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Six-member search committee for Election Commission formed

The government on Thursday formed a six-member search committee led by Appellate Division judge Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury to recommend people for the offices of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners...

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Judicial secretariat under SC is long overdue

THIS is unacceptable that the judiciary has not enjoyed effective separation from other state organs and has not been truly independent, even though the constitution declares in unambiguous terms that the state ‘shall ensure the separation of the judiciary from the executive organs of the state’. On November 1, 2007, the then caretaker government...

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SC orders strict compliance with court edicts

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has issued a warning to all government authorities asking them to ensure strict compliance with court rulings and orders...

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Govt reconstitutes law commission

The government on Wednesday reconstituted the Law Commission, Bangladesh, appointing former Appellate Division Justice Zinat Ara as the new chairman of the commission for a three-year tenure...

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SC halts Sohel Rana’s bail

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court’s interim bail order for Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza and former leader of the Awami League’s youth wing, Juba League...

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SC halts Sohel Rana’s bail

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court’s interim bail order for Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza and former leader of the Awami League’s youth wing, Juba League.

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Ex-justice Manik shown arrested in another murder case

A Dhaka court on Thursday showed retired justice of the Appellate Division AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik arrested in a case lodged over the murder of Abdul Motalib in the capital during anti-discrimination student-led mass uprising...

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LGRD bars Shahid from acting as DWASA MD

The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Co-operatives on Thursday directed Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority deputy managing director AKM Shahid Uddin to cease functioning as the organisation’s managing director....

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Govt challenges HC ban on DWASA MD’s holding office

The Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives on Wednesday filed a petition with the Appellate Division challenging a recent High Court order that barred AKM Shahid Uddin from serving as the managing director of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority...

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SC to hear experts’ opinion

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday decided to seek expert opinions on the legal maintainability of Professor Muhammad Yunus’ appeal to quash...

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Review petition seeks caretaker govt restoration

Five eminent citizens on Tuesday filed a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking a review of its May 10, 2011 verdict that declared election-time non-party caretaker government system illegal.

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SC allows filing of review petition

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday granted permission to file a review petition challenging its May 10, 2011 verdict that declared the election-time non-party caretaker government system illegal...

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Ex-justice Manik at ICU in Sylhet 

Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, a retired judge to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, was admitted to Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital in a serious condition on Saturday night...

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Judiciary must learn to stay off political control

THE judiciary appears to be in need of an urgent course correction as it appears to have shifted its standing with the change in the government. And, such a shift questions the independence of the judiciary that was officially effected on November 1, 2007 from the executive and the legislative based a 12-point directive that the Appellate Division issued...

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Contempt of court rule issued against lawyer Mohsin, journalist Kanak

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday issued contempt of court notices against lawyer Mohammad Mohsin Rashid and expatriate journalist Kanak Sarwar for making objectionable comments about the judiciary, Supreme Court and International Criminal Tribunal...

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Notification to be issued anytime, says minister

A notification on the order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court over quota reform is likely to be issued today or tomorrow, public administration minister Farhad Hossain said on Monday...

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Govt had better take action on all issues protesters talk of

THE Appellate Division has revoked the High Court verdict of June 5 that ordered the government to reinstate 30 per cent of civil service job reservations for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters. The appeals court in its verdict after hearing two petitions on July 21 brought down the civil service job reservations...

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The wound will cast a long, indelible shadow

THE Appellate Division coming to revoke the July 5 High Court verdict that asked the government to reinstate 30 per cent quotas in government jobs for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters, sparking massive student protests, does not, and will not, heal the wounds that have been inflicted on the nation since July 15...

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Govt appeals against HC verdict on quota

The cabinet secretary on Tuesday filed a petition in the Appellate Division seeking permission to appeal against a High Court verdict that asked the government to maintain...

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SC summons lawyer Mohsen, journalist Kanak

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday summoned lawyer Mohammed Mohsen Rashid and journalist Kanak Sarwar for allegedly scandalising, demeaning and maligning the judiciary of Bangladesh in a talk-show...