Convicted JL leader admits hiring proxy
A city Juba League leader facing a seven-year jail term on Thursday told the High Court that his lawyers advised him to hire a person to go behind the bar instead of him...
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Notice asks DCs, SPs to remove 3-wheelers from highways
A legal notice has been served to the district administrations to implement a High Court verdict which asked them to prohibit movement of unauthorised three-wheelers, known as Nasiman or Kariman or Bhatbhati, on highways to prevent road accident...
HC bans PP from courts for defaming magistrate
The High Court on Tuesday banned a government law officer from appearing in courts for 20 days for making contemptuous remarks on social media against a judicial officer following an altercation in courtroom...
HC questions inaction on tree felling
The High Court on Monday asked the government authorities to explain in four weeks why a direction should not be given on them to frame environmental friendly policy to stop tree felling and promote tree planting...
HC stays Jhenaidah 1 by-election
The High Court on Monday stayed all the proceedings of the Jhenaidah 1 constituency (Sailkupa) by-election scheduled to be held on June 5...
SC suspends proceedings for a day following death of AJ Mohammad Ali
The proceedings of the Supreme Court remained suspended on Sunday to show respect to former聽 attorney general and senior lawyer Abdul Jamil Mohammad Ali, popularly known as AJ Mohammad Ali, who died at a Singapore hospital on May 2...
Jamuka has no knowledge about Liberation War: HC
The High Court, in a recent verdict on a writ petition against the denial of freedom fighter status to 17 people from Kachua upazila in Chandpur, has observed...
SC halts casino kingpin Selim Pradhan鈥檚 candidature聽聽聽
The Appellate Division on Thursday asked the election commission to maintain status-quo on allocation of symbol to online casino kingpin Selim Pradhan, who was allowed by the High Court Division to contest in May 21 Rupganj upazila parishad鈥� election as chairman candidate...
HC stays Rangpur labour court case against Yunus
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the Rangpur Labour Court鈥檚 proceedings initiated against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and his...
HC rejects probe order against S Alam
The High Court on Tuesday revoked its own order that earlier asked the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Criminal Investigation Department to investigate in four months the reported allegations of misappropriation of banks鈥� money and laundering of huge amount of money by various persons and entities, including S Alam Group...
Stern action is required to free city footpaths
A HOME ministry affidavit, submitted to the High Court on April 29, says that local political leaders and ward councillors are involved in running business by grabbing footpaths in Dhaka. A five-member committee, formed in May 2023 to investigate illegal businesses...
Drug market regulation must be a policy priority
THE High Court, in a commendable move on April 29, asked the Directorate General of Health Services to take effective steps against the arbitrary price hike of essential drugs. The court gave the directive while hearing...
School closure orders create confusion
The High Court on Monday ordered the closure of all primary and secondary level schools, colleges, and madrassahs across Bangladesh until...
HC issues rule to curb medicine price hike
A High Court division bench on Monday ordered to take necessary measures against the ongoing price hike of all types of medicines in the country....
HC orders class suspension at schools, madrassahs till May 2 due to heatwave
The High Court on Monday asked the government authorities to suspend classes at all the schools and madrassahs until May 2 amid the ongoing heatwave across Bangladesh....
Politicians, coucillors involved in Dhaka footpaths grabbing: home ministry tells HC
Local political persons and ward councillors are directly involved in running business by grabbing footpaths in Bangladesh capital Dhaka, said a home ministry affidavit submitted to the High Court on Monday....
Formulate policy for transferring non-govt institution teachers: HC
A High Court division bench on Monday ordered the concerned authorities to formulate transfer policies for teachers working in non-government educational institutions of the country, within 3 months....
Declaration of Islam as state religion not discriminatory
The High Court, in its recently published full verdict on the petition challenging the legality of the declaration of Islam as the state religion, observed that...
Palak interference challenged in HC
A local resident on Thursday filed a writ petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of the failure of government authorities, to take action against Natore-3 constituency lawmaker and state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak for interference in Singra upazila elections...
Judge, convict, lawyers, jailors asked to explain聽in 7 days
The High Court on Wednesday asked for separate statements from the trial court judge, jailors, the offender, and his lawyers over an allegation of detaining an innocent youth to jail instead of a convict, Awami Juba League leader Nazmul Hasan...
HC seeks report on Rohingyas enrolled as voters
The High Court on Wednesday asked the deputy commissioner of Cox鈥檚 Bazar to investigate how many Rohingyas were given citizenship as Bangladeshi nationals and enrolled as voters in Cox鈥檚 Bazar...
3 HC judges elevated to AD superseding seniors
Three High Court judges were elevated to the Appellate Division on Wednesday, superseding their senior colleagues...
HC asks ACC to report progress on聽Benazir probes聽
The High Court on Tuesday asked the Anti-Corruption Commission chairman to report to the court the progress of probes into the reported...
HC asks govt, NHRC to frame guidelines
The High Court on Monday asked the government authorities to explain in four weeks why Section 19 (b) of the Guardian and Ward Act, 1890 that allows the father only as the guardian of a minor child would not be declared as unconstitutional being 鈥榙iscriminatory鈥�...
Man acquitted after 23 years of conviction
The High Court has acquitted a man of rape charge after 27 years of his conviction...
HC for making law to protect agri land
The High Court in a full verdict on Tuesday recommended immediately passing the private bill that sought steps in 2016 for appropriate use and...
HC allows BCL leader Imtiaz in BUET hall
The High Court on Monday asked the BUET vice chancellor to allow civil engineering student Imtiaz Hossen Rahim in his hall of residence...
Delay in disposal of cases pending for years harms justice
DELAY in the disposal of appeals in cases that have been pending with the Supreme Court, both the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, has prolonged judicial proceedings and held back...