Family members of the convicts, who were sentenced death in the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder cases, will file appeal against the High Court, said defence counsel.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam terms the High Court verdict on the seven-murder cases as exemplary and relieving.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in separate overnight drives arrests six alleged drug smugglers and seizes 2.250kg cocaine worth about Tk 22.50 crore from different areas of Khulna.

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday said the Supreme Court welcomes constructive criticisms of judgments and its judges will not fall into any trap laid by the government or the opposition. Requesting all to refrain from playing politics with SC verdicts, he said everybody should exercise restraint and it will be good for all.

Some senior ministers yesterday expressed strong disagreement with the Supreme Court over the restoration of Supreme Judicial Council for removal of SC judges on grounds of gross misconduct or incapacity. The SC in the full verdict in 16th constitutional amendment case said the provision of SJC has been reinstated following the cancellation of that amendment, which had empowered parliament to remove SC judges.

The Supreme Court is critical of the system for appointing higher court judges and stressed the need for a better selection process.

A 15-year-old girl is allegedly gang-raped inside a running truck in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj, police say.

The provision of Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) for the removal of SC judges for misconduct or incapacity has been reinstated in the

Miscreants mug a poultry seller and run him over while fleeing near Matsya Bhaban in Dhaka.

Police recover the bodies of a woman and her six-year-old daughter at their house in Fulgazi upazila of Feni.

When the 23-year-old constable Halima Begum was posted to her new workplace at Gouripur Thana, Mymensingh, her father, Helal Uddin Akand, was ecstatic.

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha and Attorney General Mahbubey Alam had a heated exchange yesterday during a hearing on the appeal against the High Court verdict that scrapped the 16th amendment of the constitution.

At the fourth anniversary of the world’s biggest workplace disaster, Rana Plaza victims and labour activists re-echo demand for punishment of culprits responsible.

Four years into the Rana Plaza disaster that killed around 1,100 people, more than 40 percent survivors remain workless. The fate of the labours has not changed yet as they did not get any compensation and proper rehabilitation, according to a new study.

Police arrest a death row convict of Narayanganj seven-murder case in Magura town.

Police yesterday arrested a young man allegedly for killing his wife at Hossainpur village in Ishwarganj upazila of the district

Police arrested the alleged rapists of a schoolgirl in Kalai upazila of Joypurhat yesterday morning.

The law ministry sent another letter to the Supreme Court requesting it to review its directive to relocate the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) from its old High Court building, Law Secretary ASSM Zahirul Haque Dulal says.

A court in Brahmanbaria asked the police to interrogate the accused in the attacks on the Hindu community in Nasirnagar at the

The Daily Star had published this article based on official statements. It is no longer available since Professor Amran Hossain has been acquitted of the charges by the Supreme Court and reinstated at Dhaka University.