HC asks ACC to take action, report it on Nov 5聽
The High Court on Monday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to take action against former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and the members of his family after...
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Stop mockery of nation: HC
The High Court on Monday called 鈥榓 mockery with the nation鈥� the act of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch chief鈥檚 taking meal with six confined coordinators of the Students Movement Against...
Writ filed seeking HC order not to shoot at protesters anywhere in Bangladesh
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking its directive to the law enforcement agencies not to shoot at protesters from today and release of six quota coordinators from the custody of Detective Branch of police...
HC asks DG health service to stop corruption in health sector聽
The High Court on Sunday severely criticised the Directorate General of Health Services for alleged corruption in the health sector.
HC asks ACC to dispose of plea for probe聽聽
The High Court on Sunday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission鈥檚 chairman to dispose of an application that sought probe into reported Tk 2,770 crore property of former land minister...
HC seeks report on embezzlement of Tk 100cr
The High Court on Sunday ordered the authorities concerned to investigate the allegations of embezzlement of more than Tk 100 crore of the clients of Homeland Life Insurance Company Limited and submit a report on August 27...
HC rejects Prof Yunus鈥� plea for cancelling embezzlement charge
The High Court on Wednesday summarily rejected a petition filed by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and six of his Grameen Telecom colleagues for cancellation of embezzlement and money laundering charges against them...
Killings and repression must stop
ON JUNE 5, a High Court bench declared illegal a government circular issued in 2018, which abolished the 30 per cent quota for the dependents of the freedom fighters. In protest, students from all institutions 鈥� schools to universities 鈥� started a non-violent movement, which was made violent by the attack on the protesters by the Chhatra League and the police...
SC sets 7pc quota in govt job amid protests
The Appellate Division on Sunday scrapped the High Court verdict on quota in government job and ordered a 7 per cent quota 鈥� 5 per cent for the children of freedom fighters, 1 per cent for national minorities, and 1 per cent for people with disabilities and third genders...
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...
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...
AD to hear govt appeal against quota verdict Sunday
The Appellate Division has set July 21 for hearing a government recent petition that sought cancellation of the High Court鈥檚 June 5 verdict on maintaining quotas in...
HC asks govt to explain inaction leading to migrants鈥� damage
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain in four weeks why their inaction that led to damage the future of job seekers being refused to board to...
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...
Fresh plea in HC over probe on Aziz鈥檚 wealth
A fresh writ petition was filed in the High Court last week, seeking a directive for the Anti-Corruption Commission to submit a progress report on its ongoing probe into the alleged illegal wealth, amassed by former army chief general Aziz Ahmed...
HC asks DC, mayor, DoE to stop cutting of hillocks
The High Court on Monday asked the government authorities to monitor perpetrators to prevent cutting of hillocks in Sylhet.
HC asks IGP to report whereabouts of missing JCD leader
The High Court on Sunday directed the inspector general of police to report to the court the whereabouts of missing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader Atikur Rahman Rassel...
SC rejects petition for appeal against admission cancellation
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court scrapped the leave to appeal brought against a High Court judgement, upholding the admission cancellation of the 169 students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College of the capital...
HC for declaring 10 miles from border as BGB estate
The High Court has recommended that 10 miles of land from the border be declared as the estate of the Border Guard Bangladesh.
Eviction without rehabilitation is unacceptable
THE Dhaka South City Corporation鈥檚 attempt to evict cleaners from their colony in the Old Town of Dhaka, going against a High Court decision, that has left many injured is unacceptable. The Miranzilla Harijan Colony residents say that on July 11, the city authorities used force to evict them and supporters of the Ward 33 councillor attacked them...
Govt can change, reduce, increase quotas: HC
The High Court in the operative part of its verdict on quota in government job has said that the government at liberty to change, reduce or increase the ratio or...
Chhatra League urges quota protesters to return to classrooms
Bangladesh Chhatra League has called on students protesting at the quota system in government jobs to await the court鈥檚 decision and return to their classrooms and exams. BCL expressed its stance on the ongoing anti-quota movement at a press conference held at Madhur Canteen, Dhaka University, on Thursday at about 12:00pm...
SC orders alternative accommodation before evicting sweepers
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Dhaka South City Corporation to provide alternative accommodation for the...
SC asks govt not to implement quota restoration verdict for four weeks
The Appellate Division on Wednesday asked the government authorities not to implement the High Court verdict that ordered them to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and dependents of freedom fighters while making recruitment in various cadre service...
Why policy won鈥檛 be framed to introduce paternity leave: HC聽
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government authorities to explain why they would not be asked to formulate a policy for introduction of paternity leave for males employed in public and private organisations in the country...
HC upholds death penalty for Chandpur serial killer Rasu Kha
The High Court on Tuesday upheld the lower court鈥檚 death penalty verdict for Chandpur serial killer Rasu Kha in the murder case of Parveen Akter....
Prof Yunus challenges GT workers鈥� fund embezzlement charges
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and six of his Grameen Telecom colleagues on Monday filed a petition with the High Court, seeking a directive to cancel...
RU students block rail tracks in Rajshahi demanding cancellation of quota
Rail communication between Rajshahi and the rest of the country remained suspended as a group of Rajshahi University students on Monday blocked the rail tracks near the university central graveyard demanding cancellation of the High Court order that reinstated 30 per cent quotas for freedom fighters鈥� children and grandchildren in government jobs...
HC refuses to hear petition for probe into ex-minister鈥檚 reported UK property
The High Court on Sunday refused to hear a writ petition seeking a directive for an investigation into reported Tk 2,770 crore property of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury...
BRTA cannot demand fee for adverts on vehicles: HC
The High Court on Sunday ruled that the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority cannot demand fees from vehicle owners for displaying advertisements on the...