Dhaka, April 22 -- The High Court has granted a taskforce six more months to complete the investigation into the 2012 double murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.

The bench of Justice Fatema Najib and Justice Sikder Mahmudur Razi issued the order on Tuesday following a hearing where the state sought more time to complete the long-stalled investigation.

Additional Attorney General Arshadur Rouf represented the state and sought another nine months to complete the probe.

"The investigation has made progress. More time is needed. The office of the Detective Branch (DB) was set on fire on Aug 5. Many records were burnt then," he told the court.

The state, however, did not present a progress report to the court on Tues...