DHAKA:  The High Court directed the authorities concerned to submit a list of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of public and private hospitals in the country. In addition, the bench also asked them to mention in the report the amount of money, the number of staff

DHAKA: The High Court granted BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia six months of bail in an arson case filed in Cumilla.  An HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM Mojibur Rahman passed the order on Wednesday (March 6). Lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain and A. J Mohammad Ali moved

DHAKA: The High Court ordered withdrawal of Narayanganj Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Kamrul Islam as his name surfaced in the depositions of a yaba case. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman issued the order Monday (Mar 4). The

DHAKA: Nur Hossain, one of the death-raw convicts in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case, filed an appeal petition with the appellate division of Supreme Court. His lawyer H.R.M Lutfur Rahman Akando made the development on Sunday (March 3). A Narayanganj court awarded

DHAKA: The High Court sentenced a steno clerk of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) to 11 years in prison for vanishing some 57 documents related to multi-storey building design approval. The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the order

DHAKA: Saiful Islam Mamun, death row convict for killing Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali in 2012, would be executed at Kashimpur High Security jail on Sunday (March 3) night. Jail superintendent Md Shahjahan Ahmed said all set for the execution of death row convict Saiful Islam

DHAKA: The High Court directed all the district and sessions judge courts to dispose of all the criminal cases pending for more than ten years. The court also directed to submit the list of those cases to the Supreme Court registrar general.  The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court deferred the hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and eight others in the Barapukuria coalmine graft case till March 13 of 2019. Judge HM Ruhul Imran of Special Judge's Court-2 of Dhaka passed the order on Tuesday (February 26).

DHAKA: Law Minister Anisul Huq said an independent commission will be formed to recruit 30 percent prosecutors through Bangladesh Judicial Service Commission (BJSC) test.    “We are thinking, seriously thinking, about forming an independent prosecution service. We are working on so

DAHKA: Voting in the two-day polls to elect the office bearers for 2019-2020 of Dhaka Bar Association, will kick off on Wednesday (February 27). Some 7, 897 voters are expected to cast their vote, starting from 9am and end at 5pm with one-hour break.  A total of 57 candidates will vie

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday (Feb 25) issued an order to dispose the Barapukuria Coalmine graft case within next six months.  The bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the order after rejecting a rule of former minister Barrister Aminul Haque

DHAKA:  A Dhaka court on Wednesday (February 20) deferred the hearing in Niko corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia till March 3. Judge Sheikh Hafijur Rahman of Special Judge’s Court-9, which is set up at Old Central Jail, set the date as Khaleda Zia could not appear

DHAKA: The High Court on Monday (Feb 18) rejected a writ petition filed challenging the legality of the oath of 11th parliament members. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the order after hearing arguments of both sides. Barrister Mahbub

KISHOREGANJ: A court here on Sunday (Feb 17) sentenced two people to death and six other to four years jail term each for killing two college girls after rape at a Dhaka hotel in 2008. The death-row convicts are Police Constable Maniruzzaman Monir alias Halud, 30 and his friend Shamim

DHAKA: Law Minister Anisul Huq said corruption will no longer be allowed in this country. “Corruption will soon be minimized if everything gets digital. Only the political will can do that.  And Sheikh Hasina-led government has this will.” Anisul Huq said. He was addressing a

MANIKGANJ: A court here on Tuesday (Feb 12) placed two police officers of Saturia Police Station, who were arrested in a case for raping a woman, on a six-day remand. Judge Md Golam Sarwar of Judicial Magistrate Court-7 passed the order when police produced them before it with a 10-day

DHAKA:  The High Court asked law secretary, information secretary and the authorities concerned to be vigilant so that identities of children are not revealed by media in criminal cases. The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil on Tuesday (February 12)

CHATTOGRAM: A court here on Sunday (Feb 10) sentenced a man to death for killing a 10-year-child after rape in South East Mekhal area of Hathazari upazila in 2008. The convict was identified as Amir Hossain, son of Omar Ali under Bhujpur police station in Fatikchhari upazila.

DHAKA: Officials at almost all the passport offices across the country are immersed in corruption. Many of officials hardly come to office as per the attendance book. The brokers are to run the offices. Besides, extra money ranging from Tk 500 to 4,000 is being realized for issuing

DHAKA:   The High Court has set a six-month deadline for disposal of drug cases which were taken into cognizance by the concerned trial courts. The HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman gave the order while hearing a bail petition in a drug case on