There will be jail term of three or six months if fine not paid, the law minister said

Law Minister Anisul Huq today (October 27, 2022) said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not be sent to jail before the next parliamentary election though she has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonments in two corruption cases.

Law Minister Anisul Huq said that the digital security act was misused and abused in certain cases in 2019.

Law Minister Anisul Huq warns of taking legal action against those who created chaos in the courtroom of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was enjoying more benefits in jail than those mentioned in the Jail Code.

The government is not reluctant to amend the proposed Digital Security Act and rid it of any vagueness, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday.

As the issues regarding the appointment of the chief justice have been settled, the government will now take steps for appointing some new judges to both the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday assured acting chief justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah of the government's full cooperation.

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday alleged that Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was forced to take a month's

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the government is planning to form a commission to identify the people who were behind the killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members on August 15, 1975.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday urged everyone to be careful while making comments over constitutional posts like that of the president, the prime minister and the chief justice.

The government is trying to bring all the six fugitive convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back to the country through diplomatic channels for executing their conviction and sentence, says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

Law Minister Anisul Huq is to brief media on August 10 to give formal reaction to the Supreme Court verdict that scrapped the 16th amendment of the constitution.

After receiving the full text of the Supreme Court verdict, the government will take steps for amending the Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) of 1898 under which police arrest a person on suspicion.

Drawing reference to the public humiliation of a school headmaster in presence of an influential lawmaker, Law Minister Anisul Huq says such an action is “a punishable offence and won't be tolerated.”

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the government has taken all necessary steps to ensure quick trials of all the incidents of blogger killings.

Law Minister Anisul Huq was given the charge of the defence ministry-related business in parliamentary affairs.

Food Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq, who have been convicted of contempt of court, have neither violated the constitution nor broken their oath of office by making comments on the chief justice, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday.

Bangladesh has launched hectic efforts at home and abroad for the withdrawal of UK's ban on all direct cargo flights from Dhaka to London.

Law Minister Anisul Huq terms the trend of filing false cases to cause harassment as “evil culture”.