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Quota or no quota – that is the question

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’s verdict...

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HC order on cheap rent for metro rail canteen June 30

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...

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Govt must make national document issuance fail-safe

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...

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HC grants bail to journalist Ashfaq

The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to detained journalist Syed Ashfaqul Haque in a case filed over the death of his domestic worker...

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HC seeks report on NIDs given to Rohingyas

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...

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HC declares DMD’s dismissal illegal

The High Court on Monday declared the dismissal of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority’s deputy managing director Syed Mohammad Golam Yeazdabni on June 22, 2023, illegal...

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SC suspends lawyer for FB post on judge

The Appellate Division on Sunday suspended High Court Division lawyer Muhammad Ashraful Islam’s practice in any court across the country until further hearing on August 29...

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Quota helps a few, but meritocracy helps all

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...

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HC questions legality of locked docks

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...

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Pending cases can’t hold back passport: HC

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...

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HC asks govt to restore 30pc FF quota in govt jobs

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...

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HC summons Ctg divisional commissioner

The High Court on Sunday summoned Chattogram additional divisional commissioner Yasmin Parvin Tibriji to appear before it on July 9 in connection with a...

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HC for constructing monument at Salanga massacre ground

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’s non-cooperation movement and the Khilafat movement...

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HC asks jailers to respond to demand for post-mortem reports

The High Court on Tuesday asked the jail authorities to respond in 30 days to a lawyer’s letter seeking post-mortem reports of 13 leaders of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who died in jail custody before January 7 parliamentary elections and in the aftermath of it...

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HC asks IGP, RMP to report action against extortion for Mujib murals

The High Court on Tuesday asked the inspector general of police and the Rajshahi Metropolitan Police commissioner to report to the court in seven days what action had been taken against those who demanded extortion from the contractor making murals of country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and four national leaders at Boalia in Rajshahi...

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HC stays process of recruiting primary teachers in Dhaka, Ctg

The High Court on Tuesday stayed the process of recruiting assistant teachers to government primary schools in 21 districts of Dhaka and Chattogram divisions over an allegation that a total of 46,199 candidates were selected in the recruitment test with leaked question papers...

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HC allows Bhawal Resort to operate until July 7 

The High Court on Monday allowed until July 7 to operate business activities of privately-run Bhawal Resort Limited in Gazipur, on the outskirt of the capital, after staying the department of environment’s embargo on the resort’s operation for damaging environment....

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Evict billboards of illegal housing projects near Purbachal: HC

The High Court on Sunday directed the deputy commissioners of Narayanganj and Gazipur, and the superintendents of police of the two districts to demolish in two months billboards of illegal housing projects near Rajuk-run Purbachal City at Rupganj, on the outskirts of the capital...

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HC bans Silicon City’s activities in Savar

The High Court, on Sunday, directed Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha, the department of environment and deputy commissioner of Dhaka to stop all activities of Silicon City, an unauthorised private housing project at Savar, on the outskirt of Dhaka...