Bangladesh High Court
Why has Gram Police Bahini not been included in govt pay scale, HC asks govt to explain in 4 weeks
The High Court issues a rule asking the government to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to include Gram Police Bahini (Village Police Force) in the pay scale declared by the government as fourth class government employees.
3 December 2017
HC clears way for resuming newspaper Sylheter Dak
The High Court clears the way for the authorities concerned to resume running publication of the Sylheter Dak, the highest-circulating local daily in Sylhet region.
29 November 2017
It was plot to oust govt: HC in BDR carnage case verdict
The High Court observes that there was a plot both from internal and external sides behind the BDR carnage to uproot Sheikh Hasina-led government.
27 November 2017
BDR carnage case: HC confirms death for 139
The High Court confirms death for 139 out of 152 convicts who were given capital punishment by lower court in BDR carnage case.
27 November 2017
Foetus inside woman’s womb: HC asks for taking action against responsible doctor
The High Court directs the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) to take appropriate action against Sheikh Hosne Ara, a doctor of Gauripur Life Hospital and Digital Diagnostic Center in Comilla who delivered Khadiza Begum’s baby by Caesarean section leaving a foetus inside the womb.
26 November 2017
HC questions legality of FFs' age limit
The High Court questions the legality on an age restriction placed on the freedom fighter status, placed by the government last year.
21 November 2017
Arrest Patuakhali fake doctor: HC
The High Court further orders the police to immediately arrest Rajon Das, an alleged fake doctor of a clinic in Patuakhali, for conducting the operation of a woman leaving cotton inside her abdomen in March, 2017.
16 November 2017
HC rejects Sohel Rana’s bail plea
The High Court rejects bail for Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza which collapsed and resulted in the biggest industrial disaster of the world, in a graft case.
15 November 2017
HC verdict on legality of shutting Lakehead Grammar School tomorrow
The High Court is to deliver its verdict on November 14 on two rules that questioned the legality of the government's decision to stop the activities of two branches of Lakehead Grammar School in Dhaka on charges of “patronising religious extremism and militancy”.
13 November 2017
HC clears way for trial of Comilla city Mayor Monirul in graft case
The High Court clears the way for a Dhaka court to continue trial proceedings in a corruption case against Comilla City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Monirul Hoque Shakoo.
13 November 2017
Govt gets until Jan 15 to amend Children Act
The High Court gives the government until January 15 next year to amend the Children Act, 2013 through removing the ambiguity over trying an adult under the law.
12 November 2017
Bribery case: Nazmul Huda’s jail term commuted
The High Court commutes the jail term of former BNP Minister Nazmul Huda to four years from seven years on a bribery case filed during the regime of military backed caretaker government.
8 November 2017
Foetus inside woman’s womb: HC seeks probe report
The High Court seeks for a probe report on the incident of a doctor leaving a foetus inside a woman's womb after delivering a baby in Comilla.
7 November 2017
Stop use of pneumatic horns across country: HC
The High Court directs the government to stop pneumatic horns across the country including Dhaka.
5 November 2017
HC asks IGP to conduct probe against Satkhira CID inspector
The High Court directs the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct a departmental inquiry into the incident that an inspector of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Satkhira police called a fish businessman to his office despite having no specific case against the businessman.
5 November 2017
Trial proceedings of 5 cases against Fakhrul stayed
The High Court stays trial proceedings of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in five cases filed in 2015 for vandalism and arson.
1 November 2017
Ekramul murder: Minar’s bail stayed
The Supreme Court stays for four weeks a High Court order that granted bail to Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar, the prime accused of Phulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque killing case.
30 October 2017
Killing Tangail boy after abduction: HC upholds death for one
The High Court confirms the death penalty of a person and upholds the life imprisonment of another for killing after abduction of eight-year-old boy Mamun at Mirzapur upazilla in Tangail in March, 2003.
30 October 2017
HC summons 2 secretaries for explanation
The High Court summons two secretaries to appear before it for explaining why the government did not amend the Children Act, 2013 despite ambiguity over trying an adult accused under this law.
29 October 2017
SC upholds HC bail of industrialist Ragib Ali
The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that granted bail to industrialist Ragib Ali and his son Abdul Hye who were convicted of forging legal papers for grabbing an endowed land of Tarapur Tea Estate in Sylhet.
26 October 2017