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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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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
MURADNAGAR RAPE: HC seeks probe update, orders protection for victim
The High Court on Sunday directed the inspector general of police to submit a progress report within 15 days on the investigation into the reported rape of a housewife in Muradnagar, Cumilla.
HC bench formed for quick disposal of Waqf cases
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has formed a High Court bench with a view to quick disposal of Waqf-related cases.
Body formed to investigate allegations over JS polls聽
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...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami gets back EC registration, electoral symbol
The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday got back its registration with the Election Commission as a political party and its electoral symbol, scale.
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.
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鈥檚 Kapasgola area...
RAMPAL POWER PLANT:聽HC questions Indians鈥� 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...
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...
2 HC judges kept off duty for one more month
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has extended by a month the leave of High Court judges Md Ashraful Kamal and Md Badruzzaman, who face separate allegations...
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..
HC questions Faruque鈥檚 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鈥檚 captain Faruque Ahmed from the Bangladesh Cricket Board should not be declared illegal.
Main Eid Jamaat to be held at Jatiya Eidgah at 7:30am
The main congregation of the holy Eid-ul Azha will be held at the Jatiya Eidgah on the High Court premises at 7:30am on June 7, according to an official press release issued on Tuesday.
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鈥檚 Bazar.
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.