Law & Court

GK Shamim sentenced to 5.5 years in jail

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced expelled Jubo League leader SM Golam Kibria Shamim, known as GK Shamim, to five years and six months in jail for amassing

S Alam Group owner Saiful, wife sued over acquiring Tk 1,539cr illegally

Staff Correspondent: Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed two separate cases against S Alam Group owner Mohammed Saiful Alam and his wife Farzana Parveen for illegally acquiring assets worth Tk 1,539.85

Qamrul, Palak, 2 others shown arrested in new cases

Staff Correspondent: Former food minister Qamrul Islam, ex-state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder and former Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation

Court freezes bank accounts of Chumki, confiscates flat

Staff Correspondent: A court here on Sunday ordered to freeze five bank accounts of former state minister for women and children affairs Meher Afroz Chumki and confiscate her 3,115 square

HC to hear Chinmoy’s bail petition after Eid vacation

Staff Correspondent: The High Court (HC) will hold hearing on a rule regarding the bail of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote and former ISKCON

Court freezes 7 bank accounts of ex-MP Habibur

Staff Correspondent: A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered to freeze seven bank accounts with Taka 94 lakh of former Bogura-5 lawmaker Md Habibur Rahman over graft allegations. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior