The High Court on Tuesday issued a contempt of court rule against Dhaka South City Corporation administrator Md Shahjahan Miah for continuing the construction of a multi-storey market at Dhupkhola Math, a historic playground at Gandaria, in defiance of a court-ordered ban.
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain within four weeks why transferring the authority to administer the president鈥檚 oath from the chief justice to the speaker through the 15th amendment to the constitution should not be declared unconstitutional.
The High Court is set to hear a writ petition today challenging the legality of the Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, established under the Supreme Court Judge Appointment Ordinance, 2025...
The High Court on Sunday directed the inspector general of police to ensure the completion of the ongoing investigation into the Magura minor girl rape case within 30 days and ordered that the trial be concluded within 180 days...
The High Court on Thursday fined the owners of 54 illegal brick kilns Tk 4 lakh each for continuing operations in the Chattogram Hill Tracts in violation of Supreme Court orders...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned till March 12 its hearing on an appeal challenging the High Court judgment that declared illegal the government circulars and gazette notifications regarding minimum age of freedom fighters...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed a High Court order that had halted the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission鈥檚 directive to appoint 11 independent directors to three financially troubled companies of the Beximco Group, where detained businessman Salman F Rahman is a shareholder...
The High Court on Monday overturned a lower court鈥檚 three-year jail sentence against Amar Desh publisher and editor Mahmudur Rahman in a case filed over failing to submit his wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission in 2010.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday stayed a High Court verdict that had scrapped the November 20, 2024 appointment of 6,531 recommended assistant teachers in government primary schools in Dhaka and Chattogram.
The High Court on Monday asked the government to explain in four weeks its failure to formulate guidelines for exercising the president鈥檚 prerogative power to pardon convicts.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court verdict acquitting former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and three others in the Zia Charitable Trust case...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the High Court directive to remove illegal structures built by Bangladesh Jatiya Matsyajibi Samity Ltd inside the boundary of the Karnaphuli River, clearing the way for long-delayed action against encroachment on one of the country鈥檚 most vital waterways...
The Appellate Division on Sunday deferred to Monday the hearing on two petitions filed challenging the High Court verdict that acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and two others in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case...
Senior judge of the High Court Division, Justice Farah Mahbub, on Thursday, emphasised that judicial independence was fundamental to democracy and hailed the chief justice鈥檚 recently proposed roadmap for judicial reform...
The High Court on Thursday directed the government to ensure access to drinking water in public spaces within the next year, emphasising that safe and usable water is a fundamental right of citizens.
The High Court (HC) today acquitted former BNP lawmaker Habibul Islam Habib of the charges in a case lodged over the 2002 attack on the motorcade of the then leader of the opposition Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira.
The High Court on Wednesday resumed the hearing of a long-pending writ petition seeking the implementation of recommendations by the Radio-TV Autonomy Commission for framing rules and regulations ensuring the autonomy of the two state-owned media organisations...
THE High Court has rightly issued a warning against bureaucrats, noting that any negligence to protect the environment would entail action against the officials who would fail to comply with court orders in this connection. The bench sounded the warnings as it heard a petition that legal aid organisation Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh filed seeking the...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday resumed hearing of the review petition filed by death row convict ATM Azharul Islam, a senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader, challenging his death sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the War of Independence...
The High Court on Monday issued a stern warning to bureaucrats, declaring that negligence in protecting the environment would not be tolerated and action would be taken against officials failing to comply with court orders in this connection...
The High Court has ordered the removal of all illegal brick kilns across Bangladesh in strict compliance with legal provisions and directed that a report be submitted to it by March 17.
The Appellate Division on Monday stayed the anticipatory bail granted by the High Court to Suparna Sur Chowdhury, wife of former Bangladesh Bank deputy governor Sitangshu Kumar Sur Chowdhury, and their daughter Nandita Sur Chowdhury in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission for failing to submit an asset statement within the stipulated time...
The use of Bangla is still largely out of the public sphere despite legal mandates...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the jobs of candidates who were disqualified in the second interview of the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service under the army-led caretaker government, despite having qualified in the first interview during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party rule in 2006...
Attorney general Md Asaduzzaman broke down in tears in the High Court on Wednesday while seeking justice for Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad, who was brutally murdered for expressing dissent against the then Awami League government...
The assistant teachers of government primary schools who had their appointment cancelled because of a court order vowed on Tuesday to continue with their protests demanding their reinstatement while the Supreme Court has posted the full-court hearing of a government review appeal for March 2...
Recommended government primary school teachers, whose appointments were cancelled through a High Court order on February 6, continued their protest programme at Shahbagh in the capital Dhaka for the 12th consecutive day on Monday, demanding their immediate appointments...
The High Court on Sunday directed the Director General of Health Services to immediately ensure medical treatment for a two-year-old child, whose genitals were severely damaged during a circumcision procedure, leaving a hole in the affected area.
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking authorities concerned to explain why it shall not pass an order to add the unused talk time, internet data and SMSs in the next package being bought by the customer.
The High Court on Sunday dismissed a writ petition challenging the legality of Bangladesh Bank鈥檚 decision to appoint an administrator to oversee Nagad Limited鈥檚 operations after dissolving its board of directors, which was...