Dhaka Court

The 83-year-old economist was on Monday sentenced to six months in jail by a court for violating the labour laws

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday handed death sentences to seven members of a terrorist group for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian nation's worst such incident.

Bangladeshi economist and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been issued with an arrest warrant after failing to appear at a hearing over the sacking of workers at a company he heads, officials said Thursday.

Bangladesh is under international scanner for the arrest of award-winning photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam for critical remarks about the Awami League government over the recent student protests. Mr Alam, 63, arrested under law often called draconian, has claimed that he was tortured in police custody. His case will be heard by a cour...

Two arrest warrants were issued today against Bangladesh's Opposition leader and former premier Khaleda Zia after she failed to attend court hearings in graft and defamation cases, a move her lawyer said was a "ploy by the government" to stop her from returning home from London.

The statue of Lady Justice - a blindfolded woman holding scales and a sword in her hands - was removed from the Bangladesh Supreme Court complex early today after a hardline Islamic group said it was un-Islamic and Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina agreed it was not nice.

Metropolitan magistrate Zakir Hossain said another court which deals with internet-related crime would instead hear the bail application, meaning Arafat Sunny would remain behind bars on remand at a Dhaka prison.

A court in Dhaka on Thursday ordered ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to appear before it on January 9.

A Bangladeshi court Wednesday formally exonerated a student at a Canadian university of involvement in a deadly cafe siege, two months after he was arrested and charged over the carnage.

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by the leader of an Islamist party against a death sentence over atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at any time.

A Supreme Court lawyer in Bangladesh has petitioned the High Court in Dhaka to order the government to recover 1 crore taka as compensation from those responsible for the death of 'Bangabahadur', a wild Indian elephant which was swept away 1,700 km by raging floods in the Brahmaputra river.

A Bangladeshi court today extended the remand of a British national by eight days and a Canadian citizen by six days for their alleged involvement in the Dhaka cafe attack last month that killed 22 people, including an Indian girl.

A Dhaka court on Wednesday directed the police to submit by August 24 its investigation report into the Gulshan cafe terror attack, in which 22 people, including two police officers, were killed, according to media reports.

Bangladesh's highest court today upheld the death sentence against a top Islamist leader for war crimes during the country's battle for independence, prompting his opposition party to call a general strike in protest.

Bangladeshi police on Monday charged 41 people including the owner of the Rana Plaza factory complex with murder over the building's collapse in 2013 that killed more than 1,100 people.

The 83-year-old economist was on Monday sentenced to six months in jail by a court for violating the labour laws

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday handed death sentences to seven members of a terrorist group for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian nation's worst such incident.

Bangladeshi economist and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been issued with an arrest warrant after failing to appear at a hearing over the sacking of workers at a company he heads, officials said Thursday.

Bangladesh is under international scanner for the arrest of award-winning photographer and social activist Shahidul Alam for critical remarks about the Awami League government over the recent student protests. Mr Alam, 63, arrested under law often called draconian, has claimed that he was tortured in police custody. His case will be heard by a cour...

Two arrest warrants were issued today against Bangladesh's Opposition leader and former premier Khaleda Zia after she failed to attend court hearings in graft and defamation cases, a move her lawyer said was a "ploy by the government" to stop her from returning home from London.

The statue of Lady Justice - a blindfolded woman holding scales and a sword in her hands - was removed from the Bangladesh Supreme Court complex early today after a hardline Islamic group said it was un-Islamic and Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina agreed it was not nice.

Metropolitan magistrate Zakir Hossain said another court which deals with internet-related crime would instead hear the bail application, meaning Arafat Sunny would remain behind bars on remand at a Dhaka prison.

A court in Dhaka on Thursday ordered ex-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to appear before it on January 9.

A Bangladeshi court Wednesday formally exonerated a student at a Canadian university of involvement in a deadly cafe siege, two months after he was arrested and charged over the carnage.

Bangladesh's top court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by the leader of an Islamist party against a death sentence over atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers said, meaning he could be hanged at any time.

A Supreme Court lawyer in Bangladesh has petitioned the High Court in Dhaka to order the government to recover 1 crore taka as compensation from those responsible for the death of 'Bangabahadur', a wild Indian elephant which was swept away 1,700 km by raging floods in the Brahmaputra river.

A Bangladeshi court today extended the remand of a British national by eight days and a Canadian citizen by six days for their alleged involvement in the Dhaka cafe attack last month that killed 22 people, including an Indian girl.

A Dhaka court on Wednesday directed the police to submit by August 24 its investigation report into the Gulshan cafe terror attack, in which 22 people, including two police officers, were killed, according to media reports.

Bangladesh's highest court today upheld the death sentence against a top Islamist leader for war crimes during the country's battle for independence, prompting his opposition party to call a general strike in protest.

Bangladeshi police on Monday charged 41 people including the owner of the Rana Plaza factory complex with murder over the building's collapse in 2013 that killed more than 1,100 people.