Courts & law

Ex-justice Golam Rabbani seriously ill, family seeks collective prayers for his recovery

Shawdesh Desk: Former Justice Golam Rabbani, a veteran jurist of the country, is seriously ill due to old age. The 85-year-old former judge is undergoing treatment at his residence in

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Mitu murder case: Record statements of Babul’s children, says HC

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Wednesday ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to record the statements of the two children of former Chattogram Police superintendent Babul Akter in

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Indictment order in graft case against DGHS ex-DG, 5 others June 12

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court set June 12 for passing order on charge framing in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against former director general (DG) of Directorate

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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