Courts & law

SC jails Dinajpur BNP leader for contempt of court

Shawdesh Desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday jailed the mayor of Dinajpur municipality Syed Jahangir Alam for one month and fined him Tk 1 lakh for the

HC grants bail to Odhikar’s Adilur, Elan

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Tuesday granted interim bails to human rights defender and rights organisation Odhikar secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and his colleague ASM Nasiruddin Elan. The court

PK Halder gets 22-year jail for amassing illegal wealth, money laundering

Shawdesh Desk: Dhaka special judge’s court-10 on Sunday sentenced former director of International Leasing and Finance Service Ltd Proshanta Kumar Halder, also known as PK Halder, to 22 years imprisonment

ACC grills Professor Yunus in money laundering case

Shawdesh Desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission interrogated Nobel laureate and Grameen Telecom chairman professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday in connection with a case filed over embezzlement and laundering Tk 25.22 crore from

Only president’s clemency left for Khaleda to go abroad: Law Minister

Shawdesh Desk: Law minister Anisul Huq said on Wednesday that only president’s clemency was left for Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia to fly abraod for advanced medical treatment.

Khaleda may appeal to court to go abroad for treatment: Law Ministry

Shawdesh desk: The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has given its opinion on BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s treatment abroad, suggesting that after returning to jail, she may

Law ministry rejects application for sending Khaleda abroad for treatment

Shawdesh desk: The Law Ministry has rejected an application seeking permission for sending Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad for treatment. The Law Ministry gave this opinion upon receiving

Report in graft case against ex-CJ Sinha on November 19

Shawdesh desk: The Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court on Monday set November 19 for submitting probe report in a case against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha filed for amassing