Law & Court

Shammo murder: 3 suspects placed on 6-day remand

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court has granted police six days to grill three suspects in the murder of Dhaka University Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader Shahriar Alam Shammo in custody. Dhaka

Ex-MP Momtaz sent to jail after remand

Staff Correspondent: A court on Saturday ordered to send former lawmaker from Manikganj and singer Momtaz Begum to jail after ending her four-day remand in a murder case. Metropolitan Magistrate

One sentenced to death, 3 acquitted in Asiya rape-murder case

Staff Correspondent: A Magura court on Saturday sentenced a man to death and acquitted three people in the much-talked-about verdict in the sensational rape and murder case of eight-year-old Asiya.

Court freezes 13 bank accounts of Tarique Siddique, family members

Staff Correspondent: A court here on Wednesday ordered to freeze 13 bank accounts of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s defence and security adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique, his wife Shaheen Siddique

Anisul, 6 others shown arrested in more cases

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Wednesday showed former ministers Anisul Huq, Amir Hossain Amu, Hasanul Haque Inu, Rashed Khan Menon, and three others arrested in seven separate cases over

Zubaida Rahman granted bail in graft case

Staff Correspondent: The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, in a graft case. The bail will remain in force