Courts & law

SC goes into 17-day vacation Sunday

Shawdesh Desk: The Supreme Court (SC) is going into a 17-day long vacation from tomorrow to July 19, leaving nine benches of the High Court to deal with the urgent

One to die, 3 get jail unto death for war crimes in Habiganj

Shawdesh Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) handed down death sentence to a man and imprisonment unto death to three others for committing crimes against humanity during the country’s liberation

Set up commission to identify plotters against Padma Bridge project, HC tells govt

Shawdesh desk: The High Court on Tuesday ordered the appointment of a commission of inquiry to identify the “conspirators” who spun fake stories of corruption in the Padma Bridge Project.

12 SC judges contract Covid-19

Shawdesh Desk: Twelve judges of the Appellate Division and the High Court Division of Supreme Court have been infected with Covid-19. Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique disclosed the information when

Graft case against Tarique, Zubaida: HC asks trial court to dispose of case soon

Shawdesh desk: The High court on Sunday ordered the judicial court to dispose of as soon as possible the case against BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr

6 JMB members sentenced to death for killing freedom fighter in Kurigram

Shawdesh Desk: A Kurigram court on Thursday sentenced six members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death in a case filed over the murder of a freedom fighter.

2 death-row convicts acquitted of Rajshahi double murder case

Shawdesh Desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court acquitted two death row accused Ismail and Sonadi of double murder case. A three-member Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Hasan

Graft case probe report against Sinha on Aug 30

Shawdesh desk: A Dhaka court on Thursday set August 30 for submitting the probe report in a graft case filed against former Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha for allegedly