Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain yesterday (Monday) reconstituted jurisdictions of 17 High Court benches, as both the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court will reopen tomorrow (Wednesday) after a 12-day annual vacation.

A case has been filed in connection with the clash at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque area in Dhaka on March 26.

The High Court today granted anticipatory bail -- for five weeks -- to Pirojpur Sadar Municipality Mayor Md Habibur Rahman Malek and his wife Neela Rahman in two separate corruption cases.

The Supreme Court today stayed for four weeks a High Court verdict that granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in the capital's Dhanmondi in October last year.

The High Court has recently released the full text of its order that asked the government to stop media from disclosing identities, photographs and workplaces of rape and sexual assault victims in line with the relevant law.

A Dhaka court today accepted the charges brought against nine accused in a case filed over the attack on former US ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat's convoy in August 2018.

Defence for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today -- for the second day -- continued hearing on charge framing in connection with the Niko graft case.

A Dhaka court today sentenced five people to death in connection with a case filed for killing a man in Dhamrai's Daitia area in Dhaka nine years ago.

The state has filed a petition challenging the High Court verdict that granted bail to Erfan Salim, son of Dhaka-7 lawmaker Haji Md Salim, in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in the capital's Dhanmondi in October last year.

A Dhaka tribunal today took cognisance of charges against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in a case filed over circulating “indecent, defamatory, objectionable and fake information” about some ministers, lawmakers and top Jubo Mahila League leaders on Facebook.

The High Court today wanted to know why the government should not be directed to take necessary steps to digitise marriage and divorce registrations to protect people from fraudulence.

A Dhaka court today sentenced 14 activists of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) to death in a sedition case filed in connection with the attempt to murder Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Kotalipara of Gopalganj in July 2000.

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on authorities concerned to defer the date of MBBS admission tests from the scheduled date of April 2 due to the ongoing surge of Covid-19 infections.

A man was sentenced to death today for raping his own daughter in Rajshahi two years back.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today moved a petition before the Supreme Court, seeking stay on the High Court verdict over formulating a specific law or rule regarding imposition of embargo on corruption suspects or accused from leaving the country.

A Dhaka court today set May 20 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and six others in Barapukuria coalmine graft case.

A Shariatpur court today sentenced six people to death in connection with a murder case filed over the killing of Public Prosecutor Habibur Rahman and his brother in Shariatpur 19 years ago.

A Dhaka court today framed charges against former Jubo League leader Khalid Mahmud Bhuiyan in two cases filed under the Narcotics Control and Special Powers act.

The High Court today granted ad-interim bail to choreographer Evan Shahriar Sohag in a case filed on charges of trafficking women to Dubai.

A Dhaka court has again asked police to submit by April 7 the probe report in a case filed against Fardin Iftekhar Dihan over the rape and murder of an English medium school student in the city's Kalabagan area.