A Pirojpur court today sentenced a woman to life term imprisonment for killing her step-daughter.

The High Court today directed Aslam Shikder, a former programme producer of private TV channel ATN Bangla, to surrender before the Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal-7 of Dhaka in a case filed for raping a dance artist in 2018.

A Thakurgaon court today sentenced a man to death for murdering his wife and another person to life in prison for assisting in the crime.

A total of 89 BNP leaders and activists of Chandpur secured anticipatory bail from the High Court today in a criminal case filed on charge of preventing police from discharging duties and injuring them during a clash.

The High Court today summoned Superintendent of Police of Kushtia SM Tanvir Arafath and sought his explanation over the allegation that he misbehaved with Judicial Magistrate Mohsin Hasan during Bheramara municipality election on January 16.

A Noakhali court today sentenced a woman to death for arson against her visually impaired husband.

The High Court today summoned former board chairman of People’s Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFS), a non-bank financial institution, Captain M Moazzam Hossain, and two of his family members directing them to appear before it for explaining their role over transferring PLFS’ initial public offering (IPO) shares to their personal accounts.

A rights organisation today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive to restrain the media from publishing and broadcasting the identity of rape victims.

A court in Kurigram today sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Char Rajibpur upazila of the district.

A case filed against former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sayeed Khokon -- for making "defamatory remarks" against incumbent Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh -- was withdrawn while another case filed over the same allegation was dismissed today.

Two cases filed against former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sayeed Khokon -- for making "defamatory remarks" against incumbent Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh -- were withdrawn today.

A Dhaka court today asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit probe report of a case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and 16 others over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and illegally charging patients for testing and treatment by February 22.

The High Court today upheld a lower court order that granted bail to JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd's Chairman Abdur Razzak in a case filed over supplying fake N95 masks for the use of healthcare professionals.

A bill titled “The Civil Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2021” was placed in parliament today, aiming to raise the pecuniary jurisdiction of lower court judges to dispose of civil cases.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice to the authorities concerned, asking for directives on barring Islamic clerics and speakers from delivering speeches containing anti-state or fictional rhetoric at waz mahfils and ensuring that the speeches are not made without textual references to the Holy Quran and Hadith.

A High Court bench today withdrew its bail order to banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activist Md Redwanul Huq alias Redwan in two separate bomb blast cases in which he was sentenced to life in 2005.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed an appeal petition against a Dhaka court order that acquitted BNP mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Ishraque Hossain.

The prosecution today concluded arguments and sought capital punishment for four Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members in Prof Humayun Azad murder case.

The High Court today directed the government to formulate a guideline to operate OTT (over-the-top) web-based platforms and to submit its draft to the court in three months.

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 72 bank accounts of Md Shahidullah, managing director of Crest Securities Ltd, in connection with a money laundering case.