GK Shamim jailed for 5.5 years
GK Shamim jailed for 5.5 years

A Dhaka court has sentenced expelled SM Golam Kibria Shamim, known as GK Shamim, to five and a half years in jail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) against him over amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 297 crore. Judge Md Rabiul Alam of the Special Judges Court-4 of Dhaka...

Three sentenced to death for gang-rape, murder in Keraniganj
Three sentenced to death for gang-rape, murder in Keraniganj

A Dhaka court has sentenced three people to death for the gang-rape and murder of a teenage girl in Dhakas Keraniganj three years ago. Dhaka Women and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Munshi Md Moshiar Rahman delivered the verdict in the case on Tuesday. The convicts are 25-year-old...

House tutor sentenced to death for raping child
House tutor sentenced to death for raping child

A Dhaka court on Wednesday convicted and sentenced one Jahidul Islam, 30, to death for raping his seven-year-old student in the citys Banashree area in 2021, reports BSS. Judge Mst Roksana Begum Happy of Dhaka Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 pronounced the judgment in...

Mobile court bans horse meat sales in Gazipur amid health concerns
Mobile court bans horse meat sales in Gazipur amid health concerns

A mobile court has conducted an operation in Hyderabad area under Gazipur Metropolitans Sadar Metro police station to cease the sale of horse meat. The move comes following recent controversy over horse meat sales in the area. Citing public health and ethical concerns, the authorities have...

One judge handles 1,500 cases
One judge handles 1,500 cases

Over 150,000 cases of women and child abuse are currently pending across country, putting immense pressure on the legal system. Judges are burdened with handling an average of 1,500 cases each, while also managing thousands of additional cases in the Childrens Court and the Human Trafficking...

US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order
US deports hundreds of Venezuelans despite court order

The Trump administration has deported alleged members of a Venezuelan gang from the U.S. despite a court order forbidding it from doing so, saying in an extraordinary statement that a judge did not have the authority to block its actions. The deportation operation followed a move by Judge James...

Kamal Majumder announces resignation from AL in court
Kamal Majumder announces resignation from AL in court

Former state minister for industries, Kamal Ahmed Majumder, declared that he would no longer be involved in Awami League (AL). He made the declaration at a Dhaka court on Monday around 10 am. He was presented before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court in Dhaka as part of legal proceedings...

Court orders to freeze 28 bank accounts of Addl-DIG Mozzammel
Court orders to freeze 28 bank accounts of Addl-DIG Mozzammel

A Dhaka court has ordered the seizure of 65 bighas of land worth Tk 2.19 crore owned by Additional Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Gazi Md Mozammel Haque. Judge Md. Zakir Hossain Galib of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court issued the order on Wednesday following a...

Trinamool BNP chairman Shamsher Mobin remanded for 4 days
Trinamool BNP chairman Shamsher Mobin remanded for 4 days

Trinamool BNP Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury has been granted a four-day remand by a Dhaka court in connection with the murder of Parvez Mia, a student from the Jatrabari area. The decision was made following a hearing on Monday in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate GM Farhan Ishtiaq....

Russian tycoon wins legal battle against western Media – RBK
Russian tycoon wins legal battle against western Media – RBK

A German court has barred a local newspaper from spreading misinformation about Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, marking another legal victory for the metals and telecoms magnate in his ongoing battle against Western media. According to RBK, the Hamburg Regional Court issued the ruling on...

Khaleda Zia acquitted in Cumilla sabotage case
Khaleda Zia acquitted in Cumilla sabotage case

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)s Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has been acquitted in the 2015 sabotage case involving vandalism and arson in Cumillas Chauddagram. The verdict was delivered by Judge Afroza Sheuly of Cumillas Additional District and Sessions Judge Court No. 1. Public Prosecutor...

Matiur's wife Laila Kaniz sent to jail
Matiur's wife Laila Kaniz sent to jail

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sent former Upazila Chairman Laila Kaniz, wife of former member of National Board of Revenue (NBR) Matiur Rahman, to jail in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), reports BSS. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Zakir Hossain Galib passed the...

1,911 case files go missing from Ctg court, GD filed
1,911 case files go missing from Ctg court, GD filed

A total of 1,911 case files from 30 courts under the Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judges jurisdiction have gone missing from outside the Public Prosecutors (PP) office between 13-31 December during the courts vacation. Chattogram Metropolitan PP Mofizul Haque Bhuiyan filed a general diary...

Ctg court rejects Chinmoy's bail
Ctg court rejects Chinmoy's bail

A Chattogram court on Thursday rejected the bail appeal filed for ex-ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case filed in connection with disrespecting the national flag of Bangladesh. Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Saiful Islam rejected the bail plea after...