Courts, law

Dhaka, Dec 14 – BNP on Friday alleged that the government has again started filing ‘fictitious’ cases against its leaders and activists by “indulging in arson-attack game”. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 12 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case on Thursday. Read More »

The United States has taken fresh action against 18 individuals, including the Myanmar Army chief, for their roles in atrocities and other abuses. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 10 – The High Court Tuesday opined that “Joy Bangla” slogan must be used at the beginning and the end of all the state programmes from the upcoming ‘Victory Day’ on December 16. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 10 – The High Court (HC) Tuesday directed the jail authorities to produce Awlad Hossain, a program officer of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, before it on January 15 next year, who is now detained in Sherpur district jail after moving four courts following the alleged fake arrest warrant issued against him. Read More »

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday pressed charges against 11 people, including former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, in a case filed for reportedly misappropriating Tk 4 crore. Read More »

The hearing on genocide by Myanmar against Rohingyas is all set to begin at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday in The Hague, Netherlands as the Gambia asked the top UN court to urgently order measures “to stop Myanmar’s genocidal conduct.” Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 10 – A mobile court on Monday evicted five brickfields and fined the owners Tk 20 lakh at Baluchor union of Sirajdikhan Upazila on charges of polluting the environment. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 9 – The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain in three months why it should not be directed to demolish and remove all the structures set up illegally on the sea beach in Cox’s Bazar. Read More »

The High Court on Sunday directed Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove the personal photos and videos of actress Rafiath Rashid Mithila and director Iftekhar Ahmed Fahmi from online platforms. Read More »

The High Court on Sunday upheld the death penalty of a convict and the life imprisonment of two others in the NTV video editor Atikul Islam Atik murder case. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 7 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government is thinking about introducing a virtual court in the country. Read More »

Dhaka, December 6 – BNP on Friday said the Appellate Division’s decision to defer the hearing on the bail petition of its chairperson Khaleda Zia is unprecedented. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 5 – BNP on Thursday alleged that the entire nation has got aggrieved as its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail has been obstructed with the ‘direct interference of the government’. Read More »

SC asks medical broad to submit her health report within Dec 12 Dhaka, Dec 5 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday deferred until December 12 the hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in Zia Charitable Trust Graft Case. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 4 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday approved a chargesheet against 11 people, including former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, in a case filed for reportedly misappropriating Tk 4 crore. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 4 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will hear today on an appeal filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging a High Court order that had turned down her bail petition in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in which she was imprisonment by a trial court. Read More »

A Gaibandha court has sentenced former Jatiya Party MP Abdul Kader Khan and six others to death for killing Awami League lawmaker Manjurul Islam Liton three years ago. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 27 – Seven militants were sentenced to death on Wednesday for their roles in the Holey Artisan café attack, the deadliest terror attack in Bangladesh’s history that claimed the lives of 22 people, including 17 foreigners. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 26 – The High Court on Tuesday ordered the authorities concerned to shut down all the illegal brick kilns in Dhaka and its surrounding areas — Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Gazipur and Manikganj — within 15 days to reduce air pollution in the capital city. Read More »

The High Court here on Tuesday imposed a restriction on extracting underground water in four villages in Patiya upazila of Chattogram and directed the authorities concerned to take steps to ensure uninterrupted supply of drinking water to the villages. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 25 – A court here on Monday sentenced three members of banned militant outfit Jama’atulMujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death and four others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2012. The condemned convicts are—Sanwar Hossain, Jahangir Alam of Nachole Upazila and Abdus Shukur of Gomostapur Upazila. The lifers are—Shamsul Alam, Saiful Islam, Mohammad Shamim of Gomostapur ... Read More »

Chittagong, Nov 24 – A total of fifteen militants were arrested as police conducted a combing operation in the city here on Saturday. Read More »

Dhaka, Nov 18 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday deferred its order until November 24 on a petition filed by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) seeking a stay on the High Court order that issued an interim injunction for two months against the realisation of Tk. 12,580 crore due from Grameenphone. Read More »

A court here on Monday accepted the charge sheet against 25 accused and issued arrest warrant against four fugitive ones in Bangladesh University of Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad killing case. Read More »

Dhaka, November 14 – The High Court (HC) on Thursday again ordered the government to rename within 90 days streets and installations named after anti-liberation persons across the country. Read More »

Law Minister Anisul Huq on Wednesday said that the government would take the necessary steps to hold the trial in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad under the Speedy Trial Tribunal. Read More »

The High Court on Monday wanted to know how long the investigation into Sagar-Runi murder case will continue as seven years have already elapsed since the gruesome murder. Read More »

by Susanne Wixforth and Lukas Hochscheidt on 4th November 2019 The privileging of economic freedoms over social rights by the European Court of Justice could be reversed by a thorough harmonisation of European social law. Read More »

The High Court on Tuesday stayed the bail of three accused in a case filed over forgery in the design of FR Tower in city’s Banani area and directed them to surrender before the lower court within a week. Read More »