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US court revives Nirvana album cover lawsuit

On Thursday, a federal appeals court in Los Angeles revived a child sexual exploitation lawsuit brought forth by Spencer Elden, the man featured as a naked 4-month-old on Nirvana's 1991 album cover for Nevermind.

I’m not the villain people and media portrayed me to be: Lizzo

US pop star Lizzo has firmly denied the allegations made by three of her ex-dancers, which include accusations of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. She described the past few days as "gut-wrenchingly difficult and overwhelmingly disappointing".

J&J ordered to pay $4.69 bn damages in talc cancer case

US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is ordered to pay out $4.69 billion in damages in a lawsuit representing 22 women and their families who alleged a talc sold by the company contained asbestos and caused them to suffer cancer.

Lawsuit accuses Google of paying women less than men

A trio of former Google employees files a lawsuit accusing the technology giant of paying women less than men for the same work.

Reporter says Fox News fired her for using harassment hotline

A Fox News radio correspondent files a lawsuit claiming she was fired for complaining about sex discrimination.

Full text of Barapukuria graft verdict released

The High Court has released its full judgement that cleared the way for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s trial in Barapukuria coalmine corruption case.

Facebook loses first round of biometric case

Facebook Inc lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who sued the social networking company, alleging it "unlawfully" collected and stored users' biometric data derived from their faces in photographs.

HC stays proceedings of 72 cases against Star editor

High Court stays for three months the proceedings of 72 cases against The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam. The court also issues a rule upon the authorities concerned to explain as to why the initiation and continuation of the cases should not be declared illegal. The rule is returnable in three weeks, the court says.

Charges pressed on Fakhrul, 33 others in violence case

Paltan police has submitted charge sheet against BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 33 others in a violence case of last year.

March 14, 2016
March 14, 2016

Star editor gets bail in Gazipur

The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam has secured bail in a Tk 5 crore defamation case in Gazipur.

March 1, 2016
March 1, 2016

Star editor gets bail in Rangpur

Rangpur court grants bail to Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam in a defamation case filed by ruling Awami League’s Rangpur district organising secretary. The court sets May 26 for next hearing.

October 29, 2015
October 29, 2015

Mahmudur among 9 indicted over Tejgaon arson

A Dhaka court frames charges against Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and 8 others in an arson case of March 2013.

October 12, 2015
October 12, 2015

Jimi Hendrix family suing Tucson shop owner for guitar

The estate of Jimi Hendrix is suing a Tucson man for a guitar once owned by the legendary guitarist.

September 12, 2015
September 12, 2015

Taylor Swift sued for false groping accusation

Singer Taylor Swift has reportedly been sued by former radio host David Mueller after he was wrongly accused of inappropriately touching the popstar.

August 9, 2015
August 9, 2015

ABM Mohiuddin gets bail in Ctg graft case

Chittagong court grants bail to former Chittagong city mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury and 15 others in a graft case over allocating shops

August 2, 2015
August 2, 2015

Gatco graft case: Order on Khaleda’s pleas Aug 5

High Court will deliver verdict on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s pleas challenging the legality of Gatco graft trial proceedings on Wednesday.

July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015

SC bail for Goyeshwar, no bar to release

Supreme Cour upholds a High Court bail for BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy and paves way for his release from jail.

June 23, 2015
June 23, 2015

Bail for Latif Siddique in 10 cases

High Court gives ad-interim bail to former minister Abdul Latif Siddique in 10 cases filed over hurting people’s religious sentiment.

April 8, 2015
April 8, 2015

Facebook faces lawsuit

Facebook is facing a lawsuit over the way it uses data for its facial recognition features.

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