High Court

HC for people's access to info

The High Court yesterday ruled that people must have access to income and expenditure statements of political parties under the Right to Information Act.
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Compensate Jihad's family

The High Court yesterday ruled that the government would have to compensate the family of Jihad, a four-year-old who died falling down a 300-foot well shaft in the capital's Shahjahanpur in 2014.
18 February 2016, 18:00 PM

HC orders for compensating Jihad’s family

The High Court rules the government to compensate the family members of four-year-old Jihad, who died after falling into a deep well at Shahjahanpur of Dhaka in 2014.
18 February 2016, 10:10 AM

Public to get access to political parties’ income, expenditure info

From now on, general public will have access to income and expense statement of political parties from the Election Commission, the High Court ruled today.
18 February 2016, 08:38 AM

Order on Fakhrul's bail plea Feb 22

The Supreme Court fixes February 22 for passing orders on petitions filed by BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir for extending his bail in three separate arson and vandalism cases.
18 February 2016, 04:58 AM

Mahmudur won't be freed now

Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of Bangla daily Amar Desh, was shown arrested in a bomb blast case yesterday, a day after the Supreme Court upheld a High Court bail granted to him in a sedition case.
15 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Justice Nozrul quits as Mir Quasem’s lawyer

Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, a retired judge of the High Court, withdraws himself as a defence lawyer for war criminal Mir Quasem Ali.
15 February 2016, 06:32 AM

Writ seeks bar on retd HC judges from practicing law at SC

A writ petition is filed the High Court seeking restriction on retired HC judges from practicing law at the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.
15 February 2016, 05:34 AM

HC summons hospital MD

The High Court yesterday summoned the managing director of Japan Bangladesh Friendship Hospital and the chief of Directorate General of Health Services over allegations that the private hospital charged the parents for the treatment of a child who was already dead.
11 February 2016, 18:00 PM

HC upholds death for 3 Huji men

The High Court yesterday upheld death penalty of three Huji members, including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan, and life imprisonment of two others over the 2004 grenade attack on the then UK envoy in Bangladesh.
11 February 2016, 18:00 PM

2004 UK envoy attack: Death for 3 Huji men upheld

The High Court upholds death for three militants of banned outfit Huji including its chief Mufti Abdul Hannan over 2004 attack on UK envoy in Bangladesh.
11 February 2016, 06:44 AM

Follow norms, values of the judiciary

Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday expressed his hopes that the judges, who enjoy state facilities, would follow the norms and values of the judiciary.
10 February 2016, 18:00 PM

HC seeks reports on Dhaka city waste management

The High Court directs authorities concerned to submit reports in three months on the steps taken for waste management in Dhaka north and south city corporation areas.
10 February 2016, 07:18 AM

Tangail-4 by-polls: Kader Siddique files appeal against scrapping candidacy

Krishak Sramik Janata League president Abdul Kader Siddique files a petition with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order that had upheld cancellation of his candidacy for Tangail-4 by-polls.
7 February 2016, 10:35 AM

3 HC judges appointed to Appellate Division

Three High Court judges are appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. The judges -- Justice Mirza Hossain Haider, Justice Md Nizamul Huq and Justice Md Bazlur Rahman -- will be sworn-in tomorrow morning.
7 February 2016, 08:58 AM

Kader Siddique’s plea to contest by-polls rejected in HC

The High Court upholds the Election Commission's decision that had cancelled the candidacy of Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique for Tangail-4 by-polls.
4 February 2016, 06:46 AM

Verdict on appeals Feb 11

The High Court yesterday set February 11 for delivering a verdict on appeals by three condemned militants of Huji, including its chief, in a case filed over the grenade attack on the then British envoy in 2004.
3 February 2016, 18:00 PM

HC orders recruitment of 2,500 teachers who qualified in 2012 test

High Court directs government to recruit around 2,500 people who qualified as assistant teachers of government primary schools in 2012.
3 February 2016, 08:16 AM

Graft case: HC rejects Tarique’s mother-in-law’s plea

The High Court rejects writ petition filed by BNP leader Tarique Rahman’s mother-in-law Syeda Iqbalmand Banu seeking a stay on the trial procedure of a corruption case against her.
2 February 2016, 07:34 AM

SC upholds injunction on Kalyanpur slum eviction

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that issued an injunction on eviction of the Kalyanpur Pora Slum.
31 January 2016, 05:39 AM