Courts & law

Sagar-Runi murder: Report submission deferred for 84th time

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Sunday asked the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to submit by January 24 the probe report in the murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar

Graft case against ex-CJ Sinha: HC asks 2 acquitted persons to surrender

Shawdesh Desk; The High Court on Wednesday asked two people acquitted by a lower court in a case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and 10 others over

Case against cricketer Nasir, wife: Hearing on charge framing deferred to Jan 24

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Monday fixed January 24 for hearing on framing charges against three people including Bangladesh national team cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima in

Supreme Court goes into vacation Sunday

Shawdesh Desk: The Supreme Court (SC) is going into a 12-day long vacation from Sunday to December 30, leaving 11 benches of the High Court to deal with the urgent

IMF raises Bangladesh’s economic growth forecast for FY22

Shawdesh Desk: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has scaled up its projection for Bangladesh’s GDP growth to 6.6 percent in 2022, from its previous forecast of 6.5 percent in October.

Gang-rape in Noakhali: 13 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

Shawdesh Desk: A Noakhali court has sentenced 13 people to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over gang-rape and torture of a woman in Begumganj upazila of the

Saudi projects budget surplus after years of deficits

Shawdesh Desk: Saudi Arabia approved its 2022 budget on Sunday, projecting a surplus for the first time since oil prices collapsed in 2014. King Salman said the improved fiscal situation for

SC decision on custody of Japanese children Dec 15

Shawdesh Desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today set December 15 to pass its order, selecting the custodian of two daughters of Bangladesh-born US citizen Imran Sharif and Japanese