A Chuadanga court yesterday sentenced a female drug dealer to life in prison in a narcotics case filed over the possession of 50 phensedyl bottles.

The "Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh Phase III" project, a joint endeavour by the Local Government Division (LGD), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was officially inaugurated today at a hotel in Dhaka to further empower and expand the essential Village Court system, ensuring local justice for all

A Lakshmipur court today sentenced eight people to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing local Awami League leader Omar Faruk in Sadra upazila in 2015

A mobile court today sentenced seven brokers at Myemensingh Medical College Hospital to seven days in jail each

Brunei expat held at Dhaka airport

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A pick-up van loaded with tiles worth Tk 12 was allegedly hijacked by unidentified miscreants in Savar early today

A Chuadanga court today sentenced a woman to life time prison in a drug case

The Supreme Court today stayed till November 20 a High Court verdict that sentenced Md Sohel Rana, former chief judicial magistrate of Cumilla, to one month's imprisonment for committing contempt of court by ignoring an HC stay order on the trial of a case

BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas today pleaded not guilty after a Dhaka court read out the charges from the statements of 24 prosecution witnesses in a graft case filed against him in 2007

The High Court today sentenced Md Sohel Rana, the then chief judicial magistrate of Cumilla, to one month's simple imprisonment and fined him Tk 5,000 for committing contempt of court by ignoring its stay order on the trial of a case

Rab today arrested a 46-year-old man on charge of raping a seven-year-old girl in Dhaka's Rupnagar area on October 6

A Dhaka court today fixed November 13 for hearing on charge framing of 11 cases, including a sedition case, filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

The Supreme Court today sentenced Dinajpur Municipality Mayor Syed Jahangir Alam to one month's imprisonment and fined him Tk 1 lakh for making derogatory remark on one of its judges

CID says they used to siphon off Tk 12 crore per month

BNP leader Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie was arrested at his home in Dhanmondi early yesterday.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed a petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of a lower court order that permitted three foreign witnesses to testify against her and seven others in the Niko graft case.

A youth was beaten to death and another was severely injured over drug trading and  sand lifting related feuds in Bogura Sadar upazila yesterday.

A section of Tulatoli Reserve Forest under Chunati range of Chattogram South Forest Division is being razed illegally to construct structures including houses.

A man on Sunday robbed Tk 54 lakh from his own brother with the help of police officers. This heist took place in Dhaka’s Dholaikhal area, and it came to the fore following the arrest of four people including two cops, on Monday.