justice
Cricket: BCCI threatens to call off NZ series, Lodha clarifies
With the BCCI threatening to call off the ongoing series between India and New Zealand, the Justice R M Lodha led panel today clarifies that they didn't direct the banks to freeze the accounts of the Board.
4 October 2016
Killers of SP's wife won't go scot free: PM
Describing the killing of the wife of a police officer in Chittagong as a cowardly act, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vows to bring the perpetrators of such a secret killing to justice.
7 June 2016
Justice is yet to be done
We are extremely grateful for the timely initiative of the education minister, whose ministry reinstated Shyamal Kanti Bhakta, the
23 May 2016
Tonu’s parents call DNA test findings a clear path to justice
The parents of Sohagi Jahan Tonu expresses satisfaction over the DNA test report by the Criminal Investigation Department, saying the positive results of the test are a clear path to justice.
17 May 2016
Prof Rezaul killing probe at final stage: Home minister
Investigation into Professor Rezaul Karim Siddiquee killing case is now at the final stage and the killers could be arrested anytime, says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.
14 May 2016
PM for unity of Muslim Ummah
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for the unity of the Muslim Ummah and its pursuit of the great Islamic values of justice and inclusion.
15 April 2016
Tonu murder: Striking student bodies to lay siege to home ministry April 7
Protesting murder of college student Sohagi Jahan Tonu and demanding punishment of killers, Progressive Students' Alliance and Anti-Imperialist Students Union will lay siege to the home ministry on April 7.
3 April 2016
All they want is justice
Minara Begum could hardly speak to anyone since villagers dug her son's body out of a sand pile on Wednesday. Shell-shocked, she just shed tears silently, holding the boy's clothes tight.
18 February 2016
Verdict on appeals Feb 11
The High Court yesterday set February 11 for delivering a verdict on appeals by three condemned militants of Huji, including its chief, in a case filed over the grenade attack on the then British envoy in 2004.
3 February 2016
Raped second time for seeking justice
A housewife of a Hindu family has allegedly been raped twice by the same man in the span of just three days in Baniarchang upazila of Habiganj.
21 January 2016
Tall men's higher calling
They call it "Long Man Society" and it is literally so. All the men in the club are at least six feet tall. Care to know why they formed it?
14 January 2016
I want justice
Justice seems to be a never-ending wait for the family of Felani Khatun.
7 January 2016
Victim families call for quick execution
For more than 44 years, Abdur Rouf Montu has been waiting for justice.
6 January 2016
Happy, yet not happy enough
Justice seekers were happy with the apex court yesterday upholding the death penalty handed down to war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami but they would have been happier if it confiscated his wealth as well to compensate the victims.
6 January 2016
It's not enough
It was a long battle of a father.
31 December 2015
‘Murders inspired by void of justice’
Eminent writers, scholars and cultural activists have issued a joint statement voicing frustration over failure to bring the killers of writers and free thinkers to justice.
10 November 2015
Harassed for no crime
The four employees of an NGO, arrested in a case filed under the Human Trafficking Act over a month ago, were granted bail by a Dhaka court yesterday as a police probe found no proof of their involvement.
19 October 2015
Is money above the law?
We are appalled to see that influence and money has gotten the better of the law in a recent incident. We hope that the record is straightened out and that ours is a society based on laws, not influence, is established.
17 October 2015
SUVs and Rickshaws
The key facts of the case I analyse here are as follows: An underage driver crashed into two rickshaws. He was caught red-handed. Police officers who responded to the incident have given statements confirming that the perpetrator was drunk, that he did not hold a driver's licence.
17 October 2015
A bottom-up approach to justice
An international conference held in the capital yesterday highlights the importance of restorative justice toward reducing crime and bringing peace and harmony in the society.
21 August 2015