The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the list of the convicts whose imprisonment or punishment had been commuted or suspended by the president under section 49 of the constitution over the past 33 years should not be published...
The Supreme Court, the apex court of the country, will resume its judicial activities on Sunday after a month-long vacation, including the holidays of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Britain鈥檚 Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the legal definition of a 鈥榳oman鈥� is based on a person鈥檚 sex at birth, a landmark decision with far-reaching implications for the bitter debate over trans rights...
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Tuesday allowed the police to take the manager and a staff of Apon Coffee House in the capital鈥檚 Khilgaon area in custody for one day for interrogation in a case allegedly for beating a woman at the coffee shop on April 11...
The High Court on Sunday ordered the government and the police to justify within four weeks the 30-day detention of model and 2020 Miss Bangladesh Foundation chairperson Meghna Alam, citing insufficient clarity regarding the grounds...
Prince Harry鈥檚 lawyer told a UK appeal court on Tuesday that paring back the royal鈥檚 personal security during his visits to Britain was 鈥榰njustified鈥�...
A Dhaka court on Monday convicted and sentenced 11 individuals to different terms of jail in a case lodged over embezzlement of Sonali Bank money through loan forgery...
A Dhaka court on Monday ordered to freeze 13 bank accounts of Syed Abed Ali, a former driver for the chairman of Public Service Commission, seize a car and attach two flats and a building on 8.88 bigha plot...
The Supreme Court unit of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a platform for pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawyers, has been formed with Bodruddoza Badal as convener and Gazi Tauhidul Islam as member secretary...
A Chattogram court on Sunday asked the police to officially show listed crime suspect Sajjad Hossain, also known as Chhoto Sajjad, arrested in a double murder case involving a car chase in the city...
Two newly-appointed justices of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub, have paid a courtesy call on the president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, at Bangabhaban....
A Kishoreganj court on Thursday sent a 15-year-old boy to juvenile correction centre on Thursday in connection with the rape of a six-year-old boy four days ago...
Hungary on Thursday said it will quit the International Criminal Court, just as prime minister Viktor Orban hosted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, whom the tribunal has accused of war crimes in Gaza.
Delegating the overall control to the Chief Justice of Bangladesh, the draft of the 鈥楽upreme Court Secretariat Ordinance, 2025鈥� has been prepared....
The International Court of Justice on Friday set April 10 as the date for arguments from Sudan and the United Arab Emirates after Khartoum accused the Gulf State of complicity in genocide.
The High Court has issued a rule asking why the declaration of Shafiq Rehman as the publisher and printer of the daily newspaper 鈥楯ai Jai Din鈥� should not be declared illegal...
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Tuesday administered the oath of newly appointed Appellate Division judges, Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Farah Mahbub...
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...