Published: 01:00 AM, 08 April 2026
Former Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury lands in jail
A Dhaka court on Tuesday sent former Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, who was arrested from capital's Dhanmondi area early Tuesday by the Detective Branch (DB), to jail in an attempt to murder case during the July Uprising.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana passed the order when DB inspector Mohsin Uddin produced her before the court with a two-day remand prayer.
The court rejected the petition submitted by her lawyer seeking her bail.
Earlier, Shirin Sharmin was produced before the court around 2 pm amid tight security.
According to the case statement, Ashraful alias Fahim suffered bullet injuries in his left eye in front of Azimpur Bus Stand on July 18, 2024 and later, he filed a case naming 25 people including Shirin Sharmin and 120 unnamed people.
She resigned on September 2, 2024, 27 days after the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government.
Following the fall of the Awami League government in Bangladesh on 5 August 2024, multiple cases have been filed against party leaders across the country including Bangladesh Parliament's former Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury.
According to the official website of the Bangladesh Parliament, Shirin served as Speaker from 30 April 2013, until her resignation on 2 September 2024.
On August 27, a case was filed against Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in connection with the death of a jeweler, Muslim Uddin, in Rangpur during the July Uprising in 2024.
Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury enrolled at University of Dhaka and earned her LLB and LLM degrees in 1989 and 1990 respectively. She received a Commonwealth scholarship to study at the University of Essex in England. In 2000, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury earned her PhD degree in constitutional law and human rights.
In Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury's role as the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association or CPA chairperson between 2014 and 2017, she both attended and presided over a number of landmark events. On 9 March 2015, she addressed an audience including Queen Elizabeth II, members of the royal family and British and Commonwealth dignitaries at an Observance for Commonwealth Day at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. She also opened the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Africa Region Conference held in Nairobi, Africa between 10 and 13 August 2015.
