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
EC posts: Ex-bureaucrats dominate the final list too
The search committee is likely to propose names of former bureaucrats for the helm of the next Election Commission, sources said.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Evidence act amendment: Draft leaves one questionable section alone
The government has drafted an amendment to the Evidence Act, seeking to repeal only one of the two sections that allow questioning the character of a rape victim in court.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Search panel may not disclose final 10
The search committee is not likely to disclose whom it will recommend to the president for the posts of the chief election commissioner and other commissioners.
19 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Nasirnagar mayhem: No evidence, yet Rasraj faces charges
In their forensic report, police found no evidence of Rasraj’s involvement in spreading a photograph that led to a mayhem in Brahmanbaria’s Nasirnagar in October 2016.
11 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Introduce death penalty for graft
Corruption is a mental disease that cannot be cured only by corporal punishment, the High Court said in the full text of a verdict in a graft case recommending introduction of the death penalty for such offences.
10 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Money launderers untouched
The move to bring money launderers to book is not making any headway as the Anti-Corruption Commission and different government agencies have failed to submit information on the offenders, their deposits in overseas banks, and properties abroad before the High Court despite its orders to do so.
26 January 2022, 18:00 PM
JS may pass EC law this session
The ongoing parliament session is set to pass a law aiming to give legal cover to the chief election commissioners and other commissioners appointed through search committees in the past.
19 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Apex court to get new judges anytime
Since the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has been facing an acute shortage of judges, some new judges will be appointed anytime soon for gearing up its functions and increasing the rate of case disposal.
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM
2003 Launch Disaster: Victims’ families yet to get any compensation
The High Court over four years ago had asked the authorities concerned to give within 60 days a compensation of Tk 17.11 crore to the families of the victims of a 2003 launch accident in the Meghna river.
1 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Who will be the next chief justice?
Syed Mahmud Hossain, the current chief justice, will retire tomorrow, as he will turn 68 the day after that.
28 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Do we have the provision of Supreme Judicial Council in the existing Constitution?
About four years have passed since the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court decided in favour of restoring the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) as laid out in Article 96 of the Constitution through the verdict of the 16th Amendment case.
24 December 2021, 18:00 PM
CHT Accord Anniversary: 24 years on, legal tangles still remain
With the historic Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord stepping into its 24th year today, some legal complexities involving the issues of CHT Regional Council are still now awaiting the final settlements.
1 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Justice for Rape Victims: Their wait never seems to end
She was only five years old when she went missing.
18 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Jail Killing Day: Too dark for an autumn morning
The clock struck around four in the morning.
2 November 2021, 18:00 PM
Compensations for Rape Victims: A scheme ever elusive
As she sits on her wheelchair, eleven-year-old Setu (real name withheld) can feel the discomfort of her extra-large baby diapers and a urinary catheter leading to a collection bag.
29 October 2021, 18:00 PM
It’s unfortunate tech giants ‘not paying tax’
The High Court has castigated global tech giants, including Google, Facebook and Yahoo, for not paying income tax to the government of Bangladesh.
28 October 2021, 18:00 PM
War crimes trials at a standstill
The backlog of war crimes cases and related appeals at the International Crimes Tribunal and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is growing as their proceedings remain halted for about 20 months due to the pandemic and other reasons.
22 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Apex court guidelines to ensure quick compensation for accidents
Accident is undoubtedly a regular phenomenon in the country. Families or well-wishers of accident victims approach the higher court of the country seeking appropriate compensation.
11 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Judges ignoring SC directives, law
Judges of lower courts are not following the relevant laws and Supreme Court directives while issuing orders on remand prayers, the High Court has observed.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Rajarbagh Pir: NHRC wants his dens shut
The National Human Rights Commission had recommended shutting down the dens of Rajarbagh Darbar Shareef’s Pir Dillur Rahman and its branches to stop them using religion to deceive people and grab property by filing false cases.
5 October 2021, 18:00 PM