The High Court today confirmed death penalty of three persons, including a sacked police constable, for killing nine-year-old Abu Sayeed for ransom in Sylhet in 2015.

A Dhaka court has imposed travel ban on six people including Whip Shamsul Haque Chowdhury and Bhola-3 Awami League lawmaker Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon in order to investigate their links with amassing wealth beyond known sources of income.

The High Court today said that getting a confessional statement by using force is an unfortunate matter.

Prof Dr Mamun Al Mahtab Shwapnil, chairman of hepatology department at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU); Prof Dr Abdul Wahab Khan, consultant laparoscopic surgeon of Islami Bank Central Hospital in Kakrail; and Prof Dr Mohammad Ali, hepatobiliary surgeon of BRB Hospital in Kalabagan, have been sued for the death of Dr Mohammad Towfiq Enam.

A virtual court in Dhaka has granted ad-interim bail to Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, in a case filed over the recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence in Dhaka even though the prosecution raised a serious objection.

BNP executive committee member Nipun Roy was released from jail on bail today, nearly two and a half months after her arrest.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has decided to run all 53 High Court benches from Sunday to virtually hear and dispose of urgent cases, except for anticipatory bail petitions.

The Supreme Court today upheld two separate High Court orders that cleared the way for holding by-election to Lakshmipur-2 constituency, where Mohammad Shahid Islam also known as Kazi Papul had been elected as an independent lawmaker, on June 21.

The High Court will deliver its verdict on June 21 in a seven-year-old writ petition that sought action against 17 Collective Bargaining Agency (CBA) leaders of Biman Bangladesh Airlines for corruption.

The High Court in the full text of a verdict has criticised Etihad Airways for harassing and torturing two Bangladesh-born women at Abu Dhabi International Airport in June 2011 and ordered the airways to give Tk 1 crore compensation to each of the victims.

The High Court granted ad-interim bail to BNP leader Nipun Roy Chowdhury in two cases filed over arson and subversive activities, clearing the way for her to walk out of jail.

One judge of a High Court bench today said he felt “embarrassed” to hear a writ petition challenging legality of appointments of deputy attorney generals (DAGs) and assistant attorney generals (AAGs) in 2019.

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court, challenging legality of a parliamentary standing committee’s recommendation to exclude female upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) in giving guard of honour to freedom fighters after death.

The High Court today ordered a judicial inquiry into allegations of grabbing 60 acres of agricultural land at Muhuripara in Cox’s Bazar.

The High Court today granted ad-interim bail to former Barishal City Corporation mayor Ahsan Habib Kamal, who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in a corruption case, clearing the way for him to walk out of jail.

The High Court today stayed the process of recruitment of six teachers for Jahangirnagar University’s philosophy department till June 20.

The High Court today cleared the way for holding the by-election to Lakshmipur-2 constituency, where Mohammad Shahid Islam known as Kazi Papul had been elected as an independent lawmaker, on June 21.

Police have pressed charges against three people in a case filed over the murder of Savar school student Nila Roy.

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned not to evict Tripura families from Sonaichhari in Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila till further order.

The High Court today ruled that informants and complainants must submit photocopies of their national identity cards to the police stations or courts when they file cases so that police can find them during investigation.