The High Court is no more a constitutional court now. It has become a criminal court, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain said yesterday.

Readymade garment workers yesterday blocked streets in Mirpur, vandalised an office of the Awami League and torched two motorcycles of the party activists during their demonstration -- for the fourth consecutive day -- for salary hike and other demands.

A Shariatpur tribunal today sentenced a man to life in prison in a case filed over the rape of a college student.

The High Court today issued a contempt of court rule against Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Md Zahangir Alam and three others on charges of grabbing land, ignoring its directives.

The High Court today ordered the police not to harass locals and family members of Tajul Islam who died allegedly in the custody of Rangpur police, until further order.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) today formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the road accident leading to a Notre Dame College student’s death at Gulistan.

Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore will file a no-confidence petition against the probe report submitted by Police Bureau Investigation (PBI) over the torture on him in custody.

Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division who is now in jail, today pleaded not guilty and demanded justice after charges from statements of 12 prosecution witnesses were read out to him.

A Dhaka court today granted bail to Helena Jahangir, a businessperson turned politician, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act with Gulshan Police Station.

Former BNP MP Abdul Momin Talukder Khoka has been sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal today for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

A Dhaka court today accepted charges against 11 people, including the deputy director of Department of Health, over irregularities in the procurement of drugs for Azimpur Maternal and Child Health Training Institute.

A Dhaka court today granted ad-interim bail to former BNP minister Barrister Nazmul Huda in a case lodged over filing a fake case against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.

Rab arrested an accused from Cumilla Medical College Hospital after family of slain ward councillor Syed Mohammad Sohel filed a case with Kotwali Police Station early today.

The High Court yesterday issued a contempt of court rule against one Saniur TIM Nabi for leaving the country with his three-year old boy ignoring its earlier directive.

A case was filed with a Rajbari court yesterday against Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam over his controversial comments on Bangabandhu and Liberation War martyrs.

Masked criminals shot dead an Awami League activist from the Marma community in Bandarban’s Rowangchhari upazila yesterday evening.

The killers’ target was  clear: shoot and confirm the death of Cumilla city Councillor Syed Mohammad Sohel on the spot.

Trial proceedings of a lawsuit over Tazreen Fashions fire made no significant progress in six years as prosecutors kept failing to bring witnesses to court.

The HC yesterday refused to grant bail to then OC of Rajshahi’s Puthia Police Station Shakil Uddin Ahmed in a corruption case filed for manipulating the FIR in labour leader Nurul Islam murder case.

Police have arrested 12 people including the newly-elected chairman of Balia Union Parishad in Dhamrai, Mojibur Rahman, on charges of assaulting a youth.