Bangladesh High Court

Blogger Rajib’s father disappointed at HC verdict

Ahmed Rajib Haider’s father Dr Md Nazimuddin expresses disappointment over the High Court judgment saying that he did not get justice.
2 April 2017

Graft case: HC bench assigned to hear Ershad’s appeal

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha assigns a High Court bench for hearing three separate appeals in a 25-year-old corruption case filed against former president HM Ershad.
27 March 2017

Graft case: HC verdict on 25-yr-old appeal of Ershad tomorrow

The High Court is set to deliver a verdict tomorrow on a 25-year-old appeal of former president HM Ershad against a lower court judgement that jailed him for three years in a corruption case.
22 March 2017

Money laundering: Destiny MD, another get bail

The High Court grants bail to two Destiny Group top officials in two money laundering cases involving around Tk 4,200 crore clearing their way to walk out of jail.
20 July 2016

SC stays Nur’s bail order over Ctg cocaine haul case

The Supreme Court stays a High Court order that granted bail to Nur Mohammad, chairman of Khan Jahan Ali Ltd, in the case filed over the liquid cocaine that was seized from a container carrying sun-flower oil at Chittagong port in May last year.
20 June 2016

Man mistakenly imprisoned gets bail

A victim, Nurul Islam from Sylhet, who was in jail for more than two years in place of his younger brother in a sensational murder case, gets bail from the High Court.
9 June 2016

Barrister Shakila released on bail

Nearly 10 months after her arrest in a case over alleged terror financing, High Court lawyer Barrister Shakila Farzana is released on bail from jail.
7 June 2016

Star editor gets HC bail in 10 cases

The High Court today grants anticipatory bail to The Daily Star Editor and Publisher Mahfuz Anam for eight weeks in 10 cases.
7 June 2016

Shut shops at Mouchak market until repair works: HC

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to keep the shops at Dhaka’s Mouchak market closed until the market building is repaired and it receives certificate under the building code.
6 June 2016

HC asks Sir John Wilson School to stop charging additional fee

The High Court directs the principal of Sir John Wilson School located in Satarkul area of Dhaka to refrain from charging additional fees from students for the current year.
30 May 2016

HC stays transfer order of civil cases

The High Court directs authorities concerned not to take any steps for transferring pending civil cases from the High Court to the lower courts for next three months.
30 May 2016

Writ plea seeks order against strike at hospital

A writ petition is filed with the High Court seeking necessary orders on the authorities concerned to stop strike enforced by doctors and nurses at hospitals.
29 May 2016

Ministers, MPs criticise HC ruling on 16th amendment

Three ministers and a number of treasury and opposition bench MPs criticise a High Court verdict that scrapped the 16th amendment to the constitution empowering the House to impeach Supreme Court judges for incapacity or misconduct.
5 May 2016

Tonu murder: HC vacation bench sends writ to regular bench

The High Court (HC) asks to place a writ seeking judicial inquiry into the murder of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu, before a regular bench.
25 April 2016

Arrest warrant for 3 Hazaribagh tannery owners

The High Court issues arrest warrant against three Hazaribagh tannery owners for not moving their factories to Savar and not appearing before court despite a summons order.
10 April 2016

Why 40 freedom fighters of Pabna not included in gazette, HC questions

The High Court questions ed the legality of the government’s action of not including the names of 40 freedom fighters of Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila in the gazette notification.
5 April 2016

Graft case: HC clears way for trial of Mirza Abbas

The High Court clears way for the lower court concerned to resume trial proceedings against former BNP minister Mirza Abbas in a corruption case filed on charge of fraudulently allotting an industrial plot.
30 March 2016

Remove structures on Shaheed Minar land in 72hrs: HC

The High Court directs the authorities to demolish all structures, excluding a grave, on the land of the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka by the next 72 hours.
24 March 2016

HC orders emergency services for injured persons at all hospitals

The High Court directes the government to take necessary steps for providing emergency medical services to all critically injured persons in government and private hospitals across the country
10 February 2016

Govt to appoint 3 judges to Appellate Division

The government takes an initiative to promote three High Court judges to the Appellate Division, as the apex court has a shortage of judges for more than two years.
4 February 2016