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SC upholds halt to Cox’s Bazar beach road work
HC had barred further construction of 1.6km road inside ECA and no-development zone
14 September 2026
Khokon asks chief justice to make Supreme Court 'free of corruption' within a month
SCBA president says attorney general’s remarks on Tuesday’s courtroom episode were unnecessary and against lawyers
10 September 2026
SC upholds HC bail for ex-chief justice Khairul, clearing way for release
Chamber judge passes ‘no order’ on state plea seeking stay on HC bail order in Banani attempted murder case
17 August 2026
SC Legal Aid Office authorised to settle cases through mediation
The move will allow parties in cases under specified laws to seek mediation as an alternative to conventional court proceedings
12 August 2026
Appellate Division sees surge in case disposal
4,429 cases settled in 33 working days as apex court shifts focus to timely justice and efficiency
23 March 2026
Dhaka-11: Nahid Islam’s appeal against MA Qayyum sent to SC full bench
Full bench is expected to hear the matter tomorrow
9 February 2026
489 new posts approved for SC Secretariat
105 of 107 officer posts to come from judicial service
7 December 2025
DMP bans gatherings around SC, ICT, nearby establishments from tomorrow
Notice issued ahead of Nov 13, when ICT is set to fix the verdict date for Hasina
10 November 2025
Reforms in the judiciary are essential to restoring people’s trust
While successfully meeting the people’s demand for justice in an efficient and timely fashion is a necessity, the indispensable function of guarding the constitution and holding other organs of the state – the legislature and the executive – is just as important.
7 December 2024
Cancellation of caretaker govt: SC defers hearing of review petitions to Nov 17
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today deferred to November 17 the hearing on three separate review petitions challenging its 2011 verdict that scrapped the non-party caretaker government system
24 October 2024
Husband receives bail in Mousumi Mou’s dowry case
On October 20, 2023, model and TV presenter Mousumi Mou tied the knot with Arif Billah, a coaching teacher, in an intimate family gathering. However, the actress lodged a dowry case against her husband less than six months into their marriage. Arif surrendered to the authorities following the legal proceedings and was granted bail on Wednesday, May 29.
30 May 2024
'Derogatory remarks' on judge: Dinajpur mayor apologises to SC
Dinajpur Municipality Mayor Syed Jahangir Alam today offered an unconditional apology to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court for making derogatory comments about one of its judges
24 August 2023
Probe into allegations against BFF officials over govt fund to run: SC
The apex court also asked the HC to dispose of the rule issued over this matter in three weeks, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told The Daily Star.
9 July 2023
Trial courts must hold sentencing hearings: HC
In a landmark directive, the High Court has said the trial courts must hold separate hearings on sentencing in criminal cases.
20 May 2023
Hijab row in Karnataka: Indian Supreme Court to hear Muslim students’ pleas
India’s Supreme Court today (July 13, 2022) agreed to hear next week pleas challenging the Karnataka state high court ruling – refusing to lift the ban on hijab in educational institutions of the southern state.
13 July 2022
SC declares Zubaida Rahman a fugitive
The Supreme Court in a full text of a verdict declared Dr Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, a fugitive in the eye of law.
1 June 2022
Chandpur AL leader Salim Khan can’t extract sand from Meghna river
The Supreme Court today scrapped a High Court verdict that allowed Md Salim Khan, a local Awami League leader, to extract sand from the Meghna river in Chandpur.
29 May 2022
How did the Supreme Court start housing planning for Dhaka’s poor?
On August 20, 1999, over 5,000 slum dwellers mobilised from various informal settlements in Dhaka and gathered in the Supreme Court premises to protest the “wholesale eviction” that was underway that year.
27 May 2022
Indian SC recognises rights, dignity of sex workers; orders police not to harass them
India’s Supreme Court has directed police forces in all states and federally-run territories to treat sex workers with dignity and not to abuse them, verbally or physically, and observed that every individual in the country has a right to a dignified life under Article 21 of the Constitution.
27 May 2022
SC lawyer appeals to president, PM to pardon Khaleda
A Supreme Court (SC) lawyer appeals to the president and prime minister to pardon the jail sentence of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and release her from jail on humanitarian ground ahead of birth centenary celebration of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
10 March 2020