Dhaka – A lawyer on Wednesday filed a writ petition with the High Court Division of the Supreme Court seeking an order to stop telecasting advertisement on foreign television channels running in Bangladesh.
Category: Courts law
Warrant of arrest against Imran H Sarker
Dhaka – The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against Ganojagaran Mancha spokesperson Dr Imran H Sarker in a defamation case filed over derogatory remark on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
House owner of ‘militant den’ remanded in explosives case
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed Habibullah Bahar Azad, owner of a suspected militant den in city's Mirpur Mazar Road area, on a 3-day remand in a case filed under the Explosive Substances Act.
Justice Amir appointed judge of War Crimes Tribunal
Dhaka – The government on Tuesday appointed Justice Amir Hossain, a judge of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, as a member of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1).
HC stays suspension of Dinajpur Municipality Mayor
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court stayed a government order for three months on Monday that suspended Dinajpur municipality mayor Syed Jahangir Alam.
Warrant against Khaleda for undermining map and flag
Dhaka – A Dhaka court yesterday decided that an warrant of arrest will be issued against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia if she fails to appear before it on October 5 in a case filed over her undermining the map…
BD-India bus route operators appointment halted
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday halted tender to appoint operators for five India-Bangladesh bus-routes for a month as the circular for tender was published violating Section 15 of the Public Procurement Act.
Marks deduction of 2nd-time admission seekers stayed
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed government decision to deduct marks from second-time admission seekers, who are eager to get themselves admitted in Dental and Medical Colleges. The High Court bench comprising Justice…
Warrant order hearing against Khaleda Sept 14
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday deferred the date about whether to pass warrant order against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to September 14.
HC grants bail to 94 BNP leaders in arson cases
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday granted six-weeks’ bail to 94 BNP leaders and activists in two violence cases filed with some courts of Narayanganj and Madaripur districts.
Parliament body asks govt to take Rohingya issue to UN
Dhaka – A parliamentary standing committee on Tuesday recommended to the government to project the real picture of Rohingyas before the United Nations.
4 RAB officers among 7 indicted for Ctg shrine robbery
Dhaka – A Chittagong court has indicted seven people including four officers of the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB in a case over the robbery of around Tk 20 million from a shrine in the port city.
Farhad Mazhar abduction case report Oct 10
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday fixed October 10 for submitting the report in the case filed in connection with the alleged abduction of the writer, columnist and poet Farhad Mazhar.
16th Amendment Verdict: AG yet to have instruction
Dhaka – The Office of the Attorney General till Sunday did not receive any instruction from the government to lodge an appeal on the verdict of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court that upheld the High Court verdict scrapping…
Bangladesh Parliament to discuss Rohingya – 16th Amendment
Parliament is likely to discuss two crucial issues — the influx of Rohingyas and the Supreme Court’s verdict annulling the 16th amendment to the Constitution — in a day or two once notices from MPs are placed in the House.…
Tribunal on Myanmar minorities in Kuala Lumpur Sept 18
An international tribunal on the situation of the Rohingyas, Kachins and other minorities in Myanmar will convene in Kuala Lumpur from the 18th to the 22nd of September 2017. The venue will be the Faculty of Law, University of Malaya.
Indian scentist sues her cook for posing as Brahmin
A senior government scientist with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has come under flak from activists and social outfits in the city for lodging a case against her cook for allegedly ‘impersonating’ as a Brahmin since May 2016 and lying…
CJ goes abroad Sept 10: Justice Wahab Acting CJ
Dhaka, Sept 6 – Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha will leave Dhaka for Canada on September 10.
Govt conspiring to remove CJ using Article 97: BNP
Dhaka, Sept 03 – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that the government is trying to remove Chief Justice SK Sinha using article 97 of the Constitution.
Kenya presidential election cancelled by Supreme Court
Kenya’s Supreme Court has annulled the result of last month’s presidential election, citing irregularities, and ordered a new one within 60 days.
Khaleda sued for ‘derogatory remarks’ against State
Dhaka, Dec 27 – A case was filed against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday over her alleged derogatory remarks against the State and its creation.
No unilateral draft law on delimitation: BNP
BNP on Thursday termed an ‘evil indication’ the Election Commission’s (EC’s) move to unilaterally finalise the draft of delimitation of constituencies law. “Different media reports say that the EC is going to finalise the draft of delimitation of constituency law…
Rupa’s body exhumed for proper burial
The body of Jakia Sultana Rupa, who was killed after being gang raped in a running bus, was exhumed and handed over to her family for burial in proper manner on Thursday. The body was exhumed at about 4 pm…
SC bar concerned at Rohingya people’s plight
Dhaka – The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Wednesday expressed deep concern at the ongoing torture and murder in the Rakhine State of Myanmar.
HC imposes bar on scrapping ‘radioactive vessel’
Dhaka – The High Court Division on Tuesday imposed restrictions on scrapping MT Producer, an imported scrap vessel at a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong, till October 5 for alleged presence of radioactive material in one of its pipes.
HC questions fees of private medical colleges
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the legality of fixing Tk 19.9 lakh as the admission and tuition fees for each candidate of MBBS and BDS courses in private medical colleges of the…
SC allows authorities to conduct search in jewelry
Dhaka – Chamber Judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday passed an order allowing the customs authorities to conduct searches at the jewellery shops in the country for finding whether the jewellery…
Rana Plaza owner gets 3 years’ jail in graft case
A court here on Tuesday sentenced Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana to three years imprisonment in a case filed for not submitting wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The court also fined Rana Tk 50,000, in default, he will…
Court sends Indian guru to 10 years in prison for rape
A judge on Monday sentenced a flamboyant and controversial Indian spiritual guru to 10 years in prison on charges of raping two female followers. The sentence was pronounced amid intense security at a prison in the northern town of Rohtak…
‘The coalface can never be cleaned’- Matia
Dhaka, Aug 27 – Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Sunday slammed the Chief Justice SK Sinha, using a Bengali proverb with racist undertones to compare him to coal that can never be cleaned no matter how much you wash it,…