IN A contentious decision handed down on June 5, the High Court of Bangladesh ordered the government to reinstate the 30 per cent reservation for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters in all public sector jobs, cadre and non-cadre alike. University students across the country have been speaking out and protesting more frequently since the court鈥檚 verdict...
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to conduct an impartial investigation into customers鈥� complaints against prepaid electricity meters that were allegedly charging extra and hidden bills...
The High Court on Wednesday set June 30 for starting hearing of the rule it issued earlier questioning the legality of awarding a contract to a private company with Tk 1,000 as monthly rent to operate 7,580 square feet staff canteen at Uttara Depot of MRT Line-6...
THE High Court has asked the Election Commission and a number of government authorities that include the Local Government Division and the Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration, to establish the number of the Rohingyas that have been registered as voters and the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission found more movable and immovable properties of former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and his family members in three districts...
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to detained journalist Syed Ashfaqul Haque in a case filed over the death of his domestic worker...
The High Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission and the government authorities to investigate and submit reports on how many Rohingyas were enrolled as...
A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Monday scrapped pleas for bail by accused Syed Amanullah Aman alias Shimul Bhuiyan and Foysal Ali Saji alias Tanvir Bhuiyan in a case lodged over the abduction and murder of Awami League lawmaker of Jenaidah-4 Anwarul Azim Anar in Kolkata, India...
The High Court on Monday declared the dismissal of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority鈥檚 deputy managing director Syed Mohammad Golam Yeazdabni on June 22, 2023, illegal...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday refused to stay a High Court verdict that asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service....
The Appellate Division on Sunday suspended High Court Division lawyer Muhammad Ashraful Islam鈥檚 practice in any court across the country until further hearing on August 29...
Chief justice Obaidul Hassan, at an international conference in Dhaka on Saturday, said that the judiciary ensured the continued protection of people鈥檚...
Saudi Arabia said the Hajj will start on June 14 after astronomical observatories spotted the crescent moon on Thursday evening, signalling the beginning of the month in which the annual pilgrimage falls...
THE High Court order for the restoration of quota in public service that the government abolished in October 2028 in the wake of protests has come as disappointment for students and jobseekers...
A Dhaka metropolitan court on Thursday orders appointment of receivers to handle the seized property and assets of former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed while the Anti-Corruption Commission allowed him time until June 23 to appear before the commission...
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to explain the constitutionality of a rule following which locked docks were established in every courtroom in the country in 2009 to prevent escape of the accused...
Students of different public universities, including Dhaka University, Rajshahi University and Jahangirnagar University on Thursday protested at the...
Students of Rajshahi University on Thursday staged demonstrations protesting against the High Court order that asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service...
The High Court on Thursday asked the government authorities to submit a report on August 12 informing it of the progress over recognising electronic signatures on electronic documents or forms...
The High Court in a verdict on Wednesday asked the Department of Immigration and Passports not to hold back passports on the excuse for pending criminal cases against applicants...
The High Court in a verdict on Wednesday asked the department of immigration and passports not to hold up passports on the excuse of pending criminal cases against applicants...
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service...
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence handed down on two persons by a lower court in the case of killing of college-going student Ashikur Rahman Khan Apu and maiming his two brothers at Sutrapur in Dhaka in 2008...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday sent Bashudeb Banerjee, an associate of PK Halder and the then director of International Leasing and Financial Services, and his wife Paipa Banerjee, also a director of the ILFS, to jail in connection with 15 corruption cases...
ON MAY 27, Israel appeared to 鈥榓pologise鈥� for the deaths of 45 Palestinians resulting from its bombing raid on a 鈥榟umanitarian zone鈥� in Rafah. By any measure, it was a backhanded apology that conveyed more insult than atonement. As Israeli apologies, even those that are insincere, are rare, it鈥檚 worth examining the background that led up to this one...
A Dhaka court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against Siam Hossain, who is now reportedly staying in Nepal, in the case of the murder of the ruling聽...
Ignored by Russia and Israel, the International Court of Justice is hamstrung by a dysfunctional global system that sees countries comply with its rulings 鈥� or not 鈥� based on their own double standards, experts say....
The High Court on Sunday summoned Chattogram additional divisional commissioner Yasmin Parvin Tibriji to appear before it on July 9 in connection with a...
The High Court on Sunday asked the government to construct a monument at Salanga in Sirajganj to commemorate hundreds of people who were killed in shooting on January 27, 1922, during Mahatma Gandhi鈥檚 non-cooperation movement and the Khilafat movement...
Even the most optimistic of political analysts did not expect that the International Criminal Court鈥檚 chief prosecutor would be uttering these words:..