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
It’s a case of suicide, not murder
The High Court yesterday acquitted a death-row prisoner convicted of killing his wife in Gournadi, Barishal, in 2010.
27 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Distant dream becomes reality
Having gotten used to a hand-to-mouth existence, and at times even worse, Birangona Shila Guha could never imagine that she would have her own a house with running water and electricity.
20 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ashrayan-2 Project: 20 families now all smiles
Surobala Das, 60, a landless single mother of three from Brahmanbaria cannot believe her luck.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
HC berates airline in full text of verdict
The High Court in full text of a verdict released on Wednesday blasted Etihad Airways for harassing two Bangladesh-born women at Abu Dhabi International Airport in June 2011.
17 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Innocent in Jail for 5yrs: PBI IDs 7 cops responsible
A probe by the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has found seven former officials of Pallabi Police Station responsible for wrongly arresting Md Arman, a technician from Mirpur’s Benarasi Palli, in 2016.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Rape at MC College: Principal, super negligent
Negligence of Sylhet’s Murari Chand College’s principal and hostel superintendent “crumbled” the right to life and personal liberty of the woman raped on campus, the High Court observed yesterday, directing that they be suspended.
2 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Official Secrets Act: Goes against new laws, constitution
The Official Secrets Act, under which journalist Rozina Islam has been accused and sent to jail, directly contradicts the Right to Information Act, Public-interest Information Disclosure Act, and the spirit of the constitution.
20 May 2021, 18:00 PM
People suffer due to closure of regular court functions
Minu Akhter, who has been serving in prison for three years instead of the convicted Kulsuma Akhter in a case filed over the killing of one Kohinur Begum in Chattogram in 2006, awaits a High Court ruling on her unjust circumstances.
12 May 2021, 15:37 PM
Wait for justice gets longer
Justice could not be delivered even 17 years after the grisly murder of Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master as appeals in case are still now pending with the apex court.
6 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Free legal help for the helpless
It has been a long and agonising wait for Sheikh Zahid.
27 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Nine years gone, still no word on Ilias Ali
Nine years have passed since former BNP lawmaker M Ilias Ali and his driver Ansar disappeared from the capital, but their families are still waiting anxiously for their return home.
16 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Two decades gone by, yet no closure
Twenty years on from the 2001 Ramna Batamul bomb blasts which killed ten people at Pahela Baishakh celebrations, justice is yet to be delivered to the family members of the victims as the appeals and death reference in connection with the carnage case are still pending with the High Court.
13 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Graft Suspects: They’ve right to move freely, go abroad
The High Court has observed that restricting or interfering with citizen’s free movement because of “arbitrary or whimsical desires” of the government or state authorities is unconstitutional.
4 April 2021, 18:00 PM
1971 War Crimes: Trials of organisations ever elusive
The Awami League government has partially fulfilled its electoral pledge to hold trials over 1971 war crimes by bringing individuals to book but it is yet to make any considerable progress in trying organisations.
30 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Teen languishing in prison for 5 months before being charged
Safayet Ullah alias Sagor (19), a small trader at Chattogram’s Sandweep area has been suffering in jail for five and a half months without trial in a case filed under the Digital Security Act for making a derogatory comment about the prime minister on a Facebook post, although the post was circulated from the Facebook ID of Safayet Hossain Ayan.
25 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Judge shortage slows down Supreme Court divisions
Although the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court faces a shortage of judges, there is apparently no move from the authorities concerned for appointing new judges anytime soon.
20 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Confusion reigns over Salim’s JS fate
The recent High Court verdict upholding 10 years’ imprisonment for Haji Md Salim has sparked a debate over his parliamentary membership and the careers of several other convicted politicians, whose appeals are still pending with this court and the Appellate Division.
18 March 2021, 18:00 PM
HC: Juvenile offenders can be jailed for max 10 years
A special High Court bench has observed that confessional statement of an accused child has no legal evidentiary value and such confessions cannot form the basis of finding him guilty.
5 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Fake businessmen joined hands with financial rogues
Some unscrupulous people in the guise of businessmen conspired with rogues of the financial sector to loot the money of general people, said the High Court in an order on the liquidation of People’s Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL).
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Pay back loan or go to jail
The High Court yesterday warned loan defaulters that if they fail to pay back money to People’s Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL), they will be thrown into jail.
25 February 2021, 18:00 PM