Courts & law

President appoints 11 new additional judges

Shawdesh Desk: President Md Abdul Hamid has appointed eleven new additional judges in the High Court division of the Supreme Court for the next two years, effective from oath taking

6 sentenced to death for war crimes in Khulna

Shawdesh Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal-1 has sentenced six people to death for committing crimes against humanity in Khulna during the Liberation War in 1971. Justice Md Shahinur Islam, chairman

Ex-OC Pradeep, his wife gets different jail terms in corruption case

Shawdesh Desk: A divisional special judge’s court in Chattogram on Wednesday sentenced Teknaf police station’s former officer-in-charge and condemned murderer Pradeep Kumar Das to 20-year imprisonment and his wife Chumki

Judgment against 6 Khulna war crimes accused on July 28

Shawdesh Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today set July 28 for pronouncing judgment in a case of crimes against humanity against six alleged Razakars from Batiaghata in Khulna. Justice

HC keen to know about action taken against Teknaf UNO

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Sunday asked the government to inform it about what action was taken against Teknaf upazila nirbahi officer Mohammad Kaiser Khasro for hurling abusive language

Fake Covid-19 certificates: Sabrina, 7 others sentenced to 11 years in jail

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court has sentenced JKG Health Care Chairman Dr Sabrina Arif Chowdhury and seven others to 11 years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case filed on charges of

No more caretaker government in Bangladesh: Law Minister

Shawdesh desk: Law Minister Anisul Huq on Saturday said that as the highest court of the country has declared caretaker government system illegal, there won’t be any such government in

‘Instigating suicide’ of businessman: Two put on 2-day remand

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed two top officials of Amin Manufacturing Company on a two-day remand each over ‘instigating the suicide’ of businessman Gazi Anis who set