Category: Courts law

The High Court on Sunday declared illegal the recruitment of over 4,000 nurses holding diploma degrees by the government. After hearing a writ petition, an HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo passed the…

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday asked the assigned local counsel for the New York-based 5 Human Rights Watch (HRW) to submit its reply on the show cause notice in order to contest the contempt of court case before it…

A Dhaka court on Thursday fixed June 16 to hear on charge framing against BNP-led 18-party leaders including BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the case filed in connection with cocktail explosion in side Bangladesh secretariat. Earlier,…

A High Court division bench on Wednesday dropped from its cause list the petition seeking bail for three accused in the journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case as it does not have jurisdiction to entertain it under section 498 of the…

The High Court on Tuesday issued contempt of court rule against 12 senior government officials for violation of an earlier ruling against building any infrastructure on the lands of Forest Department in Cox’s Bazar district.

Karnaphuli Ship Builders Limited owner Engineer MA Rashid lodged a defamation case against the Editor, Publisher and two others of Bangla daily the Prothom Alo on Monday for printing four news items about land grabbing. Judge Mohammad Abu Taher of…

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the High Court order that declared illegal the posts of eight Pubali Bank directors elected through its 30th annual general meeting. A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel…

The High Court has asked why Prothom Alo’s Editor Matiur Rahman and Joint Editor Mizanur Rahman Khan should not be charged with contempt. The bench of Justices Naima Haider and Zafar Ahmed issued the suo moto rule on Sunday.

Despite extending all out cooperation to the newly-appointed ICT-1 chairman in the exercise of his judicial functions only a day before, no member from the prosecution panel appeared before the tribunal on Thursday. Thursday was fixed for submitting a reply…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the High Court order that declared illegal the posts of eight Pubali Bank directors elected through its 30th annual general meeting. Chamber Judge Hasan Fayez Siddique passed the order following a petition submitted by…

Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing Dr. Sazia Afrin Eva in Dakshin Khan area here in 2012. According to the prosecution, the convcict, Md Foysal, who was a caretaker of Amtala Brac…

Eight posts of directors in Pubali Bank have been vacated by the High Court because of non-compliance with share holding regulations. The eight posts are that of Chairman Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, directors Muhammad Faizur Rahman, Ahmed Shafi Choudhury, Fahim Ahmed…

A Dhaka court on Tuesday recorded the depositions of three more witnesses in the murder case filed in connection with the attempt to kill former Dhaka University Professor Dr. Humayun Azad. Judge AHM Habibur Rahman Bhuiyan of the Fourth Additional…

A court here on Monday placed two of the snatchers of the three convicted members of the banned militant outfit Jama’at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) on a 20-day remand in two cases. Senior Judicial Magistrate Sonia Akhter passed the order when Sakhipur…

Four accused in the Jahangirnagar University student Zubair Ahmed murder case escaped from the dock of a court after the judge cancelled their bail on Sunday. The four fugitives are Ashiqul Islam Ashique, Khan Mohammad Rois, Mahbub Akram and Ishtiaque…

A Dhaka court on Sunday placed former Dhaka City Corporation  Ward Commissioner Saidur Rahman Shahid known as Shahid Commissioner on a four-day fresh remand in a murder case. Dhaka’s Chief Judicial Magistrate Court’s Senior Judicial  Magistrate Tayebul Hassan  passed order…

Sylhet – Police in separate drives have arrested 64 people on various charges from different areas of the city and four districts of Sylhet division.

Dhaka – The High Court on Sunday stayed for three months the proceedings of two cases filed against four bloggers under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The HC bench comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Mohammad Ullah…

Manikganj – A court here on Thursday sentenced a bus driver and his helper to life term imprisonment in a case filed for molesting a girl in their moving vehicle last year. The court also fined both Tk 50,000 each…

The High Court has given life sentences to two men sentenced to five-year prison terms in the Commodore (retd) Golam Rabbani murder case, overturning a lower court judgement. Commodore Rabbani, who was witness to the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…

The High Court has ordered the publication of the review results of the 34th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) preliminary examination again, including the indigenous candidates who were excluded from the first merit list. The bench of Justices Naima Haider and…

The High Court here on Monday granted six-month anticipatory bail to former Health and Family Welfare Minister and BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain in a money laundering case. An HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Zafar Ahmed passed…

A teacher of the National University has been indicted for making derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family on Facebook. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Harun-ur-Rashid passed the order on Monday after rejecting a defence petition. He will hear…