HC asks IGP to report whereabouts of missing JCD leader
The High Court on Sunday directed the inspector general of police to report to the court the whereabouts of missing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader Atikur Rahman Rassel...
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SC rejects petition for appeal against admission cancellation
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court scrapped the leave to appeal brought against a High Court judgement, upholding the admission cancellation of the 169 students of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College of the capital...
HC for declaring 10 miles from border as BGB estate
The High Court has recommended that 10 miles of land from the border be declared as the estate of the Border Guard Bangladesh.
Eviction without rehabilitation is unacceptable
THE Dhaka South City Corporation鈥檚 attempt to evict cleaners from their colony in the Old Town of Dhaka, going against a High Court decision, that has left many injured is unacceptable. The Miranzilla Harijan Colony residents say that on July 11, the city authorities used force to evict them and supporters of the Ward 33 councillor attacked them...
Govt can change, reduce, increase quotas: HC
The High Court in the operative part of its verdict on quota in government job has said that the government at liberty to change, reduce or increase the ratio or...
Chhatra League urges quota protesters to return to classrooms
Bangladesh Chhatra League has called on students protesting at the quota system in government jobs to await the court鈥檚 decision and return to their classrooms and exams. BCL expressed its stance on the ongoing anti-quota movement at a press conference held at Madhur Canteen, Dhaka University, on Thursday at about 12:00pm...
SC orders alternative accommodation before evicting sweepers
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Dhaka South City Corporation to provide alternative accommodation for the...
SC asks govt not to implement quota restoration verdict for four weeks
The Appellate Division on Wednesday asked the government authorities not to implement the High Court verdict that ordered them to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and dependents of freedom fighters while making recruitment in various cadre service...
Why policy won鈥檛 be framed to introduce paternity leave: HC聽
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government authorities to explain why they would not be asked to formulate a policy for introduction of paternity leave for males employed in public and private organisations in the country...
HC upholds death penalty for Chandpur serial killer Rasu Kha
The High Court on Tuesday upheld the lower court鈥檚 death penalty verdict for Chandpur serial killer Rasu Kha in the murder case of Parveen Akter....
Prof Yunus challenges GT workers鈥� fund embezzlement charges
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and six of his Grameen Telecom colleagues on Monday filed a petition with the High Court, seeking a directive to cancel...
RU students block rail tracks in Rajshahi demanding cancellation of quota
Rail communication between Rajshahi and the rest of the country remained suspended as a group of Rajshahi University students on Monday blocked the rail tracks near the university central graveyard demanding cancellation of the High Court order that reinstated 30 per cent quotas for freedom fighters鈥� children and grandchildren in government jobs...
HC refuses to hear petition for probe into ex-minister鈥檚 reported UK property
The High Court on Sunday refused to hear a writ petition seeking a directive for an investigation into reported Tk 2,770 crore property of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury...
BRTA cannot demand fee for adverts on vehicles: HC
The High Court on Sunday ruled that the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority cannot demand fees from vehicle owners for displaying advertisements on the...
SC again refuses to stay HC verdict restoring FF quota
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court again on Thursday refused to stay a High Court verdict that asked the government to restore the 30 per cent quota for the...
HC to give verdict on July 11
The High Court on Wednesday set July 11 for pronouncing its verdict on contempt of the court proceedings brought against Gana Odhikar Parishad faction president Md Nurul Haque Nur for making 鈥榙efamatory remarks鈥� about the judiciary and judges...
Welcome HC ruling on wealth oversight of public servants
THE High Court in a welcome move on July 2 asked the government to immediately enforce the rule that requires public servants to declare their and their dependents鈥� assets before joining the service. Hearing a writ petition that sought a court directive on rampant allegations of corruption against public servants, the court observes that corruption...
Jail sentence of Yunus to remain effective: HC
The High Court in its judgment in a case challenging the Labour Appellate Tribunal order that had stayed the conviction of Grameen Telecom chairman and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and three others in a labour law violation case has observed that there is no provision for staying a sentence before disposal of the appeal....
Writ petition seeks paternity leave guidelines for working fathers
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking the establishment of policy guidelines for paternity leave for all working fathers....
Make public servants declare assets: HC
The High Court on Tuesday asked the government authorities to enforce the Government Servants (Conduct) Rules, 1979, which require public servants to declare their and...
S Alam must pay Tk 3,538cr in unpaid VAT: HC聽
The High Court said on Monday that S Alam Vegetable Oil Ltd and S Alam Super Edible Oil Ltd must pay unpaid Tk 3, 538 crore Value Added Tax that they evaded in...
No toll for fire service vehicles: HC
The High Court on Monday directed not to collect tolls from Fire Service vehicles on expressways, highways, important bridges, ferries and roads...
Writ filed seeking HC order to govt officials to submit wealth statements
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on submission of wealth statements by government officials and publishing them on the designated website...
Govt, defence await full HC verdict for eight months聽
The High Court has yet to release its full verdict in a case related to the extremist attack on Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1, 2016, which killed 22 people, 17 of whom were...
HC wants to know what actions have been taken
The High Court wanted to know within seven days what actions had been taken against those responsible for preventing several thousand workers from travelling to Malaysia despite having valid visas and other necessary documents...
Govt must act to clear tax case backlog to increase revenue
AN AMOUNT of Tk 800 billion in revenue having been stuck because of about 30,000 cases pending with the Supreme Court, tax appeals commissioners and tax appellate tribunals largely suggests indifference, if not negligence, on part of government authorities. The cases involve, as revenue board statistics show, Tk 403.89 billion in 11,007 cases related to income tax...
HC allows 148 students to sit for HSC exams聽
The High Court on Thursday allowed 148 students of Chattogram Islamia College to sit for the Higher Secondary School鈥檚 examination scheduled to be held on June 30.
Andalib appointed as high commissioner to Sri Lanka
The government has appointed Andalib Elias as the next high commissioner to Sri Lanka...
No hearing in suo motu HC rules for long
About two dozen rules issued by the High Court suo motu on corruption and money laundering allegations have been awaiting hearing for...
Sweepers can鈥檛 be evicted until聽relocation: HC
The High Court on Thursday asked the government authorities and the mayor of Dhaka south city not to evict the sweepers from their century-old Miranzilla...