Patients suffer due to doctors鈥� strike
Many patients seeking treatment at public hospitals in the capital Dhaka and other districts returned home without medical services on Wednesday as doctors staged protests to press for their demands...
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Seizure of 54 kathas of land of Summit Group ordered
The Dhaka Senior Special Judge Court on Tuesday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to seize 54 kathas of land worth Tk 9.70 crore owned by Summit Group chairman Muhammad Aziz Khan鈥檚 wife Anjuman Aziz Khan...
MARKET CONSTRUCTION AT DHUPKHOLA MATH:聽DSCC administrator faces contempt rule
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.
Duterte arrested for crimes against humanity
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested on Tuesday in Manila by police acting on an International Criminal Court warrant tied to his deadly war on drugs.
HC questions administering president鈥檚 oath by speaker
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.
Freeze on bank accounts of Orion chair, family ordered
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Monday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze 31 bank accounts of Orion Group chairman Mohammad Obaidul Karim and eight of his family members in connection with corruption allegations...
HC set to hear petition against SC judge appointment council today
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...
HC asks authorities concerned to complete Magura rape case probe in 1 month, trial in 6 months
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...
Youth jailed in Habiganj for stalking schoolgirl
A mobile court sentenced a youth to six months鈥� imprisonment on charge of stalking a schoolgirl at Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj on Saturday noon.
HC fines 54 illegal brick kiln owners in CHT
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...
Toby Cadman urges govt to refer July massacre case to ICC
Toby Cadman, the special adviser to the International Crimes Tribunal鈥檚 chief prosecutor, on Thursday urged the interim government to refer the July-August massacres case to the International Criminal Court in The Hague...
SC acquits Tarique, Mamun in Tk 20cr money laundering case
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun in a Tk聽20-crore money laundering case filed during the ousted Awami League government...
SC adjourns hearing on FF age till Mar 12
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...
SC clears way for 11 independent directors to join three Beximco companies
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...
HC cancels Mahmudur鈥檚 3-yr jail term
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.
PRY TEACHER APPOINTMENT:聽SC stays HC order for fresh results
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.
PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY:聽HC asks govt to explain failure to frame guideline
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.
Khaleda cleared of all 37 cases
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...
No bar on demolition of structures in Karnaphuli
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...
Court orders freeze of Amu family鈥檚 44 bank accounts
A Dhaka court on Sunday ordered to freeze 44 bank accounts of former industries minister and veteran Awami League leader Amir Hossain Amu, his wife Saida Haque and daughter Sumaia Hossain over graft allegations...
SC defers appeal hearing in Zia Charitable Case to Monday
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...
Justice Manik, Sohail interrogated in Sagor-Runi murder case
Former judge of Supreme Court鈥檚 appellate division AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik and retired rear admiral Mohammad Sohail have been interrogated in the journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi murder case...
Judicial independence key to democracy: Justice Farah Mahbub
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...
HC orders govt to ensure affordable drinking water in public spaces
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.
HC acquits ex-MP Habib in Hasina鈥檚 motorcade attack case
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.
HC resumes hearing on petition for Betar, BTV autonomy after 16 years
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...
Court orders to freeze Anisul Huq鈥檚 Tk 140cr
A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered to freeze Tk 140.17 crore in 27 bank accounts of former law minister Anisul Huq, his family members and confidantes...
Stringent court action needed to make govt stop air pollution
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...
SC restores jobs of 82 Upazila election officers, orders appointment with seniority
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the reinstatement of 82 upazila election officers who were dismissed on September 3, 2007 when the army-backed caretaker government was in power...
SC adjourns review hearing on Jamaat leader Azhar鈥檚 death sentence
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...