Courts & law

SCBA election: Khasru elected president, Kajal general secretary

Shawdesh Desk: Former law minister Abdul Matin Khasru has been elected as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). Barrister Ruhul Kuddus Kajal, contesting from the BNP-backed blue

ACC facilitates PK Halder to flee: HC

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court on Thursday said that the Anti-Corruption Commission facilitated the former NBR Global Bank managing director Prashanta Kumar Halder to flee abroad on October 23, 2019,

Cartoonist Kishore files complaint “over torture in custody”

Shawdesh Desk: Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore on Wednesday filed a complaint with a Dhaka court over alleged torture on him in custody after his arrest under the Digital Security Act

High Court upholds 10-yr jail sentence of Haji Salim

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court (HC) has upheld a trial court verdict that sentenced Awami League leader and Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim to 10 year’s jail and fined him

Law Ministry recommends suspending Khaleda’s jail term by more 6 months

Shawdesh Desk: Ministry of Law has recommended an extension of BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s suspended prison sentence to six months. Confirming the news, public relations officer of the law

Shomi Kaiser acquitted in defamation case

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court has acquitted Actress Shomi Kaiser in a defamation case. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Satyabrata Sikder issued an order relieving Shomi Kaiser of the charges on Friday

HC grants bail to cartoonist Kishore in DSA case

Shawdesh Desk; Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore has secured bail for six months in a case lodged against him under Digital Security Act (DSA). The High Court bench of Justice M

Indictment hearing in Khaleda’s Niko graft case on March 18

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court set March 18 to hold a hearing on charge framing in Niko graft case against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others. Judge Sheikh Hafizur