The High Court today observed that the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) should not act like a toothless tiger against corruption and irregularities.

A man was sentenced to life term today for raping his seven-year-old daughter in Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area in April 2018.

The High Court today directed Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Sylhet to hold the trial of both charges: gang rape and snatching valuables of the victim at Sylhet's MC College in September last year.

The Anti-Corruption Commission today pressed charges against GK Shamim, an expelled Jubo League leader and also a top contractor of government projects, and his mother Ayesha Akhter on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 297 crore.

Mortuza Raihan Chowdhury, an accused in a case filed over the death of a private university student, today confessed to a magistrate that he raped the victim at one of her friend's house in the capital's Mohammadpur area.

The High Court today fined one Billal Hossain, a building owner at Mirpur area in Dhaka, Tk 10 lakh for constructing an extension of a structure in violation of its order of status quo.

Expressing serious concern over the current levels of air pollution in Dhaka, the High Court today issued three new directives on the authorities concerned to keep this pollution in check.

The High Court today started hearing on a petition of convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee, challenging the lower court order that framed charges against him in a case filed for embezzling Tk 1.27 crore from Islamic Foundation's Zakat Fund.

A Dhaka tribunal today set February 16 to deliver the judgment against six members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam in blogger and writer Avijit Roy murder case.

A Narail court today sentenced BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman to two years’ imprisonment in a defamation case filed against him for making derogatory comments about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to detained accused Motaleb Mia Wasim in a case filed over the gruesome murder of Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, wife of former superintendent of police (SP) of Chattogram Babul Akter, in June, 2016.

A Satkhira court today sentenced former BNP lawmaker Habibul Islam Habib and two others to 10 years’ imprisonment in a case filed over the attack on a motorcade of the then opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002.

A High Court bench today observed that the punishment for money laundering should be enhanced from the existing 12 years' imprisonment to life imprisonment considering the gravity of the offence.

Four rights organisations filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government for steps to stop the display of any photographs of smoking and the use of tobacco products in films and dramas in line with the relevant provisions of law.

The High Court today observed that journalists are curious and they will seek information.

A Dhaka court today asked the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to submit by March 3 the probe reports of two sedition cases filed against Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh chief Junayed Babunagari, Hefajat Joint Secretary General Maulana Mamunul Haque and Islami Andolan Bangladesh Senior Nayeb-e-Amir Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim.

A Shariatpur court today sentenced two people to death for raping and killing an 11-year-old on July 2017 in Sakhipur area.

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned to arrest a man who filed a bail petition seeking bail for the alleged murderer of his son who was killed in Sylhet’s Beanibazar last year.

A Kurigram court today sentenced a man to death in a case filed for murdering his pregnant wife over dowry on May 17, 2011.

Rashedul Haque, a close associate of PK Hader, today confessed to a Dhaka court that he disbursed crores of taka, including Tk 70.82 crore, as loan to the non-existing “Anan Chemical Ltd” as per Halder’s directive.