Courts & law

HC seeks action against illegal horse slaughter, orders national plan to protect animals

The High Court on Saturday issued a rule and a series of directives to government authorities over their alleged failure to prevent the illegal slaughter of horses and the sale

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ICT allows interrogation of Dipu Moni, others in 2013 crimes against humanity case

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday allowed investigators to interrogate former Awami League minister Dipu Moni, former Ekattor Media Limited managing director Mozammel Haque Babu and former Ekattor Television chief

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Sohel, Swapna sentenced to death in Pallabi child rape-murder case

The Dhaka Metropolitan Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal on Sunday sentenced Sohel Rana and his wife Swapna Akter to death in a case of killing an eight-year-old girl after

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Verdict in Pallabi child rape-murder case on June 7

A Dhaka tribunal on Thursday fixed June 7 for delivering its verdict in the case of killing an eight-year-old girl after rape at Pallabi in the capital on May 19.

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Tribunal frames charges for Pallabi child rape murder

The Dhaka Metropolitan Violence Against Children Prevention Tribunal on Monday charged a couple with the rape and murder of their neighbour 7-year-old girl at Pallabi in the capital. The tribunal

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Court hands death penalty to 3 in 2022 housewife murder case

A court in Bhola on Sunday sentenced three men to death and two others to life imprisonment over the killing of a housewife in 2022. Additional District and Sessions Judge

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Court accepts chargesheet, orders transfer for trial

A Dhaka court has accepted the chargesheet filed against the prime accused, Sohel Rana, and his wife, Swapna Akter, in the rape and murder case of child Ramisa Akter in

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Abul Barkat’s bail upheld

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has upheld the bail granted by the High Court to economist and former chairman of Janata Bank Professor Abul Barkat, who was arrested

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