Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, along with 72 others, has been sued for conspiring to overthrow the interim government through a civil war.
The High Court is likely to hear today the bail petition of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former ISKCON leader, in connection with a sedition case filed over disrespecting the national flag.
This is the first sedition conviction against any journalist or editor since Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China in 1997.
A Dhaka court today set September 20 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in 11 cases, including one filed over sedition.
A Dhaka court yesterday framed sedition charges against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and three others in a case filed over broadcasting a “provocative speech” of Tarique.
A High Court bench rejects the bail petition of detained BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury in a sedition case filed against him.
A Dhaka court places BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury on a seven-day remand in a sedition case filed allegedly for hatching a conspiracy with Israel's Likud Party and its intelligence agency Mossad to oust the government.
Law enforcers seek a 30-day remand for interrogating BNP leader Aslam Chowdhury in three separate cases including a sedition one. The sedition case has been filed allegedly for hatching a conspiracy with Israel's Likud Party and its intelligence agency Mossad to oust the government.
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia secures bail in five cases including a sedition one after she surrendered before five separate courts in Dhaka.
A Dhaka court grants a time petition submitted by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a sedition case filed over her comments on the number of Liberation War martyrs, and asks her to appear before it on April 10.
Three more defamation cases are filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam in four districts.
Journalists and several rights and professional bodies yesterday demanded withdrawal of all cases filed against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam.
Filing of cases against The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam has proved that the country is facing a crisis of free-thinking, says BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Nine eminent citizens have expressed grave concern over the filing of more than 50 cases and issuance of summons against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam.
Hours after a Narayanganj court had issued an arrest warrant against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said it would be summons, not arrest warrant.
Bangla daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman is shown arrested in a blast case a day after the apex court paved way for his release from jail.
Twelve more lawsuits are filed in Dhaka and eight other districts against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam for publishing reports based on information supplied by the DGFI during caretaker government regime in 2007.
A Dhaka court yesterday ordered police to seek permission from the government for investigating a sedition charge brought by a lawyer against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam.
BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan yesterday demanded that the government prepare a list of Liberation War martyrs like that of freedom fighters.
