8,294 cases recommended for withdrawal
The central committee, formed by the home ministry to withdraw political harassment cases, has recommended the withdrawal of 724 more cases, bringing the total number to 8,294...
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32,000 cases pending聽with AD
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has constituted two more benches in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in an effort to ease the growing backlog of pending cases.
Meghna Alam shown arrested in fraud case
Model and chairperson of Miss Bangladesh Foundation Meghna Alam on Thursday was shown arrested in a fraud case filed with Dhanmondi police station...
Ex-DGHS driver Malek, wife jailed in graft case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Abdul Malek, formerly a driver of the Directorate General of Health Services, to five-year imprisonment and his wife Nargis Begum to three-year in jail for amassing illegal wealth...
Court orders police to show 鈥楥hhoto Sajjad鈥� arrested
A Chattogram court on Sunday asked the police to officially show listed crime suspect Sajjad Hossain, also known as Chhoto Sajjad, arrested in a double murder case involving a car chase in the city...
Evaly Chairman, MD jailed for three years in fraud case
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced e-commerce platform Evaly鈥檚 chair person Shamima Nasrin and her husband and company managing director Mohammad Rassel to three years鈥� jail in a fraud case...
JULY-AUGUST UPRISING: Hasina, 8 journalists among 165 sued for attack on protesters
A case has been filed against 165 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and eight journalists, in connection with their alleged involvement in the mass killing of protesters in the July-August uprising.
Sedition case filed against Hasina, 73 others
A sedition case was filed against deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and 73 others on Thursday on allegations of plotting a civil war.
Trial for rape, withdrawal of case against students sought
Speakers, including academics, rights activists, labour leaders and cultural activists on Saturday demanded the government take effective steps to ensure security of women and children, trial for rape and withdrawal of a case filed against left student leaders...
Tarique cleared of all but one cases
The Dhaka Special Judge Court聽3 on Thursday acquitted eight people, including acting BNP chairman Tarique Rahman and former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar, of the bribery charges.
HC acquits Babar, overturns jail sentence in arms case
The High Court on Wednesday acquitted former state minister for home affairs and Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Lutfozzaman Babar in an arms case, overturning the 17-year jail sentence handed to him by a trial court in 2007...
Prospect of ICJ Masalit genocide case
SUDAN鈥橲 surprise move to institute proceedings against the United Arab Emirates before the International Court of Justice on March 5, 2025, alleging that the latter is violating certain obligations under the Genocide Convention, raises several legal challenges and uncertainties. In this case, Sudan alleges that the UAE is complicit in genocidal acts committed against the...
HC upholds death sentences for 20 ex-BCL leaders in Abrar murder case
The High Court on Sunday confirmed death sentences for 20 former leaders and activists of the Awami League-backed student body Bangladesh Chhatra League on the charge of murdering fellow student Abrar Fahad at a Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology hall in 2019.
HC grants bail to Shomi Kaiser
The High Court On Wednesday granted bail to actress and ex-president of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh Shomi Kaiser in an attempted murder case...
Toby Cadman urges govt to refer July massacre case to ICC
Toby Cadman, the special adviser to the International Crimes Tribunal鈥檚 chief prosecutor, on Thursday urged the interim government to refer the July-August massacres case to the International Criminal Court in The Hague...
Govt committee recommends withdrawal of 4,615 politically motivated cases
The committee formed by the Ministry of Law to review and recommend the withdrawal of politically motivated and harassing cases has so far suggested lifting 4,615 cases...
Justice Manik, Sohail interrogated in Sagor-Runi murder case
Former judge of Supreme Court鈥檚 appellate division AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and retired rear admiral Mohammad Sohail have been interrogated in the journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi murder case...
Khaleda Zia, 7 others acquitted in Niko graft case
The Dhaka Special Judge Court-4 court on Wednesday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia and seven others in the Niko corruption case...
Judgement on NIKO graft case on Feb 19聽
The special judge court-4 of Dhaka on Thursday fixed February 19 to deliver the judgement of Niko graft case against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and seven others...
BDR CARNAGE:聽Victim families for no release of murder convicts flouting law
Families of the victims of the February 25-26, 2009 rebellion in the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles on Wednesday urged not to release death row and life term convicts in murder case without applying law properly...
Ex-CMP commissioner held for student鈥檚 murder during uprising
A Chattogram court on Wednesday granted permission for a three-day jail gate interrogation of former Chattogram Metropolitan Police Commissioner Saiful Islam in the murder case of Hridoy Chandra Tarua, a university student killed during the student-led mass uprising...
Fictitious cases being filed in name of Operation Devil Hunt: JP
The Jatiya Party on Monday alleged that the dissenting voices were being suppressed and fictitious cases were being lodged in the name of Operation Devil Hunt...
Steps ordered for Interpol red notice for Benazir
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday ordered the authorities concerned to request an Interpol 鈥榬ed notice鈥� for the arrest of former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed in connection with graft cases...
Business Case Competition announced
HSBC and the BRAC Business School announced the 鈥楤usiness Case Competition 2025鈥� for empowering future business leaders of the country, said a press release on Wednesday...
Business Case Competition 2025 announced
The HSBC and the BRAC Business School announced the 鈥楤usiness Case Competition 2025鈥� for empowering future business leaders of the country, said a press release on Wednesday.
HC rules over bail plea of Chinmoy
The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule, asking authorities concerned to explain within two weeks as to why it shall not allow former leader of International Society for Krishna Consciousness Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari bail in a sedition case...
SAGAR-RUNI MURDER CASE: Justice should not be delayed but delivered
THE tragic murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi on February 11, 2012, remain one of the darkest chapters in Bangladesh鈥檚 recent history. More than a decade later, the investigation into their deaths continues to drag on, with the submission of the probe report now postponed for the 115th time as of January 27, 2025. This...
Ex-MP Mizanur gets 8-year jail in graft case
A Dhaka court on Thursday sentenced former Khulna-2 lawmaker Mizanur Rahman to eight years of imprisonment in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission...
JL leaders Samrat, Arman indicted in narcotics case
A Dhaka court on Thursday framed charges against former president of Dhaka City South Juba League Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat and his associate and fellow party leader Enamul Haque Arman in a narcotics case filed with the city鈥檚 Ramna police station...
Justice in Sagar-Runi, other unresolved cases must
THE unresolved murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi is one of the many cases that contributed to public perception that the legal system was working to protect partisan interests of the deposed Awami League government. The couple was found dead in their flat in Dhaka on February 11, 2012. As the investigation agency failed to...