law-order
Arrest people who set afire street boy: HC to police
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the officer-in-charge of Motijheel Police Station to arrest people who set on fire a 10-year-old street boy in Fakirapool area of the capital.
SC bars Shafat Ahmed from going abroad
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order allowing Shafat Ahmed, prime accused in the sensational Banani double rape case, to go abroad for treatment.
Sakhipur UNO, OC offer unconditional apology to HC
The High Court on Tuesday exonerated the upazila nirbahi officer (UNB) and officer-in-charge (OC) of Sakhipur in Tangail district from personal appearance over issuing threat to a writ petitioner.
2 Destiny officials denied bail
The Appellate Division on Tuesday rejected the bail petitions filed by Destiny Group managing director Rafiqul Amin and Destiny-2000 chairman Mohammad Hossain in two money-laundering cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Throwing polytechnic principal into pond: 16 to face action
Rajshahi Polytechnic Institute is going to take punitive action against 16 students over throwing its principal into a pond on the campus.
Action should be taken against Sangram for calling war criminal a ‘martyr’: Quader
Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that legal action should be taken against ‘Daily Sangram’ for describing executed war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla as ‘martyr’.
Avijit Roy killing: Court summons Bonya on Dec 30
A Tribunal here on Wednesday summoned Rafida Ahmed Bonya on December 30 to testify in the murder case of her husband, founder of Mukto Mona blog Avijit Roy.
SC to hear Khaleda’s bail plea Thursday
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is set to hear on Thursday BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust Graft Case.
Shafat’s wife Piasha gets bail in extortion case
A court here on Wednesday granted bail to Faria Mahbub Piasha, wife of prime suspect in The Raintree Dhaka hotel rape case Shafat Ahmed, in a case filed reportedly for issuing death threat and demanding Tk 5 crore as extortion.
Rajshahi war criminal Tipu Sultan sentenced to death
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday sentenced war criminal Tipu Sultan to death for crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.