Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik, also known as Shujan, on Monday filed a petition with the Appellate Division seeking permission to appeal against a High Court verdict that had restored the election-time caretaker government system by declaring...
The High Court on Thursday issued a fresh directive to the authorities to enforce its nine-point directives issued in January 2020 to curb air pollution in Dhaka...
The High Court on Thursday acquitted Dhaka Stock Exchange director Minhaz Mannan Emon of defamation charges filed under the now-abolished Digital Security Act (DSA), 2018.
The High Court on Wednesday directed Road Transport and Highways Division鈥檚 secretary to form an independent high-powered expert committee for a comprehensive safety audit and structural integrity investigation of the entire Dhaka Metro Rail Project, including all lines and pillars.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday clarified that chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed did not issue any show-cause or explanation notices to three High Court judges, Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam, Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman, and Justice Md Zakir Hossain, over the granting of a large number of bail...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed has issued show-cause notices to three High Court judges, Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam, Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman, and Justice Md Zakir Hossain, asking them to explain within three days the large number of bail orders...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking its directives for immediate verification of the quality and safety of bearing pads installed on Dhaka Metro Rail and all flyovers in the capital.
The High Court on Sunday asked the government to explain within 10 days why former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque should not be granted bail in five cases filed against him since his arrest on July 24...
The High Court on Thursday granted the Police Bureau of Investigation a final six-month time to complete the long-dragging investigation into the murder of journalist couple Sagor Sarwar and Meherun Runi.
The High Court on Wednesday acquitted all 46 accused, including former Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Habibibul Islam Habib in a case filed over the attack on the motorcade of then then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira district on August 30, 2002...
The police on Sunday afternoon stopped a 鈥榖hukha michil鈥� (hunger procession) of teachers and employees under the government鈥檚 Monthly Pay Order (MPO) system on their way to the Shikkha Bhaban in Dhaka, setting up barricades near the High Court area.
A delegation from the high commission of Canada to Bangladesh has recently visited the American International University-Bangladesh in Dhaka...
The decision of a single High Court bench to grant bail to 572 accused in one day has become the talk of the Supreme Court.
The upcoming board of directors鈥� election of the Bangladesh Cricket Board took yet another twist as the election commission excluded 15 clubs from the councillor鈥檚 list after a ruling from the High Court on Tuesday...
THE recent directive of the Calcutta High Court declaring the forcible deportation of people into Bangladesh as 鈥榠llegal鈥� has lent judicial confirmation of what Dhaka has for long asserted. India鈥檚 border management practices increasingly violate the international law, bilateral agreements and the norms of neighbourly relations. The court also ordered India鈥檚 home ministry...
The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered the repatriation of six Indians, including a pregnant woman, who were pushed into Bangladesh earlier this year.
The High Court on Monday put a 15-day stay on a letter issued by the Bangladesh Cricket Board president that directed district and divisional sports associations to nominate councillors only from ad-hoc committees for the upcoming BCB election...
Devotees and followers of different shrines at a protest rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka said that the conspiracy hatched by a vested quarter to relocate the High Court Mazar from its present location will be foiled...
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.
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 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...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Shafiqur Rahman and senior leaders on Wednesday met with British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke and discussed issues of mutual interest, including the upcoming national election...
The UN rights chief voiced alarm Tuesday at escalating violence in Nepal, where youth protesters set fire to parliament after a brutal police crackdown that left at least 19 dead.
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...
Newly-appointed High Commissioner of Pakistan to Bangladesh Imran Haider paid a courtesy call on cultural affairs adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki at latter鈥檚 office in Dhaka Tuesday afternoon...
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 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 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...
