High Court (HC)
Rubel murder case: HC orders suspension of IO
The High Court today ordered the superintendent of police in Manikganj to suspend Masudur Rahman, the investigation officer in the Rubel murder case and also a sub-inspector, for conducting a defective investigation and providing false information before the court.
How the landless are leading the fight against sexual violence in schools
In 2009, the High Court issued a directive that requires active anti-sexual harassment cells in all educational institutions and workplaces. The landless organisations used RTI to find out how many schools in their locality had complied with the HC directive.
Welcome promise of ever-elusive ‘justice’
Jasmine Sultana’s case must not meet the same fate as countless others
Same rules should apply to all debtors
Why is it that small debtors suffer while big defaulters walk free?
Why Manarat's trustee board reform not illegal: HC to govt
The High Court today (October 18, 2022) questioned the legality of the government action for reconstituting the Board of Trustees of Manarat International University.
Men, lower your gaze and stop judging women
Men must control their own base instincts instead of policing women's clothing.
Public servants’ arrest without prior nod: SC stays HC verdict
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed -- till October 23 -- the High Court verdict that cleared the way for law enforcers to arrest government employees in criminal cases without permission from authorities concerned.
Gender violence cases: Can courts decide what a woman must wear?
A woman's constitutional rights are violated when she is harmed while exercising the personal liberty granted to her by the Supreme Law of the Land: the Constitution.
HC on Narsingdi assault: A country for the ‘civilised’?
The hostility that the Bangladeshi public usually shows towards women is in no way civilised
HC stays 3 DSA cases against photojournalist Kajol
The High Court today stayed the trial proceedings against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in three cases filed under Digital Security Act.
All cases against Dr Yunus, Grameen Telecom withdrawn
All cases filed against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and his organisation Grameen Telecom have been withdrawn by the latter's employees from the courts concerned after they reached a settlement over the claim of payments.
New Market clashes: HC directs 14 BNP men to surrender to lower court
The High Court today directed 14 BNP leaders and activists to surrender before the lower court concerned in six weeks – in connection with two cases filed over the clashes between Dhaka College students and traders in New Market area.
Alal’s comments on PM: HC orders to remove audio, video
The High Court today directed Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to immediately remove all videos and audio -- on social media and online -- containing BNP leader Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal’s derogatory comments on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
HC seeks list of Titas river grabbers in 90 days
The High Court today directed National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) to prepare a list of people, who grabbed the land of Titas River in Brahmanbaria, and to submit it to this court in 90 days.
Graft: Ex-AL MP Awal, his wife get HC bail
High Court (HC) has granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to former Awami League lawmaker of Pirojpur AKMA Awal and his wife in three corruption cases filed for misappropriating khas (government) land.
Ban single-use plastics
The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to ban single-use plastic products in coastal areas, hotels, motels and restaurants across the country in one year as they are health and environmental hazards.
Shahidul's bail hearing tomorrow
The High Court (HC) fixes November 14 for hearing a petition filed by internationally noted photographer Shahidul Alam seeking bail in a case against him under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
