President signs ordinance to provide death penalty for rapists
Shawdesh dEsk: President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday signed an ordinance to pave way for providing death penalty for those convicted of raping. The new law comes into force today. The ReadMore
Ordinance making rape punishable with death tomorrow: Law Minister
Shawdesh Desk: The government will issue an ordinance based on amended Prevention of Women and Children Repression Act making rape punishable with death tomorrow (Tuesday), said Law Minister Anisul Huq. ReadMore
Two additional Attorney Generals resign
Shawdesh desk: Two additional Attorney Generals (AG) have resigned from their posts showing personal causes. The two AG’s are Murad Reza and Md Momtaz Uddin Fakir. Both of them submitted ReadMore
New law to ensure rapist’s death penalty: Minister
Shawdesh Desk: Law Minister Anisul Huq has said law is being formulated keeping death sentence as the highest punishment for rapists. He came up with the observation while talking to ReadMore
Minni appeals seeking acquittal from death penalty
Shawdesh desk: Ayesha Siddika Minni, who was sentenced to death in the Rifat Sharif murder case, has appealed to the High Court seeking her acquittal. “The appeal was filed around ReadMore
HC requires probe report on Noakhali molestation within 15 days
Shawdesh desk: The High Court has directed the authorities concerned to form a committee to probe into sexual harassment and humiliation of a woman in Noakhali. The court asked for ReadMore
3 new PWs testify in graft case against former CJ Sinha, 10 others
Shawdesh dEsk: Three more prosecution witnesses (PWs) on Sunday testified in a case against 11 people including former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha for allegedly embezzling Taka four crore from ReadMore
Rifat Sharif murder: Death reference reaches HC
Shawdesh desk: The documents in the sensational Rifat Sharif murder case reached the High Court on Sunday as a death reference to examine the trial court verdict that sentenced six ReadMore
