Courts & law

Contempt of court petition against Japanese children’s Bangladeshi father

Shawdesh desk: Japanese citizen Nakano Eriko has filed a contempt of court petition against her two children’s father and Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif. The petition was filed with the

Money embezzlement case: Destiny President Harun gets 4 years in jail, MD Rafiqul 12 years

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court has sentenced Destiny Group President Harun-Ur-Rashid to 4 years and Managing Director Rafiqul Amin to 12 years of imprisonment, for allegedly embezzling Taka 1,861 crore

ACC appeals against Haji Selim’s acquittal in wealth statement case

Shawdesh desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed an appeal against a High Court judgement that acquitted Haji Md Selim from a three-year sentence in a case against him for concealing

Graft case: ‘Casino’ brothers, 9 others sentenced to 7 years in jail

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court has sentenced 11 people, including expelled Awami League leaders Enamul Haque Enu and his brother Rupon Bhuiyan, to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case filed

9th anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy: Unending wait for justice

Shawdesh Desk: Although nine years have elapsed since the Rana Plaza collapse, there is no major breakthrough in the trial proceedings of two cases filed over the country’s deadliest industrial

3 cases filed over clash in New Market areas; 1,200 persons made accused

Shawdesh Desk; A total of three cases have been filed over the clash between traders and Dhaka College students in the New Market area. Md Nadim Hossain, father of deceased

4 JMB men sentenced to death in Humayun Azad murder case

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court has sentenced four members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) to death in the much-talked-about case filed over the killing of Dhaka University

SC dismisses Dr Zubaida’s plea, graft case to continue

Shawdesh desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday cleared the way for the continuation of the trial proceedings of a corruption case against Dr Zubaida Rahman,