The UNICEF on Monday welcomed the government of Bangladesh鈥檚 recent decision to establish separate children鈥檚 courts, marking a significant step toward ensuring a child-friendly justice system that upholds the rights and well-being of children...
Justice AKM Asaduzzaman, the senior-most High Court judge, and Justice Farah Mahbub, the fourth in seniority among High Court judges, have been elevated to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court...
The Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Court on Sunday ordered the Anti-Corruption Commission to freeze five bank accounts of former state minister for women and children affairs Meher Afroz Chumki and confiscate a flat owned by her in the capital Dhaka in connection with a graft case...
US president Donald Trump demanded Thursday that courts stop blocking his agenda, edging closer to a constitutional showdown after a judge suggested the administration had ignored an order to block summary deportations.
The president has removed High Court judge Khizir Hayat following the Supreme Judicial Council鈥檚 recommendation over allegations of misconduct.
The High Court on Tuesday issued a four-week rule asking the government and the Election Commission to explain why the commission鈥檚 recent notice 鈥� requiring new political parties to maintain offices in at least 22 districts and 100 upazilas for registration 鈥� should not be declared unlawful...
The High Court on Tuesday directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission and the Criminal Investigation Department to investigate allegations that the family of Awami League leader Shamim Osman committed forgery to evade telecom dues...
A High Court bench on Monday sent a writ petition that challenged the legality of the Supreme Judicial Appointment Council to the chief justice to assign the matter to another bench as it was embarrassed to hear the petition...
The High Court on Monday directed divisional commissioners to take decisive action in ensuring a pollution-free environment, emphasising their duty to enforce environmental laws...
The Philippine Senate said on Monday it will conduct a formal probe of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte鈥檚 arrest and swift handover last week to the International Criminal Court, which is to try him for alleged crimes against humanity.
The High Court on Monday quashed a 2010 food adulteration case against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, former chairman of Grameen Danone Food Limited, and two vendors from Chawk Bazar market in Dhaka...
SUDAN鈥橲 surprise move to institute proceedings against the United Arab Emirates before the International Court of Justice on March 5, 2025, alleging that the latter is violating certain obligations under the Genocide Convention, raises several legal challenges and uncertainties. In this case, Sudan alleges that the UAE is complicit in genocidal acts committed against the...
The High Court has filed a case against 25 brickfield owners for allegedly forging its November 26, 2024, order to falsely claim permission to continue operations in Khagrachari and Bandarban...
The High Court on Sunday confirmed death sentences for 20 former leaders and activists of the Awami League-backed student body Bangladesh Chhatra League on the charge of murdering fellow student Abrar Fahad at a Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology hall in 2019.
The High Court has ruled that BRAC Bank Limited unlawfully adjusted Tk 74.43 lakh in Value Added Tax without declaring the mandatory input-output coefficient of raw materials in three income tax years.
The High Court Division is set to deliver today its verdict on the death reference and appeals related to the murder of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology student Abrar Fahad.
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte failed to attend in person at the International Criminal Court on Friday at the opening of the crimes against humanity hearing over his deadly crackdown on narcotics.
The High Court on Thursday asked the director general of the Department of Immigration and Passports to collect the fingerprint of national minority rights activist Michael Chakma and consider issuing his passport within seven days...
The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the government and the authorities of South Bangla Hospital Limited in Noakhali to explain within four weeks why Tk 50 crore would not be paid in compensation to a father.
The Appellate Division on Thursday ruled that headteachers of all government primary schools must receive salaries as Class II officers under the Selection Grade X pay scale, effective from March 9, 2014.
The High Court On Wednesday granted bail to actress and ex-president of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh Shomi Kaiser in an attempted murder case...
The High Court on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Bank and other relevant authorities to take legal action against individuals and institutions responsible for approving Tk聽53,000 crore in questionable loans to Beximco Group...
Lawyers for former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, believed headed for The Hague to face the International Criminal Court over his deadly crackdown on drugs, filed a petition Wednesday demanding his return to Manila...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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 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...
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...