A Joypurhat court today sentenced 11 persons to death in a case filed for murdering a man over enmity in 2002

Probe committee formed

There were emotional scenes inside and outside the High Court today as judges ordered the owner of a workshop to pay compensation totalling Tk 30 lakh to a child worker who lost his right arm while working there more than three years ago

A 70-year-old man was arrested yesterday in connection with a case filed over the sexual harassment of a woman inside a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at the Bijoy Sarani intersection in the capital on Monday

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why the imposition of the death penalty as a general course of punishment without a guideline should not be declared illegal and unconstitutional.

The High Court yesterday said the authorities cannot use fetters to restrain prisoners unless they are notorious criminals or militants.

A former union parishad (UP) chairman was killed in an attack allegedly carried out by the incumbent UP chairman and his supporters in Atghor Kuriana union of Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila yesterday.

Police yesterday recovered the bodies of a 15-year-old schoolgirl and her parents from their flat in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj.

The UN has said that people should never be jailed for expressing their political opinions.

Cops say they were hacked to death a couple days back

Law Minister Anisul Huq today directed the officials concerned of the ministry to strengthen the coordination between the upper and lower courts to reduce the backlogs of pending cases

Supporters of Dumuria Upazila Chairman Ejaz Ahmed organised a human chain demonstration in Khulna today, demanding punishment for those who brought rape allegations against him

Customs Intelligence members arrested a woman with $76,400 at Benapole Checkpost today.

A Sylhet court today sentenced four persons to life term imprisonment for raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in 2009

A diploma engineering student died as a shop he was working at caught fire in Barishal early today

A man and his former wife were found dead at her Kaichabari residence in Ashulia, Dhaka today

A former union parishad (UP) chairman was killed in an attack allegedly carried out by the incumbent UP chairman and his supporters in Atghor Kuriana union of Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila today

Monica Yunus, daughter of Prof Muhammad Yunus, tells CNN

A bicyclist was killed as a speeding truck ran him over on the approach road of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under Karnaphuli river in Chattogram’s Anwara upazila this morning

The High Court today said iron fetters cannot be imposed on prisoners, except for notorious criminals and militants