Law Minister Anisul Huq urges the lawyers not to appear before any court on behalf of the militants in any case filed against them.

Law Minister Anisul Huq asks the deputy commissioners to inform the monitoring cell under the ministry if the prosecutions do not properly assist courts during trial of militants.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says that he will not withdraw his statement about a lower court judge being influenced in acquitting BNP leader Tarique Rahman in a money laundering case.

The number of total pending cases lying with the High Court Division till March 31, 2016 were 3,99,303, says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

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.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says modifications will be made to Section 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), if needed, as per the directives of the Supreme Court.

The 1974 tripartite agreement is no longer valid as Pakistan violated the accord by not taking their stranded citizens back from Bangladesh, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

The government yesterday filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the High Court verdict that scrapped the 16th constitutional amendment empowering parliament to impeach its judges for misconduct or incapacity.

Law Minister Anisul Huq leaves an award giving ceremony in Dhaka after finding that it is sponsored by a coaching centre.

Three ministers and a number of treasury and opposition bench MPs criticise a High Court verdict that scrapped the 16th amendment to the constitution empowering the House to impeach Supreme Court judges for incapacity or misconduct.

Senior journalist Shafik Rehman has been arrested on specific allegation, ministers for law and information say. “The matter is now under investigation. If he is found innocent in the investigation, he will be released,” Law Minister Anisul Huq says.

The government will hold the trial in Tonu killing case according to the country’s existing law, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a cabinet meeting today.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has urged all not to make any statement regarding any sub-judice matter.

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

Hours after a Narayanganj court had issued an arrest warrant against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said it would be summons, not arrest warrant.

The chief prosecutor’s office of the war crimes tribunal requests the law ministry to take “action” against prosecutor Mohammad Ali for “breaching code of conduct”.

Smart national identity cards will be distributed among citizens very soon as preparation for their distribution is almost completed, Law Minister Anisul Huq told parliament today.

The government plans to formulate a law to punish the errant people for undermining the country’s Liberation War.

Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee has urged today Law Minister Annisul Huq to enact Liberation War Denial Crimes Act so that no one can ask question on the settled issues about the country’s Liberation War.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says government will take initiative to pass a bill on fresh contempt of court law in the parliament soon.