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Md. Asif, a defendant in a rape case filed with Dhaka’s Shyampur Police Station, was scheduled for a bail hearing on April 8. Hoping to secure his release from custody, he waited for good news from his lawyer. Instead, a dispute between lawyers derailed the hearing. Helal Uddin Ahmed and Imran Hossain separately submitted powers of attorney on his behalf, creating a conflict over representation. As a result, the hearing did not take place and Asif failed to obtain bail. Instead, several d...

A Dhaka court has postponed for the third time the charge hearing in an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case accusing Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and former RAJUK Assistant Legal Adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain of illegally obtaining an apartment in the capital's Gulshan-2 area. The hearing has been...

Court cases have continued to move through multiple stages of the judicial process for years, leaving litigants stuck in long waits. Even within the corridors of the Supreme Court, the sound of people waiting for justice echoes as a quiet but persistent frustration. As population growth acce...

A Dhaka court has sentenced Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Akhter to death in the widely discussed case of the rape and murder of child Ramisa Akhter in Pallabi. On Sunday, Judge Masrur Saleheen of the Dhaka Metropolitan Child Violence Suppression Tribunal delivered the verdict. Earlier that da...

In a case involving the rape and murder of child Ramisa Akhtar in Pallabi, the prosecution has demanded the death penalty for accused Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Akhtar during closing arguments. Today Thursday, the hearing was held before Judge Masrur Salekin of the Dhaka Metropolitan Children...

Ramisa’s father Abdul Hannan Molla appeared in court today to testify in the case involving the rape and murder of his daughter in Pallabi, Dhaka. Judge Masrur Saleheen of the Dhaka Children’s Violence Prevention Tribunal is scheduled to record his testimony today...

The accused in the rape and murder case of child Ramisa, Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Akter, claimed their innocence before the court on Monday. The trial officially began with the framing of charges in the case. During the hearing, the accused pleaded no...

The High Court has sought an explanation as to why 208 expatriate July fighters, who endured imprisonment and torture abroad for their role in the 2024 movement, should not receive Tk 2.5 million each in compensation. The court has asked the concerned authorities, including the Secretary of the Min...