ‘Shada Paira’. At the time of liberation war Sheikh Mujibur, the father of nation, was jailed for 10 months in Pakistan. How was the life of Bangabandhu at that time? Film director Shimul Sarker has taken the initiative to bring up the answer on screen. Suleman Sumon writes the story of the movie. Director hoped that the shooting of film will begin soon. He plans to release the movie on March 6 in ...