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.

DSA is being used to target voices of dissent

BNP activists are utterly upset as the long-cherished Padma Bridge project has been completed, Law Minister Anisul Huq said this morning.

Two lawyers will be included in the prosecution team for conducting a case filed over Buet student Abrar Fahad murder as per his family’s wish, law Minister Anisul Huq says.

Expressing concern over the increase of criminal tendency among educated people, Law Minister Anisul Huq says literate persons are getting more involved in country’s corruption.

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq says killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had thought they would be able to destroy Bangladesh and foil its freedom only through his killing.

Bangladesh strives to fulfil its commitment to complying with the convention against torture, said Law Minister Anisul Haq yesterday. The minister, who presented the country’s maiden periodic report to the Committee against Torture (CAT) in Geneva on Tuesday, sai

Law Minister Anisul Huq leaves Dhaka to attend the review meeting of the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) to be held at Geneva, capital of Switzerland, on July 30 and 31.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the government will enquire into the incidents of mob beating and will bring the people responsible for the incidents to trial.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has urged all concerned to be careful and sincere so that the people involved in the incidents of torture and rape of women and children cannot get bail from the High Court.

Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Anisul Huq remarks that the BNP kept courts in their pockets and turned justice into farce during their tenure.

Law Minister Anisul Huq urges the deputy attorney generals (DAGs) who were appointed before 2017 to resign from their office for the sake of new appointment of DAGs.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the repression of women is a big hurdle to achieve the expected development of the country.

The government will provide assistance to the attorney general’s office and the prosecution for quick disposal of the cases filed in connection with illegal constructions of buildings in Dhaka, Law Minister Anisul Haq says.

Observing that corruption hurts the spirit and dream of the liberation war and damages the country’s development, Law Minister Anisul Huq suggests for taking integrated initiatives including making people more conscious about the right to information (RTI) law and its full implementation for prevention of corruption.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday told parliament that the government will settle the issue of trying Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party for its involvement in crimes against humanity, through a legal process.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the judiciary was not always independent as the provisions on independence of the judiciary in the constitution were amended several times in the past and used for personal and political gains.

Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said investigations will be conducted to find out whether any of the cases recently filed against the BNP leaders and activists are false or fictitious.

Awami League wants participation of all political parties in the upcoming parliamentary elections, said Law Minister Anisul Huq.

Claiming that former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has no allegiance towards the country, Law Minister Anisul Huq says he will be brought back home through a legal process.