Courts & law

Salahuddin files disappearance charges against Hasina, six others with ICT

Shawdesh dEsk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed on Tuesday submitted allegations of abduction and enforced disappearance against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others with the

July uprising: ICT issues arrest warrant against Hasina, Asaduzzaman

The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday issued arrest warrants against ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, the then home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and the then inspector general

SC overturns HC verdict declaring Jamaat’s registration illegal

Shawdesh desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday overturned a 2013 High Court verdict that had declared the registration of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party illegal.

Formal charges against Hasina to be filed Sunday

Shawdesh Desk; Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Tazul Islam said that formal charges against ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be filed on Sunday. “We are

HC acquits Tarique, Zubaida in graft case

Shawdesh desk: The High Court on Wednesday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a corruption case, overturning a lower court verdict that

Jammat leader Azhar freed from jail following acquittal in war crimes case

Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who had been on death row for war crimes, was released from custody on Wednesday morning—just a day after the Appellate Division of the Supreme

Judicial Appointment Council Invites applications for additional HC judges

The Supreme Judicial Appointment Council on Wednesday called for applications from aspiring candidates seeking appointment as additional judges to the High Court Division. In a public notice issued by High

Supreme Court verdict on Jamaat leader Azharul’s appeal on Tuesday

Shawdesh Desk; The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on the appeal petition challenging the death penalty of Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam in a case