European Court of Justice challenges authority of sports court CAS
The European Court of Justice said on Friday national courts must be permitted to carry out detailed reviews of arbitral awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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Justice Khairul, Prof Barakat share room in jail
Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque and economist professor Abul Barkat have been sharing same building as division 1 inmates of the Dhaka Central Jail at Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital...
Climate crisis to legal battles
IN A quiet courtroom in the Hague, history stirred. A legal ripple, as gentle as a sigh from the Pacific, reached the shorelines of global governance. The International Court of Justice declared, in an advisory fashion though, that one country may, indeed, sue another for climate change. The words hung heavy in the air, stirring both celebrations and scepticism. Rightly so...
Ex-CJ Khairul arrested in July murder case
Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque was arrested by a Detective Branch team of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police at his Dhanmondi house in Dhaka Thursday morning.
SC gets two chamber judge courts
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday nominated justice Md Rezaul Haque as judge-in-chamber-1 and justice Farah Mahbub as judge-in-chamber-2, forming two chamber judge courts to dispose of emergency matters at the Appellate Division...
Environmental justice
UNDERSTANDING the concept of environmental crime is a complex attempt that seeks consideration of the overall socio-cultural as well as political structure of a particular area. And the narrow view of criminology and criminal justice theories are changing over time. The idea of environmental justice within the criminological literature started to become prevalent in the...
Judiciary remains structurally compromised: CJ
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday warned that judicial independence in the country remains structurally compromised. Without meaningful reform, he cautioned, the country鈥檚 democratic governance and legal progress are at a serious risk.
From Easter justice to wider justice
THERE has long been speculation that the Easter bombing of April 2019 had a relationship to Sri Lankan politics. The near simultaneous bombings of three Christian churches and three luxury hotels, with a death toll of 270 and over 500 injured, by Muslim suicide bombers made no sense in Sri Lanka where there has been no history of conflict between the two religions...
Advancing sexual, reproductive health rights
SEXUAL and reproductive health and rights lie at the foundation of bodily freedom, gender justice and fair development. They are not limited to medical access but stretch into the right to decide 鈥� freely and safely 鈥� about one鈥檚 body, one鈥檚 relationships and one鈥檚 future. For Bangladesh, which has made remarkable socio-economic progress in recent decades, ensuring...
Protesters demand quick justice
Protests against the July 9 killing of a trader allegedly by the activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-affiliated organisations near Sir Salimullah Medical College Mitford Hospital continued for the third day on Sunday...
Parties seek safeguard from emergency-time rights abuse
Political parties at the National Consensus Commission鈥檚 dialogue session on Thursday recommended replacing the term 鈥榠nternal disturbance鈥� with 鈥榮ecurity threats to the state鈥檚 sovereignty and territorial integrity鈥� in the constitution鈥檚 article 141A that relates to the proclamation of emergency...
Path to justice or crisis
THE Legal Aid Act 2025, which mandates mediation before filing certain types of cases, is a significant reform aimed at alleviating the severe backlog in the justice delivery system. The government鈥檚 rationale is to promote speedy resolution, reduce costs and enhance the effectiveness of legal aid services, citing that a high percentage of disputes can be resolved...
Doctors, employees demand fascist-free BMU campus
Movement for Justice-BMU, an organisation of Bangladesh Medical University, submitted a memorandum on Sunday to its vice-chancellor Professor Md Shahinul Alam, demanding a campus free from fascism and discrimination...
SC issues directives for timely dispatch of court orders
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued six new directives to ensure timely dispatch of court orders.
CA, CJ call for separate judicial secretariat
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Sunday iterated the urgent need for a separate judicial secretariat to ensure full administrative and financial autonomy of the judiciary.
June 22 judicial seminar will be turning point for judiciary: chief justice
Bangladesh chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Thursday said that the upcoming national seminar on judicial independence and efficiency, scheduled for June 22, will mark a turning point for the country鈥檚 judiciary.
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...
Former JUST VC lands in jail in graft case
Professor Md Abdus Sattar, former vice-chancellor of the Jashore University of Science and Technology, was taken into the custody of Jashore Central Jail on Monday in a graft case...
DMP again issues ban on gatherings near SC, CJ鈥檚 residence
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police once again banned public gatherings, rallies and demonstrations in areas surrounding the Supreme Court and the chief justice鈥檚 official residence in the capital.
Justice eludes Kalpana Chakma
Justice has remained elusive for the last three decades for the family of Kalpana Chakma, organising secretary of the Hill Women鈥檚 Federation, as she has remained traceless till date since her abduction at dead of night on June 12, 1996 from her home in Baghaichari of Rangamati...
Politics of justice
HISTORY, for all its weight, often sits uneasily in the present. In Bangladesh, that tension has resurfaced with the recent revival of the International Crimes Tribunal and the sweeping amendments passed on May 11. On paper, the goal remains the same: justice for grave crimes. But peel back the legalese, and what emerges is a murky debate...
All involved in enforced disappearance must face justice
HORRIFYING details of enforced disappearances and custodial torture in secret detention centres that the deposed Awami League government had for long denied have been substantiated in the second report of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances set up in August 2024. The commission in the report submitted on June 4 said that more than 300 victims of...
CJ calls for global support in judicial reforms
Bangladesh鈥檚 chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Tuesday called for united global efforts to strengthen judicial independence and uphold human rights, especially during critical times for Bangladesh.
Chief justice calls on Yunus
The chief justice, Syed Refaat Ahmed, held a meeting with the chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, on Sunday at the state guest house Jamuna...
Detention that may do disservice to justice
THE detention of actor Nusraat Faria in an attempted murder case filed in connection with the shooting of protesters in early days of the July 2024 uprising that toppled the Awami League government is worrying. The actor, who played the role of Sheikh Hasina in the 2023 biopic Mujib: The Making of a Nation, was detained by immigration officials at Dhaka airport..
Human Project after July uprising
THE 鈥楬uman Project鈥� is a conceptual blueprint for fostering socially and fiscally responsible economic justice, especially in systematically exploited, excluded, and disempowered communities. By focusing on social equity and deep investment in human capital and thereby engineering shared prosperity as the sustainable return, the Human Project aspires to bring...
Legal aid must be treated as lifeline of justice: Chief Justice
Chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Wednesday called upon all stakeholders to renew their commitment to ensuring people-centric justice, marking the observance of National Legal Aid Day...
Tax justice and education financing
How do we ensure quality education for every child, regardless of socioeconomic background? The answer lies in a domain that receives far less public attention than it deserves 鈥� tax justice. As the government grapples with rising demands on public expenditure amidst declining international aid, domestic resource mobilisation through equitable taxation offers the...
No justice without clean hands
CORRUPTION in Bangladesh is no longer just a political nuisance, it is an existential crisis. It undermines governance, distorts economic growth and erodes public trust in institutions. From the corridors of power to everyday interactions, corruption has embedded itself so deeply in society that many now see it as an unavoidable reality rather than a crime...
ICJ throws out Sudan genocide case against UAE
The top United Nations court on Monday threw out Sudan鈥檚 case against the United Arab Emirates over alleged complicity in genocide during the brutal Sudanese civil war.