Courts & law

Arson attacks on buses: 3 Jubo Dal, Chhatra Dal men held in city

Shawdesh Desk: Detectives in a drive on Saturday arrested three people from Paltan area in the city in connection with the recent arson attacks on buses in different parts of

Arson attacks: Gayeshwar, more than 100 other BNP men get anticipatory bail

Shawdesh desk: The High Court on Wednesday granted anticipatory bail to more than one hundred BNP leaders and activists, including the party’s standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, in separate

Charge framing in graft case against Khaleda on January 12

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court on Tuesday set January 12 for holding hearing on charge framing against BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others in Barapukuria Coal Mine graft case.

Laundering Tk223 crore: ACC approves charge-sheet against Samrat

Shawdesh desk: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Sunday approved a charge-sheet against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, one of the “casino kingpins” in Dhaka, in a case filed

High Court summons Haji Salim’s graft case documents

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court (HC) has summoned documents of a graft case against ruling Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim in which he was sentenced to 13 years in

HC releases first time drug offender on probation

The High Court (HC) in a first of its kind order in the country, on Sunday released a first time drug offender, who was initially sentenced to five-year imprisonment, on

Rifat murder: High Court accepts Minni’s appeal for hearing

Shawdesh Desk: The High Court (HC) on Wednesday accepted the appeal of Ayesha Siddika Minni for hearing, who was sentenced to death in the Rifat Sharif murder case in Barguna.

Indictment hearing in GK Shamim’s money laundering case deferred to November 10

Shawdesh Desk: A Dhaka court has set November 10 for holding the hearing on charge framing in a money laundering case against eight people including contractor Golam Kibria Shamim alias