The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to 144 BNP leaders and activists including its joint secretary general Habib-Un Nabi Khan Sohel in six separate cases filed in Dhaka and Rajshahi on charges of obstructing police in discharging their duties.

A court in Narail has issued arrest warrants against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy in two separate defamation cases.

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

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 tribunal today sentenced eight members of the banned militant group Ansar Al Islam to death for killing publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in October 2015.

A Dhaka tribunal today ordered Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit for further investigation into the case filed against cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore, writer Mushtaq Ahmed, Rashtrochinta activist Didarul Islam Bhuiyan and eight others under the Digital Security Act.

A Bogura court today sentenced two people to death and three others to life in prison in a case filed for killing a youth at a temple in Shajahanpur upazila in 2016.

The High Court today issued a status quo on the termination of three teachers of Khulna University (KU).

A Joypurhat court today sentenced a man to life in prison in a case filed for raping a child in 2015.

A Dhaka court today placed Ashim Kumar Mistry, nephew of PK Halder's lawyer Sukumar Mridha, on a three-day remand in a case filed over amassing and laundering Tk 20.7 crore.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today directed the National Board of Revenue (NBR) not to demand or collect any income tax from private universities across the country until further orders.

A court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing a technician in Kurigram's Roumari upazila in 2010.

A Cumilla court today placed Cumilla City Corporation’s ward 23 councillor on a three-day remand in a case filed over murder of a local businessman last year.

All trial proceedings of lower courts in Dhaka were suspended today due to the death of Dhaka District and Sessions Judge's Court Public Prosecutor Khandaker Abdul Mannan.

The Supreme Court (SC) on December 1 delivered its verdict in the review petition of the Ataur Mridha case (Criminal Review Petition 82/2017). In the short order, it sought to clear the confusion that arose following its verdict in 2017 on the tenure of life imprisonment.

Our country is far away from legislating provisions concerning menstrual leave.

Law Desk (LD): How would you evaluate the overall situation of human rights compliance in Bangladesh right now?

The recent controversy in copyright law arose with the song ‘Juboti Radhe’, when one party claimed it to be their own lyrical composition whereas the other party claimed it to be a popular folk song.

There is every reason to devote public resources to strengthen (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) MSMEs in any country. The MSMEs generate most of the employment opportunities in any country.