Ashutosh Sarkar

Five state law officers, including Additional Attorney General Abdul Jabbar Bhuiyan, resigned yesterday, citing “professional and personal reasons” amid unrest over recent appointments and cancellation of recruitments at the attorney general’s (AG) office.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is again facing a shortage of judges after three, including a chief justice, retired over the past seven months upon reaching the constitutional retirement age of 67.

Many of the appellants say they were unaware

The wait for justice is likely to grow longer in the case of the Holey Artisan militant attack that claimed the lives of 22 people, including 17 foreign nationals, nine years ago.

More than three years have passed since the death of Naogaon’s Sultana Jasmine in Rapid Action Battalion custody, but no criminal case has been filed yet.

Full verdict says the earlier judgement failed to properly consider evidentiary deficiencies

Even after around one and half years since a High Court directive, the taskforce formed by the government has yet to come up with any breakthrough in its investigation into the killings of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi.

14 judges resign amid pressure, probe; 3 dismissed upon judicial council recommendation