Leader of a ruthless militia that massacred innocent unarmed civilians during 1971, Motiur Rahman Nizami has been hanged for crimes committed against humanity during the Liberation War.

Six people have been sentenced to death and two others to life term imprisonment in three separate cases of murder in Habiganj,

A court in Dhaka sends Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman to jail in a case filed in connection with a plot to 'abduct and kill' Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.

Hours after Supreme Court released its full verdict dismissing condemned war criminal Nizami’s review plea, authorities of Dhaka jail, where he had been kept, reads out the verdict to him.

A tribunal in Dhaka frames six charges against two persons of Kishoreganj for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

Three accused in the case for killing tailor Nikhil Chandra Joardar were sent to jail after completion of their six-day remand.

The government files a petition with the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the High Court verdict that scrapped 16th constitutional amendment empowering parliament to impeach SC judges for misconduct or incapacity.

Despite repeated directives by Power Division, there is hardly any progress in realising the unpaid bills from different power distribution entities from their customers, particularly those in the public sector.

Rapid Action Battalion members have detained the prime accused in a case filed over substituting bamboo sticks for iron rods in the construction of a government-funded biological research centre in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.

Satkhira municipality mayor has been suspended from his post as court accepted charges in two arson cases filed against him on April 21

The Jatiya Sangsad has again lost the power to remove Supreme Court judges on grounds of incapacity or misconduct as the High Court yesterday scrapped the 16th constitutional amendment that restored the parliament's authority. The HC declared that the amendment is illegal, unconstitutional and against the principles of the separation of state powers and the independence of the judiciary.

Death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami hears the Supreme Court verdict that upheld his death penalty. He seem restless and worried after hearing the news.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today says the government is not pleased with “bloggers who demean religion” and the people who are killing them.

High Court scraps 16th amendment to the constitution that empowered the parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges for incapacity or misconduct. Terming the amendment law as ‘a historical accident’, the court says it is against the principle of separation of powers and independence of the judiciary. Government says it will appeal against the ruling.

It is up to Motiur Rahman Nizami whether he will seek for mercy or not, says defence lawyer for the convicted war criminal, whose review plea against the gallows was scrapped today.

Supreme Court upholds death penalty awarded to war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for his wartime crimes, dismissing his review plea against the gallows.

A court in Kushtia sends a young woman to jail for her alleged derogatory comment on Allah and demeaning the holy Quran in Kumarkhali upazila of the district.

The Additional District and Sessions Judge's Court in Nilphamari yesterday sentenced a man to death for making fake currency notes.

Investigators have found evidence against 13 suspects of Mymensingh, Jamalpur and Patuakhali for their alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

A Tangail court yesterday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for dowry in Madhupur upazila of the district in 2012.