BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s defence today submitted a petition seeking exemption from her personal appearance in Niko graft case.

A court in Kurigram today sentenced six accused to death in a case filed over murder of four members of a family.

A Dhaka tribunal today sentenced five members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam to death and another to life in jail for killing blogger-writer Avijit Roy in February 2015.

The High Court has questioned a lower court order that granted bail to the wife and daughter of lawmaker Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul in a Tk 148.41 crore money laundering case.

A court in Kushtia today sentenced a former inspector of Kushtia court to two years imprisonment in a case filed for embezzling Tk 60,000 without submitting it to the government treasurer in 2010.

Five of six amici curiae (friends of court) have told the High Court that the writ petition that sought a ban on the broadcast of Al Jazeera and the removal of its report titled “All the Prime Minister’s Men” from digital platforms is not acceptable as the petitioner has not served any legal notice to the government asking for steps to be taken to this effect.

The judgement in blogger and writer Avijit Roy murder case is set to be delivered tomorrow.

A case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol was transferred today to Dhaka Cyber Tribunal for trial.

A court in Saudi Arabia on Sunday sentenced Bangladeshi migrant worker Abiron Begum’s employer Ayesha al-Jizani to death in a case over the former’s killing.

Anti-Corruption Commission has filed two cases against Abdul Malek, a driver of the Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS), and his wife.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld its chamber judge’s order that stayed the High Court bail to Sohel Rana Biswas, suspended jailer of Chattogram Central Jail, in a money laundering case.

A Dhaka court today placed 29 BNP men on a two-day remand each in connection with two cases filed over yesterday’s clash between BNP activists and police in front of the city's Jatiya Press Club.

The Appellate Division of Supreme Court today granted bail to Mohammad Asif, who was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by a tribunal in a case filed over the death of his wife and Rajshahi University student Wahida Sifat in 2015.

Sukumar Mridha, a close associate of PK Halder, has told a magistrate that more than a hundred influential people, including two former high officials of as many banks helped PK Halder in running the scam.

The High Court has released the full text of its order seeking Bangladesh Bank’s explanation on why its officials concerned have failed to detect and prevent irregularities, corruption and money laundering and what steps have been taken against them.

The High Court today directed the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to conduct an inquiry into the allegations against Chattogram Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) Managing Director AKM Fazlullah over his involvement in corruption, irregularities and nepotism at his office.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today sentenced three people of Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh to jail unto death for their crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

A Dhaka court today asked police to submit by March 2 the probe report in a case filed against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan over the rape and murder of an English medium school student in Dhaka's Kalabagan area.

The High Court today refused to grant anticipatory bail to former managing director and vice president of Bangladesh Industrial Finance Corporation Limited (BIFCL), a nonbanking financial organisation, in two corruption cases filed for misappropriating Tk 43 from the organisation.

The High Court will deliver its order tomorrow on a writ petition filed for bringing back the money laundered from the country and deposited in foreign banks, including those in Switzerland.