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High Court setting up special bench to fast-track women, child abuse appeals

Dhaka, June 7 -- Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury has announced the formation of a special High Court bench to expedite appeals in cases filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention ... Read More


Patuakhali chef found hanging in restaurant staff quarters

Dhaka, June 7 -- Police have recovered the hanging body of a chef from the residential quarters of a restaurant in Patuakhali. The deceased has been identified as Md Sayem, 20, a resident of Bhandari... Read More


13th parliament convenes budget session

Dhaka, June 7 -- The first budget session of the 13th parliament has begun. The meeting began at 3pm on Sunday under the chairmanship of Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad. At the beginning of the session, t... Read More


Hadi murder: Submission of supplementary probe report delayed

Dhaka, June 7 -- A Dhaka court has deferred the deadline for submitting a supplementary investigation report in the murder case of Inqilab Moncho convenor Sharif Osman bin Hadi, setting Jun 17 as the ... Read More


Sohel prays, Swapna weeps silently during verdict in Ramisa rape, murder case

Dhaka, June 7 -- After a tribunal handed down death penalties to a couple for the rape and murder of 8-year-old Ramisa Akter in Dhaka's Pallabi, lawyers and others present in the court expressed their... Read More


Verdict in Ramisa rape, murder case fulfils public expectations: home minister

Dhaka, June 7 -- Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed believes that public expectations have been fulfilled due to the swift verdict in the rape and murder case of 8-year-old Ramisa Akter. "This is how we ... Read More


Dr SM Moazzem Hossain joins IUB as director of Center for Health, Population and Development

Dhaka, June 7 -- Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has appointed Dr SM Moazzem Hossain as the director of the Center for Health, Population & Development (CHPD). The appointment took effect on... Read More


Ramisa murder case verdict a milestone for judiciary, says attorney general

Dhaka, June 7 -- Attorney General Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal has described the verdict in the Ramisa Akter murder case, delivered just 20 days after the incident, as a "milestone in the judicial process". ... Read More


Every page of Ramisa case 'filled with grief, anger, hope for justice': court

Dhaka, June 7 -- A Dhaka court that sentenced two suspects to death for the rape and murder of 8-year-old Ramisa Akter has said every page of the case is filled with "pain, anger, anxiety and a longin... Read More


'I had to see this man with my own eyes': Ramisa verdict draws students to court

Dhaka, June 7 -- A group of college students have gone to a Dhaka courtroom to hear the verdict in the rape and murder case of 8-year-old Ramisa Akter. One of them asked, "Did the suspect's hand not ... Read More