Supreme Court promotes key judicial reforms in dialogue with law students
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh held a special dialogue on Saturday to engage law students from public universities in ongoing judicial reform efforts...
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SC questions legality of Mufti Hannan鈥檚 2nd confession
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday raised question about the legality of a second confessional statement made in the two August 2004 grenade attack cases, by Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami leader Mufti Abdul Hannan in 2007 who was already a death row prisoner when he gave it...
HC questions govt move to hand over terminal to foreign firm
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to explain in four weeks why the Chattogram Port Authority鈥檚 move to award the operation of the New Mooring Container Terminal to a foreign company without competitive bidding should not be declared illegal...
SC acquits war crimes death row convict Mobarak Hossain
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Mobarak Hossain, a death row convict in a war crimes case, overturning the 2014 International Crimes Tribunal-1 verdict...
SC clears way for holding UCB AGM
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily cleared the way for holding United Commercial Bank鈥檚 42nd annual general meeting to be held on Thursday, staying a High Court order that had earlier halted the event for three months.
HC seeks explanation over inaction over alleged corruption of Asiatic 3sixty
The High Court has asked the government to explain within four weeks why its failure to investigate alleged large-scale corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion by top bosses of the Asiatic 3sixty Group since 2009 should not be declared illegal...
Habiganj ex-DC among 4 jailed in court contempt case聽
A Habiganj court on Sunday sentenced former Habiganj deputy commissioner Md Ataur Rahman, former additional deputy commissioner, revenue, AKM Aminul Islam and two more ex-officials to one month in prison in a contempt of court lawsuit...
HC orders probe into arrest of nine children over Gopalganj violence
The High Court on Sunday directed the government to form a committee to investigate the arrest of nine individuals alleged to be children in violation of the Children Act, 2013 following the political violence in Gopalganj on July 16, which left five people killed...
Ctg court rejects Chinmoy鈥檚 bail petitions
The Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court on Thursday rejected Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatan Jagran Jote spokesperson Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari鈥檚 bail petitions in five cases, including the case of killing lawyer Saiful Islam Alif...
Climate crisis to legal battles
IN A quiet courtroom in the Hague, history stirred. A legal ripple, as gentle as a sigh from the Pacific, reached the shorelines of global governance. The International Court of Justice declared, in an advisory fashion though, that one country may, indeed, sue another for climate change. The words hung heavy in the air, stirring both celebrations and scepticism. Rightly so...
SC verdict on Mobarak鈥檚 appeal set for July 30
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday set July 30 to deliver its verdict on the appeal filed by Mobarak Hossain, a former Jamaat-e-Islami member and an expelled Awami League leader, challenging his death sentence for committing war crimes during the country鈥檚 liberation war...
HC summons Cumilla SP over failure to update about probe, provide safety to victim
The High Court on Tuesday summoned the Cumilla district superintendent of police to appear before it on August 12 for failing to comply with its earlier order to submit a progress report on the investigation into the rape of a housewife in Muradnagar...
HC bans risky flights over populated areas
The High Court on Tuesday directed the government to form a high-powered technical committee within seven days to investigate the Monday crash of the Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft into a building of a school and college in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area and identify the defects of the training aircraft...
Legal notice challenges 鈥榩ick and choose鈥� interview
Two Supreme Court lawyers on Monday served a legal notice on the government and the Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, accusing them of conducting interviews for High Court judge candidates on a biased and selective basis...
SC gets two chamber judge courts
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday nominated justice Md Rezaul Haque as judge-in-chamber-1 and justice Farah Mahbub as judge-in-chamber-2, forming two chamber judge courts to dispose of emergency matters at the Appellate Division...
Why Thakurgaon airport won鈥檛 be reopened: HC
The High Court on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why Thakurgaon airport, shut down for the last 44 years, should not be reopened in public interest and in the interest of economic development and tourism...
SJAC to hold viva voce for aspiring HC judges on Jul 18, 19
The Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, led by chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, has scheduled July 18-19 to conduct viva voce interviews of at least 60 shortlisted candidates for the posts of additional High Court judges.
SC allows Trump to resume edn department dismantling
A divided US Supreme Court gave president Donald Trump the green light on Monday to resume dismantling the Education Department...
A writ petition symptomatic of political sycophancy
THE High Court on July 17 issued a rule that has asked the government to explain why the chief adviser Muhammad Yunus should not be declared a 鈥榥ational reformer鈥�, considering his contribution to state reforms. The court has issued the rule on a public interest litigation writ petition filed in May by a journalist, who is a resident of Belkuchi in Sirajganj...
Why Yunus won鈥檛 be declared 鈥榥ational reformer鈥�, July deceased 鈥榤artyrs鈥�: HC
The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government authorities to explain why Nobel laureate and chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus should not be declared a 鈥榥ational reformer鈥� for his contributions to state reforms.
MITFORD MURDER: HC drops writ seeking judicial commission
The High Court in Dhaka has removed from its cause list a writ petition that pleaded for forming of a judicial commission to investigate into killing of scrap metal trader Lal Chand Mohammad Sohag, also an activist of Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth front of the BNP, in Mitford, Dhaka on July 9.
DMP again bans public gatherings near SC, CJ鈥檚 residence
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police once again on Sunday banned public gatherings, rallies and demonstrations in areas surrounding the Supreme Court and the chief justice鈥檚 official residence in the capital...
US Supreme Court blocks Florida immigration law
The US Supreme Court blocked Florida on Wednesday from enforcing a law that would make it a crime for undocumented migrants to enter the southern state...
Relax age limit for doctors for BCS exam: HC
The High Court on Wednesday directed the authorities concerned to allow MBBS graduate Debasish Biswas and nine others to apply for the 48th BCS (Special) Examination by relaxing the standard age limit of 32...
HC orders ACC to reinstate Sharif Uddin within 30 days
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to reinstate its former deputy assistant director Sharif Uddin within 30 days...
Arrest of Taliban leaders over women persecution ordered
The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity...
HC publishes full verdict restoring caretaker govt
The High Court on Tuesday released the full text of a landmark verdict that restored the non-party caretaker government system for overseeing the national elections...
HC publishes written verdict restoring caretaker govt system
The High Court on Tuesday released the full text of a landmark verdict that restored the non-party caretaker government system for overseeing national elections.
SC begins hearing Mobarak鈥檚 appeal against death sentence for war crimes
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing the appeal of Mobarak Hossain, an expelled Awami League leader and a former Jamaat-e-Islami member, challenging his 2014 death sentence for war crimes committed in the Brahmanbaria area during the 1971 Liberation War...
SC lawyers protest at HC decentralisation plan
Supreme Court lawyers on Monday protested against a move by 30 political parties to decentralise the High Court by establishing benches in divisional towns, warning that such a step threatens the unitary structure of the judiciary and violates the constitution...