The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain why article 125(a) of the constitution, which bars courts from hearing cases on the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, should not be declared unconstitutional.
At least 15 new High Court Division judges keep using hired vehicles because of a shortage of official transports and a lack of funding for car purchase.
Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Thursday sent controversial health sector contractor Motazzaroul Islam Mithu to jail in a case filed on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 75 crore...
The High Court鈥檚 order to halt the construction of the elevated expressway extension through Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel, while directing the government not to block public access to the vital urban spaces, is welcome. The ruling follows a writ petition filed by green activists, university teachers and Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement members. It reaffirms what...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the government not to proceed with the appointment of a financial adviser for state-owned Nagad Ltd at a time when a legal dispute over the company鈥檚 management is pending.
The High Court on Wednesday ordered the government to stop the construction of an elevated expressway extension from the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation to the Plassey crossing through the Panthakunja Park and the Hatirjheel water body in the capital...
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Kurigram鈥檚 former deputy commissioner Sultana Parvin for six months in a case filed over torturing journalist Ariful Islam Rigan...
Thailand鈥檚 Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the country鈥檚 most powerful and polarising politician Thaksin Shinawatra to be jailed for one year, ruling that he improperly served a 2023 prison term in hospital.
Amartya Ray John, a vice-president aspirant in the Jahangirnagar University Central Students鈥� Union election, filed a writ petition with the High Court on Monday, seeking reinstatement of his candidacy and inclusion of his name in the voter list...
The United States has imposed sanctions on three leading Palestinian NGOs, accusing them of supporting International Criminal Court efforts to prosecute Israeli nationals.
The government has formed a three-member inquiry commission, led by High Court Division judge Justice Md Ali Reza, to investigate the attack on Gono Odhikar Parishad president Nurul Haque Nur.
The Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin and Mir Mohammad Helaluddin of charges in separate graft cases filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected聽 the state鈥檚 appeal against the High Court verdict acquitting 48 accused, including BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the High Court鈥檚 acquittal of BNP acting chair Tarique Rahman and 48 others in the August 21, 2004 grenade attack cases, effectively nullifying the lower court鈥檚 conviction of all 49 accused.
The High Court on Wednesday asked the authorities to submit a detailed report on the death of a 32-year-old woman, Faria Tasnim Jyoti, who fell into an uncovered manhole in Tongi in Gazipur and died on July 27, within 90 days...
THE High Court verdict of September 2 that directed the government to establish a separate secretariat in the Supreme Court and to vest full disciplinary control over subordinate court judges in the apex court is a welcome development. The judgement came in response to a public interest litigation writ petition filed by a group of Supreme Court lawyers after the fall of...
The full bench of the Appellate Division on Wednesday cleared the way for the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union elections, scheduled for September 9, by upholding its chamber judge鈥檚 earlier stay on a High Court order that had halted the polls...
Six more prosecution witnesses on Tuesday testified in the Dhaka Special Judge Court-5 in three corruption cases against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, her daughter Saima Wazed Putul and several other government officials...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to seize the income tax records of Bushra Siddique, daughter of Tarique Ahmed Siddique who was security adviser to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina...
Businesses said that prolonged judicial processes of the trade dispute resolution are hampering both local and foreign investment...
THE High Court鈥檚 recent directive to restore the River Dhaleshwari and hold encroachers and polluters accountable is a welcome step. The river is under severe threat from unchecked encroachment and industrial pollution. The High Court directed the National River Conservation Commission, the deputy commissioner of Dhaka and the Inland Water Transport Authority...
The High Court on Tuesday ordered the government to establish a separate secretariat in the Supreme Court in three months after investing full disciplinary control over subordinate judges in the apex court.
The High Court on Monday put a stay on the Dhaka University Central Students鈥� Union (DUCSU) election until October 21.
High Court judge Md Akhtaruzzaman has tendered his resignation to the president, Mohammad Shahabuddin, amid a Supreme Judicial Council inquiry into his alleged misconduct.
The High Court on Sunday directed the government bodies concerned to identify and take action against those responsible for encroachment on and pollution at Dhaleshwari River at Dakhkin Dariapur at Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
The government has appointed High Court division registrar Mohammad Habibur Rahman Siddiquee as the new registrar general of the Supreme Court.
The High Court on Thursday directed the government to report by October 22 on the progress of investigating the Bholaganj white stone looting, identifying those responsible, and restoring the recovered stones to the riverbank.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party to appeal against its 2011 verdict that abolished the non-party caretaker government system...
The chief justice, Syed Refaat Ahmed, on Tuesday administered oath of offices of 25 newly appointed additional High Court judges...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Tuesday administered the oath of office to 25 newly appointed additional judges of the High Court Division, raising the total number of High Court judges to 113...