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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.

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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...

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Decentralisation of HC, clemency board agreed

Representatives from 30 political parties on Thursday reached consensus on the establishment of a legally defined clemency board under article 49 of the constitution and the decentralisation of the High Court...

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Body formed to investigate allegations over JS polls 

The government has formed a five-member committee, headed by justice Shamim Hasnain, former judge of the High Court Division, to investigate the allegations raised over the last three Jatiya Sangsad elections and to make recommendations to hold fair election in the future...

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HC to hear writ challenging 15th amendment on July 7

The High Court on Monday scheduled July 7 for the final hearing of a writ petition that challenged the constitutionality of a provision introduced by the 15th amendment that authorises the speaker of parliament to administer the oath of office to the president.

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HC asks for explanation over infant death in Ctg drain

The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain why compensation should not be provided to the mother of a six-month-old infant who drowned after falling into an open drain in Chattogram’s Kapasgola area...

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RAMPAL POWER PLANT: HC questions Indians’ hefty salary, bonus

The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why the continued dominance of foreign employees at the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Ltd, widely known as Rampal Power Plant, and the discriminatory pay structure between...

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Gaan Bangla TV chair Taposh freed a day after HC bail

Gaan Bangla Television chairman Kaushik Hossain Taposh was released from Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Wednesday evening, just a day after the High Court granted him interim bail in a case linked to the July 2024 mass uprising...

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SC judges rebuke HC judge Ashraful Kamal

Two Appellate Division judges, in the full verdict on the 16th Amendment review, have accused High Court judge Md Ashraful Kamal of judicial misconduct for making derogatory and politically motivated remarks about late president Ziaur Rahman, terming his language vulgar, indecent, and a violation of judicial conduct..

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HC questions Faruque’s removal from BCB board

The High Court on Monday issued a ruling asking the government to explain why the removal of former national cricket team’s captain Faruque Ahmed from the Bangladesh Cricket Board should not be declared illegal.

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HC upholds death sentence for Pradeep, Liakat, life terms for six others

The High Court on Monday upheld the death sentences for former Teknaf police station officer-in-charge Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara outpost in-charge Md Liakat Ali for the 2020 murder of retired army major Sinha Md Rashed Khan in the tourism district of Cox’s Bazar.

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Faruque files writ petition challenging his removal

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Faruque Ahmed on Sunday filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of his removal from the post by the National Sports Council.

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SC upholds Jamaat registration

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday overturned a 2013 High Court verdict that had declared the registration of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami as a political party illegal, bringing a significant legal shift after more than a decade of proceedings.

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Tarique, Zubaida now cleared of all cases

The High Court on Wednesday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a corruption case, overturning a lower court verdict that had jailed the BNP leader for six years and his wife for three years in absentia during the ousted Awami League regime...

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HC to deliver verdict in Zubaida Rahman’s appeal on May 28

The High Court on Monday set May 28 for delivering its verdict in the appeal filed by BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s wife Zubaida Rahman challenging a lower court decision that had sentenced her to three years in prison in absentia allegedly for abetting her husband in amassing illegal wealth...

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Justice Diliruzzaman fired for misconduct

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has removed High Court judge Justice Khandaker Diliruzzaman from office following a recommendation by the Supreme Judicial Council on proven allegations of misconduct...

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HC clears way for Ishraque to take oath as DSCC mayor

The High Court on Thursday cleared the way for Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain to take oath as mayor of the Dhaka South City Corporation, rejecting a writ petition that challenged the legality of his appointment...

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Ishraque supporters gather near Jamuna

Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Wednesday joined the protest and demanded that he should be sworn in as Dhaka south mayor...