A Noakhali court today sentenced a woman to death for arson against her visually impaired husband.

A court in Manikganj today sentenced five people to death for killing a former union parishad member in Manikganj’s Gheor upazila in 2013.

The High Court today summoned former board chairman of People’s Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFS), a non-bank financial institution, Captain M Moazzam Hossain, and two of his family members directing them to appear before it for explaining their role over transferring PLFS’ initial public offering (IPO) shares to their personal accounts.

A court in Kurigram today sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Char Rajibpur upazila of the district.

A case filed against former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sayeed Khokon -- for making "defamatory remarks" against incumbent Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh -- was withdrawn while another case filed over the same allegation was dismissed today.

Two cases filed against former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sayeed Khokon -- for making "defamatory remarks" against incumbent Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh -- were withdrawn today.

A Dhaka court today asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit probe report of a case filed against Regent Group Chairman Mohammad Shahed and 16 others over issuing fake Covid-19 certificates and illegally charging patients for testing and treatment by February 22.

The High Court today upheld a lower court order that granted bail to JMI Hospital Requisite Manufacturing Ltd's Chairman Abdur Razzak in a case filed over supplying fake N95 masks for the use of healthcare professionals.

A bill titled “The Civil Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2021” was placed in parliament today, aiming to raise the pecuniary jurisdiction of lower court judges to dispose of civil cases.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice to the authorities concerned, asking for directives on barring Islamic clerics and speakers from delivering speeches containing anti-state or fictional rhetoric at waz mahfils and ensuring that the speeches are not made without textual references to the Holy Quran and Hadith.

A High Court bench today withdrew its bail order to banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) activist Md Redwanul Huq alias Redwan in two separate bomb blast cases in which he was sentenced to life in 2005.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed an appeal petition against a Dhaka court order that acquitted BNP mayoral candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Ishraque Hossain.

The prosecution today concluded arguments and sought capital punishment for four Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members in Prof Humayun Azad murder case.

The High Court today directed the government to formulate a guideline to operate OTT (over-the-top) web-based platforms and to submit its draft to the court in three months.

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to freeze 72 bank accounts of Md Shahidullah, managing director of Crest Securities Ltd, in connection with a money laundering case.

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed for eight weeks the High Court order that directed United Hospital authorities to pay Tk 30 lakh in fifteen days as initial payment to each of the families of four victims, who were killed in a fire at its isolation unit on May 27 last year.

A Dhaka court today ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 18 bank accounts and seize documents of 40 scheduled immovable properties of former lawmaker from Pirojpur AKMA Awal and his wife Laila Parvin in two graft cases.

The High Court today upheld its ad-interim order of injunction, restraining the authorities concerned of all media from publishing, broadcasting any statement, comment, interview and conversation of anyone accused and convicted of non-bailable and cognisable offences in TV news and talk shows with regard to the cases pending before the court or investigating agency -- till further order.

A Dhaka court today sentenced three people to death for killing Shamsun Nahar and her 17-year-old son Sajjadul Karim Shaon in Dhaka's Kakrail area in 2017.

Most of the accused of 25 rape cases, filed between 2012 and 2016, are out on bail though bail is not applicable for punishable offence under Women and Children Repression Act 2000, according to findings by Manusher Jonno Foundation.