HC grants bail to journalist Ashfaq
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to detained journalist Syed Ashfaqul Haque in a case filed over the death of his domestic worker...
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HC seeks report on NIDs given to Rohingyas
The High Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission and the government authorities to investigate and submit reports on how many Rohingyas were enrolled as...
HC declares DMD鈥檚 dismissal illegal
The High Court on Monday declared the dismissal of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority鈥檚 deputy managing director Syed Mohammad Golam Yeazdabni on June 22, 2023, illegal...
SC suspends lawyer for FB post on judge
The Appellate Division on Sunday suspended High Court Division lawyer Muhammad Ashraful Islam鈥檚 practice in any court across the country until further hearing on August 29...
Quota helps a few, but meritocracy helps all
THE High Court order for the restoration of quota in public service that the government abolished in October 2028 in the wake of protests has come as disappointment for students and jobseekers...
HC questions legality of locked docks
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to explain the constitutionality of a rule following which locked docks were established in every courtroom in the country in 2009 to prevent escape of the accused...
HC order to restore FF quota sparks student protests
Students of different public universities, including Dhaka University, Rajshahi University and Jahangirnagar University on Thursday protested at the...
RU students protest at HC鈥檚 order of reinstating FF quota in govt. job
Students of Rajshahi University on Thursday staged demonstrations protesting against the High Court order that asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service...
HC asks govt to report on progress over electronic signatures
The High Court on Thursday asked the government authorities to submit a report on August 12 informing it of the progress over recognising electronic signatures on electronic documents or forms...
Pending cases can鈥檛 hold back passport: HC
The High Court in a verdict on Wednesday asked the Department of Immigration and Passports not to hold back passports on the excuse for pending criminal cases against applicants...
Pending criminal cases cannot be barrier to obtain passports: HC
The High Court in a verdict on Wednesday asked the department of immigration and passports not to hold up passports on the excuse of pending criminal cases against applicants...
HC asks govt to restore 30pc FF quota in govt jobs
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service...
HC summons Ctg divisional commissioner
The High Court on Sunday summoned Chattogram additional divisional commissioner Yasmin Parvin Tibriji to appear before it on July 9 in connection with a...
HC for constructing monument at Salanga massacre ground
The High Court on Sunday asked the government to construct a monument at Salanga in Sirajganj to commemorate hundreds of people who were killed in shooting on January 27, 1922, during Mahatma Gandhi鈥檚 non-cooperation movement and the Khilafat movement...
HC scraps Paritosh Sarkar鈥檚 5-year jail for hurting religious sentiment
The High Court on Thursday scrapped a lower court verdict that jailed Paritosh Sarkar, a resident of Pirganj in Rangpur, for five years on charge of hurting Muslim religious sentiments...
SC clears way for recruiting asst primary teachers in Dhaka, Ctg
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for holding viva voce of 46,199 selected candidates for the post of assistant teachers of the...
Jailed rapist gets bail, ordered to recognise child, pay for upbringing
The High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to a jailed rapist and asked him to recognise his child and pay her maintenance and education cost...
HC seeks report on foreign workers, money taken out of Bangladesh
The High Court on Tuesday asked the Bangladesh Bank and other government authorities to submit reports on the number of foreign nationals working in Bangladesh and as to how they send their money to their respective countries...
HC asks jailers to respond to demand for post-mortem reports
The High Court on Tuesday asked the jail authorities to respond in 30 days to a lawyer鈥檚 letter seeking post-mortem reports of 13 leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who died in jail custody before January 7 parliamentary elections and in the aftermath of it...
HC asks IGP, RMP to report action against extortion for Mujib murals
The High Court on Tuesday asked the inspector general of police and the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police commissioner to report to the court in seven days what action had been taken against those who demanded extortion from the contractor making murals of country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders at Boalia in Rajshahi...
HC stays process of recruiting primary teachers in Dhaka, Ctg
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the process of recruiting assistant teachers to government primary schools in 21 districts of Dhaka and Chattogram divisions over an allegation that a total of 46,199 candidates were selected in the recruitment test with leaked question papers...
HC allows Bhawal Resort to operate until July 7聽
The High Court on Monday allowed until July 7 to operate business activities of privately-run Bhawal Resort Limited in Gazipur, on the outskirt of the capital, after staying the department of environment鈥檚 embargo on the resort鈥檚 operation for damaging environment....
Evict billboards of illegal housing projects near Purbachal: HC
The High Court on Sunday directed the deputy commissioners of Narayanganj and Gazipur, and the superintendents of police of the two districts to demolish in two months billboards of illegal housing projects near Rajuk-run Purbachal City at Rupganj, on the outskirts of the capital...
HC bans Silicon City鈥檚 activities in Savar
The High Court, on Sunday, directed Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, the department of environment and deputy commissioner of Dhaka to stop all activities of Silicon City, an unauthorised private housing project at Savar, on the outskirt of Dhaka...
SC expects HC judges to sign written orders serially
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in a recent verdict has said that it expects High Court Division judges, barring exceptions, will put their signatures on bail orders and...
SC upholds HC order regarding candidacy of Shahadat in Companiganj polls
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court order for accepting the nomination paper of Shahadat Hossain, younger brother of Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, in the upcoming Companiganj Upazila Parishad election...
Slow-motion execution of Assange
THE decision by the High Court in London to grant Julian Assange the right to appeal the order to extradite him to the United States may prove to be a Pyrrhic victory. It does not mean Julian will elude extradition. It does not mean the court has ruled, as it should, that...
Admission of 169 overage children to Viqarunnisa school illegal: HC
The High Court on Tuesday in a verdict declared admission of 169 overage children to Class I of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in Dhaka this academic year illegal...
HC approves appointment of new chairman of Destiny-2000
The High Court on Tuesday approved the appointment of Barrister Prashant Bhushan, a Supreme Court lawyer, as the new chairman of the board of directors of Destiny-2000.....
HC orders collection of identity docs of accused to prevent proxy
The High Court in a verdict on Monday asked the police, lower court judges and jailers to collect and verify identity documents鈥攏ational identification cards, or...
