A Dhaka court today placed two close associates of PK Halder on a five-day remand each in a Tk 70.82 crore money laundering case.

The High Court today cleared the lower court concerned to continue the trial proceedings against 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.

Kushtia's Superintendent of Police SM Tanvir Arafath today offered unconditional apology to the High Court for misbehaving with Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Mohsin Hasan during Bheramara municipality election on January 16 and also promised that such mistake will not be repeated in future.

A Dhaka court today accepted the supplementary charge sheet submitted by Criminal Investigation Department (CID) against three accused in the Maj Gen Abul Manzur murder case.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court stayed for eight weeks a High Court order that issued a travel ban on Md Nazrul Islam Khan, chairman of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL), a non-banking financial institution, in connection with a money laundering case filed against Proshanta Kumar Halder alias PK Halder.

The High Court today debarred a corruption accused, Nur Mohammed, from seeking bail from any court of Bangladesh for next four months for committing fraudulence with the court by suppressing fact of securing rule twice over his bail in the same case.

The High Court today rejected bail petitions of four accused in the case filed over the brutal killing of Abu Yunus Md Shahidunnabi Jewel in Lalmonirhat on October 29 last year.

The investigation officer in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad has started giving his deposition before a Dhaka tribunal.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today cancelled a High Court order that granted bail to Shaila Sharmin Preoty, wife of suspected militant Nurul Islam Marzan -- one of the masterminds of Holey Artisan Cafe Attack, in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act for militant and terrorist activities.

The Anti-Corruption Commission today sued police Inspector Shakil Uddin Ahamed for manipulating the FIR of the murder case of transport labour leader Nurul Islam.

President Md Abdul Hamid today appointed two additional attorney generals in order to move cases on behalf of the state before the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court.

A Dhaka court today set February 10 for the delivery of judgment against eight members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, including sacked Major Zia ul Haque, in a case filed over the murder of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in 2015.

A Sylhet court today deferred the date for hearing witnesses’ depositions in a case filed over the gang-rape of a woman at Murari Chand (MC) College hostel on September 25 last year.

A Dhaka court today placed house help Rekha Akter and her husband Farhad Ershad, each on eight-day remand in a case lodged for brutally torturing an elderly woman at her house.

A court in Natore today released 10 drug users on eight conditions instead of sentencing them to jail.

The High Court today summoned 280 loan defaulters from Peoples Leasing and Financial Services (PLFS), a non-banking financial institution, directing them to appear before it on February 23 to place their explanations on defaulting and repayment.

Arman Bihari, who served in jail for five years following his wrongful arrest, has been freed from Kashimpur Jail-2 in Gazipur today.

The High Court today directed the inspector general of police (IGP) to provide security to Kushtia’s Bheramara Presiding Officer Shahjahan Ali and his family, after he claimed to the court that he was called to Daulatpur Police Station and was forced to sign some papers.

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking its directive on the government to reopen all educational institutions immediately, considering the present situation of the country.

The High Court today observed that the behaviour of the superintendent of Kushtia police with Judicial Magistrate Md Mohsin Hasan was not only a serious contempt of court but also tarnished the image of the judiciary.