Courts & law

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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