For a decade now, 54-year-old house help Jyotsna Robi Das has been seeking justice for the killing of her son.
Former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday told a court that he had been “kept in the dark” about the nighttime voting during the 2018 national election and blamed overenthusiastic government officials for the irregularities.
Judge shortage, lack of witnesses, inadequate court infrastructure blamed for delays
More than nine years have passed since a case was filed over the rape of a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The tribunal dealing with the case has framed charges against the lone accused and held 96 hearings but is yet to complete the trial.
The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.
They have been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, abduction, vandalism, extortion, assault, and in certain cases, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
Twelve years have passed since the Rana Plaza collapse, yet the trials of two related cases remain incomplete at a Dhaka court, mainly due to the repeated absence of prosecution witnesses.
A pro-BNP lawyer sued 144 pro-Awami League lawyers for illegally gathering, trespassing, theft, causing bodily harm, attempted murder, vandalism and exploding crude bombs.
For a decade now, 54-year-old house help Jyotsna Robi Das has been seeking justice for the killing of her son.
Former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday told a court that he had been “kept in the dark” about the nighttime voting during the 2018 national election and blamed overenthusiastic government officials for the irregularities.
Judge shortage, lack of witnesses, inadequate court infrastructure blamed for delays
More than nine years have passed since a case was filed over the rape of a nine-year-old schoolgirl in Dhaka’s Khilkhet area. The tribunal dealing with the case has framed charges against the lone accused and held 96 hearings but is yet to complete the trial.
The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.
They have been charged with murder, attempted murder, unlawful assembly, rioting, abduction, vandalism, extortion, assault, and in certain cases, genocide, and crimes against humanity.
Twelve years have passed since the Rana Plaza collapse, yet the trials of two related cases remain incomplete at a Dhaka court, mainly due to the repeated absence of prosecution witnesses.
A pro-BNP lawyer sued 144 pro-Awami League lawyers for illegally gathering, trespassing, theft, causing bodily harm, attempted murder, vandalism and exploding crude bombs.
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to nine years and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three years in prison in a graft case filed in 2007.
The government has finally declared the historic Brajo Niketan, located in Dhaka’s Nawabganj, a heritage site.
Since Khadijatul Kubra’s arrest 10 months ago, a question has been haunting her mother: what has her daughter done to be denied bail?
Time has stood still for the probe into the murders of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.
According to the case statement, Rab arrested a man preparing to commit a robbery near a footbridge at Mayakanan in the capital’s Sabujbagh at 6:10pm on February 15.
Justice delayed is justice denied. This phrase is a harsh reality for the families of Aminul Islam Sajal and Marium Chowdhury Jerin, two students whose deaths four years ago at a residential hotel in Dhaka’s Farmgate, remain shrouded in mystery.
Trial of the case filed over the 2015 Pahela Baishakh sexual assault incident at Dhaka University (DU) is in a limbo due to non-appearance of witnesses before the court.
They invested the money they had and the money they could borrow in the hope of good business ahead of Eid but within a few hours yesterday, they lost everything.
Just six months ago, 29-year-old Tarek opened a shop in the capital’s Bangabazar Shopping Complex by taking a loan.
For the last 25 years, Oliar Rahman had been shuttling between Madaripur and Dhaka to appear before courts in a case filed over the death of his fellow worker.
