DHAKA: The High Court granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Abdus Salam in six cases filed on sabotage charges. The HC bench of Justice Md Rezaul Haque and Justice Zafar Ahmed issued the order Sunday (May 12). Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Barrister Sakib

JHENIDAH: A court here has awarded life term jail sentence to a young man for raping a baby girl in Maheshpur upazila. Jhenidah Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Chand Mohammad Abdul Alim Al Raji on Thursday (May 9) passed the order.  The court also fined him

DHAKA: The High Court on Wednesday (May 8) ordered to form a judicial committee led by the chief judicial magistrate of Panchagarh to investigate the death of Advocate Palash Roy inside the jail. Panchagarh deputy commissioner, superintendent of police and the jail super of Panchagarh

DHAKA: A Dhaka court fixed June 13 for submitting the investigation report over the murders of a woman from Garo community and her daughter in Kalachandpur of Dhaka. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Debdas Chandra Adhikary on Tuesday (May 7) passed the order as Gulshan Police Station

KUSHTIA: A court here convicted seven people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Mirpur upazila in 2010. Judge Arup Kumar Goswami of District and Sessions Judge Court on Tuesday (May 7) passed the order. According to the prosecution, Dablu was murdered

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday (May 6) directed authorities of all TV channels not to broadcast such news and headlines sponsored by commercial organisations from September 1 this year. The HC bench of Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury and Justice Sashanka Shekhar Sarkar passed the

KUSHTIA: A total of 214 drug peddlers of Kushtia are ready to surrender to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Monday (May 6). Kushtia district police has completed all the arrangement to hold an anti-drug rally at Kushtia Stadium around 11 am on Monday. Awami League Acting General

SIRAJGANJ: A mobile court sentenced a youth to six months of prison for teasing a college girl in Ullahpara upazila of the district. Md. Arifuzzaman, Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) also Executive Magistrate, gave the verdict on Sunday noon (April 28). The convict was, identified as

DHAKA: The High Court expressed its satisfaction over the investigation into the murder of Nusrat Jahan Rafi, a Feni madrasa girl who was killed by setting her afire, conducted by the Bureau of Investigation (PBI) so far. The HC bench of Justice FRM Nazmul Ahsan and Justice KM Kamrul

DHAKA: The High Court issued a rule directing the authorities concerned to publish a gazette issuing directions for implementing the Road Transport Act 2018 which was legislated in wake of mass student protest over road safety last year. The HC bench of Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has awarded death penalty to six people for killing a government officer Aminul Haque Khadem alias Anis Khadem. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 Judge Abdur Rahman Sardar announced the verdict, giving life-term imprisonment to another accused in the case, on Thursday

DHAKA: A Dhaka court sentenced BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s friend Gias Uddin Al Mamun to seven years of imprisonment and fined Taka 12 crore in a money laundering case. Judge Abu Syed Diljar Hossain of Dhaka Special Judge Court-3 pronounced the judgment in presence of Mamun

DHAKA: A special tribunal on Wednesday (April 24) sentenced two war criminals from Netrokona to death upon conviction in crimes against humanity during the Liberation war in 1971. Three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam, gave the verdict in

SIRAJGANJ: A mobile court jailed a youth for eve-teasing a student in front of HT Imam Girls School in Ullapara upazila of the district. Md. Arifuzzaman, Upazila Executive Officer (UNO) also Executive Magistrate, gave the verdict on Tuesday noon (April 23). The accused was,

DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal will deliver its verdict on Wednesday (April 24) in a case filed against two Netrakona war crimes accused for their alleged crimes against humanity during the Liberation war in 1971. The two accused are Hedayet Ullah, 80, and Sohrab Fakir, 88. 

BRAHMANBARIA: Law Minister Anisul Haq said that the country’s judicial system is completely independent and that’s why the corrupt people are getting justice. “The government is not making any intervention on the court …so the corrupts are now facing trial irrespective of

DHAKA: A Dhaka court has ordered authorities concerned to freeze three bank accounts of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman with a bank in UK.  Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Sessions' Judge KM Imrul Kayes on Thursday passed the order after hearing

BOGURA:  A district court has awarded death penalty to five persons for killing a man in Gabtoli upazila of the district.   On Thursday (April 18), Judge Naresh Chandra Sarkar of district and sessions judge’s court of Bogura also gave orders of punishment on various terms for

CHAPAI NAWABGANJ: Five persons were sentenced to death for gang-raping and killing a woman in the district sadar in 2015.  Judge Md. Shawkot Ali of Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-2 of Chapai Nawabganj delivered the verdict on Thursday (April 18). The judge also

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court fixed May 28 for submission of investigation report in the case filed against actress Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed under ICT Act in August of 2018.  Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Didar Hossain in its order on Wednesday (April 17) said that lawyers instead of