New task force, same old delay
The high-powered task force, led by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) chief Additional Inspector General Md Mustafa Kamal, has failed to submit any report to the High Court in connection with the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi, despite the six-month deadline given by the court expiring over two weeks ago.
19 April 2025, 18:19 PM
Abolish mobile court’s power to impose jail sentence
The Judicial Reform Commission has recommended abolishing the mobile court’s power to impose jail sentences on people for committing offenses, saying that the imposition of imprisonment by such a court is contradictory to the constitution.
18 April 2025, 21:15 PM
Increase lower court judges to 6,000
The Judiciary Reform Commission has suggested increasing the number of lower court judges to at least 6,000 by appointing around 4,000 additional ones in order to bring the backlog of pending cases to a tolerable level.
12 April 2025, 21:41 PM
Ramna Batamul bombing: 24 years on, justice still eludes victims
Twenty-four long years have passed since the bomb blasts at Ramna Batamul during Pahela Baishakh celebrations, yet justice remains out of reach for the victims.
11 April 2025, 20:09 PM
‘Treat political ties of judges as misconduct’
The Judiciary Reform Commission has recommended that any judge showing political allegiance or expressing political views be considered guilty of misconduct and face disciplinary measures under the relevant code of conduct.
3 April 2025, 23:08 PM
Case filings increase, so does backlog
To this day, several high-profile criminal cases, like the BDR mutiny, Narayanganj seven-murder, and the killings of Bishwajit Das and Awami League lawmaker Ahsan Ullah Master, remain pending with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.
29 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Release full text of SC verdicts in 6 months
The Judiciary Reform Commission has proposed new provisions requiring the full text verdict of Supreme Court judgements to be signed and released within six months of the delivery of a verdict.
15 March 2025, 19:57 PM
Commission for fair probe, attorney services
The Judiciary Reform Commission has proposed the formation of a separate Independent Criminal Investigation Service and a permanent Government Attorney Service to ensure proper investigations and prosecution of criminal cases.
21 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Pilkhana Mutiny Anniversary: Make probe reports public
The family members of 2009 Pilkhana massacre victims say they are still in the dark about the reasons behind such a bloodshed and who masterminded the killing of so many people.
24 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Some Bangladesh Bank officials feed off scams
The High Court yesterday came down heavily on a section of Bangladesh Bank officials over their alleged links with financial scams involving People’s Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL), a non-bank financial institution.
23 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Digital Security Act: Misused to muzzle dissent
Incarcerated for over nine months, writer Mushtaq Ahmed and cartoonist Ahmed Kishore were brought into the courtroom 11 days ago and produced before a judge.
21 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Attempted Attack on Hasina: HC upholds death penalties of 10 Huji men
A High Court verdict yesterday said if perpetrators were successful in implementing their plan to blast two powerful bombs, weighing 76kg and 40kg respectively, in Gopalganj’s Kotalipara in July 2000, when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was supposed to address a rally there, the incident would be similar to the August 15 massacre.
17 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Put them before people’s court
The High Court has observed in a verdict that it is about time corrupt military and civil officials and staffers, and judges were put before the court of people in order to establish the rule of law.
6 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt’s Withdrawal of Case Filed by ACC: HC calls it ‘naked interference’
The government attempt to get a corruption case withdrawn in Sylhet is a “naked interference” into the affairs of the Anti-Corruption Commission, observed the High Court.
13 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Police high-ups failing to act: HC
The High Court has observed that police authorities have miserably failed to hold a handful of corrupt officials accountable, for which the higher police authorities cannot absolve responsibility.
12 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Protecting the innocent: Police high-ups failing to act, HC observes
The High Court has observed that a handful of corrupt police officials became errant and their higher authorities have miserably failed to hold them accountable, for which the higher police authorities cannot absolve responsibility.
12 January 2021, 17:53 PM
Accused, Convicts, Fugitives of Non-Bailable Offences: No media can air, publish their comments: HC
Referring to Ekattor TV allowing Proshanta Kumar Halder to participate in a live talk show and interview, the High Court has observed that no one accused or convicted of non-bailable, cognisable offences is entitled to any comment or interview through the media.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM
BB officials harbour financial thugs: HC
The High Court has observed that a section of Bangladesh Bank officials, tasked with monitoring the activities of banks and financial institutions, have been harbouring financial thugs for personal gains.
4 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Cases Under Digital Security Act: Give training to cops to finish probe in 75 days
The High Court has directed the inspector general of police to take steps necessary to train officers to complete investigating cases filed under the Digital Security Act in 75 days.
24 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Backlogged Death References: 1,300 convicts in condemned cells await final verdict
Fatiha Maskura, now 45, has been in the condemned cell of a jail since June 6, 2016, after a Sylhet court sentenced her to death for killing her husband Ibrahim Abu Khalil Al Hafiz. Ibharhim was killed on May 18, 2015, following a family dispute, according to the case statement.
20 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Wait for justice continues
After so many years, people are still waiting to see justice for the crimes committed during the Liberation War, as appeal hearings of 27 war-crime cases were halted for years at the Supreme Court (SC).
15 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Aug 21 Grenade Attack Cases: HC hearing on appeals may start soon
The High Court is expected to start soon the hearing on the death references and appeals against the verdict of the August 21 grenade attack cases, as the paper books have already been prepared and appeals accepted for hearing.
9 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Life sentence means 30 yrs
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has ruled that life imprisonment means a convict will remain behind bars for 30 years and will get remission and deduction benefits under relevant laws if it is not specifically mentioned in the verdict that the convict is sentenced to imprisonment until natural death.
1 December 2020, 18:00 PM
SC yet to settle CHT regional council issue
Nine years have passed after two separate appeals were filed with the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division challenging the High Court verdict that declared the Chattogram Hill Tracts Regional Council illegal and unconstitutional.
1 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Admin Officials’ Judicial Power: 11 years on, petition still pending
The High Court is yet to dispose of an 11-year-old writ petition that challenged the legality of empowering administrative officials to perform judicial functions.
30 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Dengue Outbreak of 2019: HC yet to hold hearing on city corporations’ ‘partial negligence’
Eight months have passed since a judicial probe committee submitted an inquiry report to the High Court over the “partial negligence” of Dhaka city corporations regarding last year’s dengue outbreak in the capital.
13 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Jail Killing Day: 45 years on, justice still elusive
It has been 45 years since, on this very day in 1975, four national leaders were assassinated at the Dhaka Central Jail.
2 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Women Repression Cases: HC’s monitoring order ignored
Over three years ago, the High Court directed the administration of the Supreme Court to form a cell to monitor whether the trials of cases filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000 are completed in 180 days.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM