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Published : 08 Dec 2025, 01:29 PM
Fazlur Rahman, an advisor to the BNP chairperson and senior lawyer of the Supreme Court, has apologised unconditionally for an “insulting comment” on Sheikh Hasina's verdict by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).
The show cause notice issued over contempt of court through a warning was settled on Monday by a Tribunal-1 bench led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder.
On Nov 30, the tribunal ordered Fazlur to appear in person before the court with his academic certificate and bar council certificate and explain the contempt of court charges. Accordingly, Fazlur appeared in the tribunal on Monday and apologised unconditionally.
The prosecution had filed a contempt of court charge against Fazlur on Nov 26.
On Nov 23, Fazlur spoke about the verdict against Sheikh Hasina in a crimes against humanity case on a talk show on a private television channel. Some parts of his statement, brought to the tribunal on a pen drive, were then played for the court.
Prosecutor Md Mizanul Islam had previously told the tribunal that Fazlur had questioned the legitimacy of the ICT during a talk show on a private television channel, claiming he did not accept its verdicts and alleging that the prosecution was acting “in collusion with a third party”.
The prosecutor contended that such comments amounted to contempt of court.
He noted that if found guilty, Fazlur could face up to a year in prison, a fine of Tk 5,000, or both.
BNP Chairperson's Advisory Council member Fazlur Rahman left Awami League to join BNP around 2007 and served as Kishoreganj district BNP president for about eight years.
Fazlur, an advocate of the Supreme Court, was suspended from all party positions for three months on Aug 26 over what the BNP called “controversial” remarks about the July Uprising.
However, in the list of nominations announced by the BNP on Nov 3, Fazlur was named the party’s candidate for the Kishoreganj-4 (Itna, Mithamoin and Ashtagram) parliamentary seat.
He has run twice for the seat, competing as a rival of former president Md Abdul Hamid.
