Lebanon has abolished the death penalty, becoming the first country in the Middle East to scrap capital punishment. The country’s parliament passed a bill abolishing the death penalty on Tuesday. […]
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court has paved the way for the formal introduction of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), including mediation services, through the Supreme Court Legal Aid […]
Detective Branch (DB) police have arrested five people, including alleged drug dealer and criminal Makhon alias Langra Rubel, in connection with a shooting in Dhaka’s Pallabi that left two people […]
A Dhaka court has set October 27 for submission of an investigation report in a case against former president Mohammed Shahabuddin and 19 others over the alleged fraudulent acquisition of […]
Five police officers, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Joint Commissioner Biplab Kumar Sarker, are set to be dismissed from service for allegedly remaining absent from their workplaces without authorisation. […]
A Syrian court has sentenced former President Bashar al-Assad to death. On Tuesday, a criminal court in Damascus convicted him in absentia of murder and incitement to murder, according to […]
The government has approved the draft of the National Human Rights Commission Act, 2026, which includes provisions for establishing a National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) unit to prevent torture, deaths and […]
Former Chief Justice A B M Khairul Haque has secured bail in the final case pending against him, clearing the legal way for his release from prison. The High Court […]
Former Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader allegedly instructed then State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat to pressure television channels to stop broadcasting reports of attacks on […]
Convicted war crimes accused Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, alias Baccu Razakar, has petitioned the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking acquittal in a case over crimes against humanity committed […]
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