Courts & law

Four awarded death for rape, murder in Manikganj

Shawdesh Desk: A Manikganj court on Tuesday awarded death sentence to four convicted for raping and murdering a school girl in 2008. Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Mohammad

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5 JMB militants jailed over series of blasts in 2005

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday awarded 12 years jail to five members of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Majahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in connection with a blast in Dhaka’s Khilkhet

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3 to die for killing woman, son in Rajshahi

Shawdesh Desk: A tribunal on Wednesday sentenced three people to death for killing a woman and her son of Bagmara upazila in Rajshahi. Four others were given life imprisonment for

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HC orders to formulate rules to assess disable students’ answer sheets

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court has directed the authorities concerned to formulate rules within three months to assess the answer scripts of students with disabilities in public examinations. Education and

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2 drug dealers get life in Narayanganj

Shawdesh Desk: A Narayanganj court awarded life imprisonment to two drug dealers who were detained by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Fatullah of Narayanganj on November 29 of 2009. Judge

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Ayesha freed on bail after 47 days

Shawdesh Desk: The Barguna jail authorities on Tuesday afternoon freed Ayesha Siddiqua Minni on bail after 47 days in jail. College student Ayesha, 19, has been detained in Barguna district

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Finally, HC grants bail to Minni

Shawdesh Desk: High Court granted bail to Ayesha Siddiqa Minni in a case filed over the murder of her husband Rifat Sharif. In response to a rule, an HC bench

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HC orders displaying Sheikh Mujib’s portrait at courtrooms

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to display and preserve the portrait of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at all courtrooms across the

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