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Status quo on Rana Plaza movie till Sep 14
A Supreme Court chamber judge imposes a status quo till September 14 on release and screening of the Rana Plaza movie.
10 September 2015
Rizvi’s HC bail upheld
Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that had granted bail to BNP leader Rizvi Ahmed in two vandalism and arson cases.
10 September 2015
Ex-BNP MP Rasheduzzaman’s graft acquittal scrapped
The Supreme Court scraps a High Court verdict that acquitted former BNP lawmaker Rasheduzzaman Millat in a corruption case.
10 September 2015
Appeal hearing on Nizami’s death penalty adjourned
The Supreme Court today started hearing on the appeal filed by Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami challenging a verdict that had sentenced him to death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
9 September 2015
Bar council polls: Writ seeking stay on gazette rejected
The High Court rejects a writ petition seeking its directive on the Bangladesh Bar Council chairman not to issue a gazette notification on the results of its elections.
7 September 2015
Huda’s acquittal scrapped, Khoka’s graft trial to continue
The Supreme Court scraps High Court verdicts that had acquitted former BNP minister Nazmul Huda and former Mayor of Dhaka City Corporation Sadeque Hossain Khoka in separate corruption cases.
7 September 2015
SC scraps Mockbul’s acquittal
The Supreme Court scraps a High Court verdict that acquitted former Awami League lawmaker Mockbul Hossain and his wife in a corruption case.
3 September 2015
Section 57: HC order on plea tomorrow
The High Court fixes tomorrow to pass its order on a writ petition that challenged the legality of the much-talked-about Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.
1 September 2015
SC clears way for Mirza Abbas’ graft trial
The Supreme Court clears the way for the lower court to resume trial proceedings of a graft case against BNP leader Mirza Abbas.
31 August 2015
SC asks AC Akram to surrender
The Supreme Court orders former assistant police commissioner Akram Hussain to trial court in seven days in the sensational BBA student Shamim Reza Rubel murder case.
30 August 2015
SC clears way for Falu’s graft trial
The Supreme Court clears the way to run the trial proceedings against BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu in a corruption case filed for amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 14.95 crore.
27 August 2015
Money laundering: Khandaker Mosharraf’s bail stayed
The Supreme Court stays for two weeks a High Court bail order for BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case.
27 August 2015
Legal notice asks to scrap Section 57 (1) of ICT act
A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to government requesting it to scrap Section 57 (1) of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act which has come under severe criticism recently.
26 August 2015
BIWTA recreation centre on Buriganga to go
The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that directed the government to demolish and remove the recreation centre from Buriganga river at Kamrangirchar area in Dhaka.
24 August 2015
SC stays Moudud’s land grabbing trial till Aug 30
The Supreme Court stayed the trial proceedings of a land related graft case against senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed till August 30.
23 August 2015
Latif’s JS membership: SC clears way for EC hearing
The Supreme Court today cleared the way for Election Commission to hold hearing on the dispute over cancellation of the parliament membership of sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique.
23 August 2015
Militancy financing by SC lawyers alarming: AG
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam says that the involvement of Supreme Court lawyers in financing militancy outfits is alarming.
20 August 2015
SC upholds HC order on Brazil wheat
The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order on the authorities to take back the Brazilian wheat if any department desires to return the grains.
20 August 2015
Criticism after delivery of judgement: SC
The Supreme Court observes that constructive criticism can be made after a court delivers its judgement.
18 August 2015
Split order on Maya’s legitimacy as MP
The High Court gives split order on Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya’s legality in holding parliament membership with a conviction in graft case.
17 August 2015