DHAKA, Aug 11: The chief justice of Bangladesh’s top court has said he agreed “in principle” to resign after an ultimatum from protesters, days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to neighbouring India.

BANGLADESH, July 21: What began as a protest against admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed this week into some of the worst unrest of Sheikh Hasina's tenure. Bangladesh’s top court on Sunday scaled back a contentious quota system for government job applicants, marking a partial victory for student protesters after days of nationwide unrest and deadly clashes with police, as per the report by the Hindustan Times.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 29: Pakistan’s top court on Tuesday upheld its acquittal of a Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy, clearing the last legal hurdle and freeing Aasia Bibi to leave the country in a move that dealt a blow to radical Islamists who had demanded her execution.