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Will cricketer Nasir, his wife Tamima walk free or face punishment?

Dhaka, June 10 -- A Dhaka court is set to deliver its verdict in the highly publicised case against cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima Sultana Tammi over charges of marrying before legally di... Read More


Cricketer Nasir, Tamima did not break the law by marrying, court finds

Dhaka, June 10 -- A Dhaka court has acquitted cricketer Nasir Hossain and his wife Tamima Sultana Tammi in a case over allegedly marrying before Tamima legally dissolving her previous marriage. Dhaka... Read More


Mother goes out for medicine, returns to find 3-year-old son dead

Dhaka, May 9 -- A 3-year-old boy was asleep. His mother Shilpi Khatun had left him with his father and gone to a pharmacy to buy medicine for herself. A short while later, she returned home and found... Read More


Charge sheet filed against Hasina, 39 others over 'attempted murder'

Dhaka, May 3 -- Police have submitted a charge sheet against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 40 others in an "attempted murder" case over the shooting of a Chhatra Dal activist in Mohammadpur,... Read More


Mother lands in jail with three children after cannabis arrest, eldest son sent to correction centre

Dhaka, April 29 -- A Dhaka court has sent a woman to jail along with her three children following her arrest with 30 kg of cannabis. Her eldest son, a teenager, was ordered to a juvenile correction c... Read More


Thirteen years on, justice remains elusive over deadly Rana Plaza collapse

Dhaka, April 24 -- Thirteen years after the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar, the trials in the two main cases over the country's deadliest industrial disaster remain unfinished. The murder case has rece... Read More


'My child will die,' activist mother says as infant accompanies her to jail

Dhaka, April 21 -- In a courtroom heavy with sobs and disbelief, a 46-day-old infant has been taken into custody alongside her mother after a Dhaka court rejected bail in an attempted murder case link... Read More


Ramna Botomul blast trial still awaits a verdict after 25 years

Dhaka, April 13 -- A quarter-century after the deadly 2001 bomb attack on Chhayanaut's Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Ramna Botomul, the verdict in the case filed under the Explosives Substances Act ... Read More


11 years on, justice remains elusive in the murder of blogger Washiqur

Dhaka, March 30 -- The family of blogger Washiqur Rahman Babu, who was hacked to death in Tejgaon's Begunbari area, is still awaiting justice for his 2015 murder. Those involved in the 11-year-old ca... Read More


FR Tower fire: Developer Rupayan chairman excluded from charge sheet as flat owners move High Court to stay trial

Dhaka, March 29 -- Seven years after the devastating fire at the Faruk Rupayan (FR) Tower in Banani, the trial into the tragedy faces new hurdles as defendants move the High Court to stay proceedings.... Read More