HC orders case over trader鈥檚 death in RAB custody
The High Court on Thursday passed an order asking authorities concerned to accept the allegation of the death of Brahmanbaria trader Shahnur Alam in RAB custody in 2014 as a regular case...
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High Court cancels appointment of 6,531 pry teachers
The High Court on Thursday declared illegal and scrapped the November 20, 2024 appointment of 6,531 assistant teachers in government primary schools in Dhaka and Chattogram based on job quotas as per the 2019 recruitment rules.
JUDICIARY REFORM: HC benches in divisions, upazila courts proposed
The Judiciary Reform Commission has proposed the establishment of a separate secretariat for the judiciary, permanent attorney service, an independent investigation agency, the creation of permanent benches of the High Court Division in all divisional cities, and expanding district courts to upazilas across the country...
HC acquits 9 death-row convicts in case filed over attack on Hasina
The High Court has acquitted 47 convicts including nine death-row ones in a case filed over attempt to kill former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in Pabna around 30 years back...
HC rules over bail plea of Chinmoy
The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule, asking authorities concerned to explain within two weeks as to why it shall not allow former leader of International Society for Krishna Consciousness Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari bail in a sedition case...
High Court turns down Chinmoy鈥檚 bail prayer
The High Court has rejected the bail prayer of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote and former ISKCON leader, in a sedition case...
MASS UPRISING:聽Court seeks explanation why HC bail for accused won鈥檛 be canceled
A judicial magistrate court in Dhaka on Monday directed the investigation officer to explain within a week why the High Court鈥檚 bail for four of the seven accused, now released on bail, in a case linked to the July-August mass uprising should not be canceled.
Indian envoy for enhanced trade with Bangladesh
Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has hoped that trade connectivity and economic engagement between Bangladesh and India would continue to bring people and businesses of the two countries closer together...
HC asks govt to evict 30 illegal structures from Turag bank
The High Court on Thursday ordered the government authorities to immediately evict 30 illegal structures from the banks of the Turag River in Gazipur and submit a compliance report within four months.
Justice Shahed Nuruddin resigns amid SJC probe
Justice Shahed Nuruddin has resigned as a High Court judge while he is under Supreme Judicial Council inquiry for alleged misconduct...
HC summons seven for failure to shut brickfields
The High Court on Wednesday summoned three divisional commissioners, two deputy commissioners and two upazila nirbahi officers to explain their failure to shut down illegal brickfields in their respective jurisdictions...
HC removes receiver from Beximco鈥檚 Teesta Solar Limited
The High Court on Tuesday removed the state-appointed receiver from Teesta Solar Limited, a 200MW solar power plant operated by Beximco Group and the largest solar-based power station in...
HC bans tree felling without approval
The High Court on Tuesday directed the public administration secretary to form district-level committees within seven days to curb widespread and unregulated tree felling in cities and towns across the country...
HC questions stay of two DU teachers鈥� appointment
The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why the decision of Dhaka University to stay the appointment of two teachers at department of Arabic, shall not be declared illegal...
HC removes state-appointed receiver from Beximco鈥檚 Teesta Solar operations
The High Court on Tuesday removed the state-appointed receiver from Teesta Solar Limited, a 200MW solar power plant operated by Beximco Group and the largest solar-based power station in Bangladesh, located along the Teesta River in Gaibandha.
TECHNICAL AND MADRASSAH EDUCATION DIVISION: HC stays 3,534 appointments
The High Court on Monday stayed for three months the appointment of 3,534 junior instructors (technical) and physical education instructors at various polytechnic institutions under the Technical and Madrasah Education Division of the education ministry...
HC commutes death sentences in Tangail bus rape and murder case
The High Court on Monday commuted the death sentences of three convicts in the 2017 rape and murder of college student Zakia Sultana Rupa in a moving bus near Modhupur upazila in Tangail.
HC stays proceedings against Hosaf group chair in Barapukuria coalmine case
The High Court on Monday stayed the trial proceedings in the Barapukuria coal mine graft case against Hosaf Group chairman Moazzam Hossain for six months.
HC concerned over medical negligence
The High Court on Sunday raised serious concerns about widespread medical negligence across the country.
India-Bangladesh relationship focus on benefit of people: Verma
Indian high commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has said that Delhi would continue to seek a stable, positive, constructive, forward-looking and mutually beneficial relationship with Dhaka in which people were the main stakeholders...
CJ for forming HC benches outside Dhaka, more additional judges
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed on Saturday stressed the urgency of establishing High Court benches outside Dhaka and appointing more additional High Court judges to tackle the growing backlog of cases and alleviate the suffering of justice seekers...
2010 FREQUENCY CANCELLATION: SC allows Channel One to seek appeal
The Appellate Division on Thursday permitted One Entertainment Company, the parent company of private broadcaster Channel One, to seek permission to appeal against a 2010 High Court verdict that upheld the cancellation of its broadcasting frequency by the then Awami League government...
LOSING LIMBS IN ELECTROCUTION: BREB chair, PBS official ordered to pay Tk聽10 lakh to child victim
The High Court on Wednesday directed the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board鈥檚 chairman and the Satkhira Palli Bidyut Samity manager to pay Tk聽10 lakh within a month to father of 10-year-old Raqibuzzaman as treatment costs after the child lost his right hand and leg due to electrocution in May 2021...
SC stays HC bail for journalist couple Shakil, Rupa
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court order granting bail to Shakil Ahmed, former head of news at Ekattor Television, and his wife Farzana Rupa, the television鈥檚 principal correspondent, in connection with the killing of garment worker Rubel during the July-August 2024 student-led mass uprising...
Malaysia extends repatriation programme for undocumented Bangladeshis
The Bangladesh high commission in Malaysia has announced an extension of the migrant repatriation programme for undocumented Bangladeshi nationals, allowing them to return home under revised provisions set by the Malaysian government...
Probe into Ctg land given to Bashundhara ordered
The High Court on Monday directed the government authorities to form a committee to investigate alleged irregularities by the land ministry in allocating 470 acres of beach land in Chattogram to Bashundhara Group for industrial development.
HC overturns Giasuddin Al Mamun鈥檚聽10-year jail term
The High Court on Monday overturned a 10-year jail sentence handed down to businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun by a lower court on July 7, 2007, for possessing illegal arms during the military-controlled caretaker government regime.
Status quo on Nagad admin鈥檚 activities until final verdict: HC
The High Court has extended the status quo on Nagad鈥檚 administrator until the final order is made, thus preventing Bangladesh Bank-appointed administrator and management board from taking any fresh action beyond regular business operations....
Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Orphanage Trust Case : SC acquits Khaleda, Tarique, others; terms case as malicious prosecution
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son and acting BNP chairman Tarique Rahman and four others of charges in the Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Orphanage Trust case...
10-TRUCK ARMS HAUL:聽Babar acquitted in all cases
The High Court on Tuesday acquitted former state minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar and four other life-term convicts in the arms case linked to the 2004 Chattogram 10-truck arms haul, paving...