Barrister Abdur Razzaq no more

Eminent jurist Barrister Abdur Razzaq passed away while receiving treatment at a private hospital in Dhaka's Dhanmondi yesterday afternoon. He was 75.
4 May 2025, 18:14 PM

ACC probing 3 aides to 2 advisers

The Anti-Corruption Commission has initiated an inquiry into corruption allegations against three former personal staffers of two government advisers.
4 May 2025, 18:08 PM

No cattle market in Aftabnagar

The High Court yesterday stayed for three months a decision made by the Dhaka South City Corporation to set up a cattle market at Aftabnagar in Dhaka ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
4 May 2025, 18:01 PM

Judiciary’s reform must to ensure other sectors’ reforms: CJ

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed, yesterday said unless the judiciary is fully reformed, the sustainability of reforms in other sectors cannot be ensured
4 May 2025, 15:38 PM

Freeze Summit Group chief's 4 million euro investment in Luxembourg: court

ACC found the investment in Luxembourg in the name of Aziz Khan and his associates
4 May 2025, 15:08 PM

HC wants govt report on steps against those involved in online gambling

The court ordered the government to submit the report in 30 days.
4 May 2025, 13:59 PM

‘False promise of marriage’: HC questions legality of provision

The court asked the authorities to explain why the provision should not be declared illegal
4 May 2025, 10:06 AM

Son kills mother in Narsingdi

Jaber hit his mother with a wooden piece and also strangulated her
4 May 2025, 08:54 AM

5 BCL, Jubo League men arrested from ex-minister's Gulshan residence

They were held over fire incident at Manabendra Ghosh's house in Manikganj
4 May 2025, 07:30 AM

Aug 21 grenade attack: SC defers to May 6 hearing of state's petition against HC verdict

The Supreme Court today deferred to May 6 the hearing of the leave to appeal petitions filed by the state challenging the High Court verdict that acquitted BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, former state minister Lutfozzaman Babar, and all the others convicts in two cases over the August 21, 2004 grenade attack
4 May 2025, 07:01 AM

Court seeks progress report on Hasina, others' arrest warrants by May 18

A Dhaka court today once again directed the officers-in-charge of 12 police stations to submit, by May 18, the progress reports on execution of arrest warrants against 18 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, in a case over alleged irregulariti
4 May 2025, 06:52 AM

‘Abrar tortured to death on suspected Shibir link’

The High Court, in the full text of its verdict, yesterday observed that Abrar Fahad, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet), was killed based on allegations that he might be involved with Islami Chhatra Shibir.
3 May 2025, 21:43 PM

Govt has no tools to stop cases against journalists

Journalists are being named in murder cases filed over the July-August movement, but the government has no tools to put a stop to this, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said at an event marking World Press Freedom Day yesterday.
3 May 2025, 19:52 PM

Sagar-Runi murder: Inconclusive DNA test results stall probe

The task force investigating the 2012 murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi in its report submitted to the High Court last month said it required more time to complete the probe as the results of the DNA samples collected from the scene were inconclusive.
3 May 2025, 18:06 PM

Unidentified body recovered from Ctg canal

Firefighters recovered the body from the canal
3 May 2025, 15:34 PM

Mobile court attacked in Lalmonirhat during eviction drive

The executive magistrate and upazila nirbahi officer of Patgram upazila came under attack and was harrassed today while conducting a drive to evict illegal structures on both sides of the road in Lalmonirhat..The victim is UNO Jillur Rahman, confirmed Patgram Police Station Officer-in-Char
3 May 2025, 14:42 PM

35 Rohingyas fleeing Bhasan Char detained in Ctg

The detainees were later handed over to the police for further legal procedures
3 May 2025, 12:39 PM

Khaleda to return home from London on Monday

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will return home on Monday after her medical check-up in London.
2 May 2025, 18:05 PM

World press freedom day: 266 journalists face criminal cases so far

Fears for physical safety and instances of judicial harassment are still profoundly visible -- only the actors have changed.
2 May 2025, 18:01 PM

Body found with shotgun, cartridges in Munshiganj

The body was sent to Munshiganj General Hospital for an autopsy, and a case is currently being processed.
2 May 2025, 09:03 AM