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19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Society can’t be protected from crimes by death sentences: Chief Justice
6 July 2021, 16:08 PM
Family demands safe return of missing JU student
30 June 2021, 12:33 PM
Boat-capsize in Sandwip: HC directs to compensate 18 victim families Tk 15 lakh each
30 June 2021, 12:20 PM
2002 attack on Sheikh Hasina’s motorcade: 7 convicts get HC bail
The High Court today granted bail to seven convicts in a case filed over the attack on the motorcade of the then opposition leader and now Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Satkhira in 2002.
25 May 2021, 06:37 AM
HC stays BB list including Orion group chairman as loan defaulter
The High Court today stayed a Bangladesh Bank list that included the name of Orion Group Chairman Obaidul Karim as a loan defaulter.
24 May 2021, 16:06 PM
HC wants documents of Krishi Bank's Tk 48 crore interest waiver for BNP leader
The High Court today asked Bangladesh Krishi Bank for documents on its decision to waive interest of around Tk 48 crore for Chattogram’s BNP leader and businessman Abbas Ali.
24 May 2021, 14:09 PM
Money laundering: Regent Group chairman Shahed denied HC bail
The High Court today refused to grant bail to Regent Group chairman Mohammad Shahed in a case filed on charge of laundering Tk 11.2 crore.
24 May 2021, 09:12 AM
High Court cautions lawyer Eunus Ali for his ‘conduct’
The High Court today cautioned Supreme Court lawyer Md Eunus Ali Akond for his "conduct" with the court at different times.
24 May 2021, 07:02 AM
Stay on recruitment process of 54,000 teachers extended till May 31
The High Court today extended its order that stayed the process for appointing around 54,000 teachers to private schools, colleges and madrasas across the country till May 31, for violating its earlier directives.
23 May 2021, 13:38 PM
SC allows shutting down stone business on banks of Buriganga
The Supreme Court today cleared the way for Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to stop stone business of MAQ Enterprise and to confiscate and auction the stone at the foreshore of Buriganga River in Munshikhola area under Kadamtali Police Station.
23 May 2021, 13:34 PM
Trader killed in front of son: 3 accused remanded
A Dhaka court today placed three accused on a four-day remand each in a case filed over the killing of trader Md Shahinuddin in front of his seven-year-old son in the city's Pallabi area on May 16.
23 May 2021, 11:33 AM
Journalist arrested under DSA in Meherpur gets bail
A journalist was granted bail today in a case filed under Digital Security Act, after he was arrested by police from his house at Banshbaria village in Meherpur's Gangni upazila this morning.
22 May 2021, 13:00 PM
2013 mayhem in Dhaka: Hefajat leader Monir Hossain on 4-day remand
A Dhaka court today placed Monir Hossain Kashemi, finance affairs secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam's now-dissolved central committee, on a four-day remand in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.
22 May 2021, 10:14 AM
Chief justice forms 9 more HC benches for virtually disposing of ‘very urgent cases’
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today constituted nine more High Court benches for virtually hearing and disposing of “very urgent cases”, as the courts will reopen tomorrow (Sunday) after a two-week annual vacation.
22 May 2021, 09:49 AM
Destiny Director Didarul Alam may flee country if granted bail: HC
The High Court said Destiny Group Director Lt Col (retd) Didarul Alam may flee the country if he is granted bail in a money laundering case involving Tk 1,935 crore.
21 May 2021, 13:58 PM
Murder in Pallabi: Ex-MP Awal, 2 others remanded
A Dhaka court today placed former lawmaker MA Awal and two others on a four-day remand each in a case filed over the killing of trader Md Shahinuddin in the city's Pallabi area on May 16.
21 May 2021, 09:57 AM
Order on Rozina’s bail Sunday
A virtual court in Dhaka today set Sunday for passing an order on the bail petition filed by Prothom Alo Senior Reporter Rozina Islam in a case filed by the health ministry under the Official Secrets Act and penal code.
20 May 2021, 08:09 AM
Tree felling at Suhrawardy Udyan: HC adjourns hearing on contempt petition against govt
The High Court today adjourned -- for two weeks -- the hearing on a contempt of court petition filed against the government on charge of clearing trees and setting up restaurant at Suhrawardy Udyan, ignoring the court’s 2009 verdict.
20 May 2021, 07:03 AM
Justice Nazmun Ara appointed as DG of Judicial Administration Training Institute
Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, former judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, has been appointed as director-general (DG) of the Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) for the next two years.
20 May 2021, 07:02 AM
Chattogram BNP leader Shahadat freed on bail
BNP Chattogram City unit President Shahadat Hossain was released from jail on bail yesterday, a month and 22 days after his arrest.
19 May 2021, 18:08 PM
Journalist Rozina sent to jail; remand rejected
A Dhaka court today sent Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam to jail after rejecting the remand prayer in a case filed against her under Bangladesh Penal Code and Official Secrets Act.
18 May 2021, 04:09 AM
Deaths on ferries: Legal notice seeks Tk 1 crore compensation for each victim's family
A rights organisation today (Thursday) served a legal notice on the government, requesting it to give Tk 1 crore as compensation -- in three days -- to each of the families of the victims, who died after falling sick due to heat on two overcrowded ferries on Padma River in Madaripur on Wednesday.
13 May 2021, 09:29 AM
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