Courts & law

SC rejects Japanese woman’s plea to go abroad with her kids

Shawdesh Desk: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Japanese woman’s plea to go abroad with her two children. A six-member full bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief

Jamaat leader, 2 other Naogaon war criminals get death

Shawdesh Desk: A special tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday handed death penalty to three Naogaon men, including former leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Rezaul Karim Montu, for committing crimes against humanity during

AL-backed lawyers win bar council polls

Shawdesh Desk: The ruling Awami League-backed lawyers’ panel Sammilito Ainjibi Samannoy Parishad swept the election to the Bangladesh Bar Council, official election results said. Attorney General AM Amin Uddin, chairman

Report in case against SK Sinha over owning home in the US Aug 3

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court set August 3 for submitting a probe report in a case filed against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar (SK) Sinha and his brother Ananta Kumar Sinha

Indictment hearing in Khaleda Zia’s Niko graft case July 5

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka court fixed July 5 to hold hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. Judge Sheikh Hafizur Rahman passed the order

Court issues order to send Haji Salim to jail

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday issued an order to send Awami League MP Haji Selim to jail in a corruption case as he surrendered before the court and

Graft case: HC scraps Samrat’s bail, asks him to surrender before trial court within seven days

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court has scrapped the bail which was granted by the trial court to expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case. A

PK Halder to stay in federal agency’s custody for 10 more days

Shawdesh Desk: A special court in Kolkata on Tuesday extended the federal economic intelligence agency’s custody of Bangladeshi businessman PK Halder by another 10 days. Though the Enforcement Directorate sought