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19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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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
HC asks S Alam Group to pay Tk 5 lakh to each Banshkhali victim’s family
The High Court today directed S Alam Group, owner of SS Power I Plant of Banshkhali in Chattogram, to give Tk 5 lakh as initial cost to the family of each victim -- killed in police firing on April 17 this year.
4 May 2021, 08:56 AM
Hefajat leaders Mamunul, Junayed remanded over 2013 mayhem, recent violence in Dhaka
Hefajat-e-Islam’s former joint secretary general Mamunul Haque and its Dhaka city unit’s former president Junayed Al Habib were placed on different terms of remand in five cases filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem and the recent violence in Dhaka.
4 May 2021, 07:53 AM
Hefajat’s mayhem: Mufti Harun Izhar on 9-day remand
A court in Chattogram placed Hefajat-e-Islam’s central leader Mufti Harun Izhar on nine-day remand today, in three cases filed with Hathazari Police Station over March 26 mayhem centring the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
3 May 2021, 10:16 AM
3 Hefajat leaders remanded over 2013 mayhem, March 26 violence in Dhaka
Three Hefajat leaders were placed on remand, on different terms, today in three cases filed with Paltan and Motijheel police stations over the 2013 mayhem and the recent violence in Dhaka.
3 May 2021, 09:54 AM
HC questions allocation of 912 plots at Purbachal New Town Project
The High Court today questioned the legality of allocating 912 plots at Purbachal New Town Project in Gazipur on charge of irregularities and corruption.
2 May 2021, 14:05 PM
All HC orders of ad-interim bail extended for 4 weeks
All ad-interim orders of the High Court, including those regarding bails, have been extended for the next four weeks due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation.
2 May 2021, 09:50 AM
HC refuses to entertain writ petition seeking ‘comprehensive plan to prevent Covid-19’
A High Court bench today refused to entertain a writ petition that sought its directive on the government to formulate comprehensive national short, mid- and long-term plan in order to prevent spread of Covid-19 and to vaccinate all vulnerable citizens -- irrespective of age.
2 May 2021, 08:51 AM
Police seek 24-day remand for Mamunul
Police have sought a 24-day remand for Mamunul Haque, the joint secretary general of the recently dissolved committee of Hefajat-e-Islam, and also prayed to a Narayanganj court to show him arrested in three cases filed with Sonargaon Police Station.
2 May 2021, 08:23 AM
Armanitola fire: 2 warehouse owners sent to jail
A Dhaka court today sent two owners of an unauthorised chemical warehouse to jail on completion of their three-day remand in a case filed over the devastating fire that killed six people in old Dhaka's Armanitola on April 23.
1 May 2021, 10:41 AM
2013 mayhem in Dhaka: Hefajat leader Ihteshamul denied bail
A Dhaka court today rejected a bail petition of Maulana Ihteshamul Haque Sakhi, former joint office secretary of Hefajat-e-Islam, and sent him to jail in a case filed with Paltan Police Station over the 2013 mayhem in Dhaka.
1 May 2021, 08:45 AM
22,873 prisoners released on bail in 13 working days
A total of 22,873 under-trial prisoners, including 289 children, have secured bail from virtual courts across the country in the last 13 working days.
30 April 2021, 13:25 PM
United Hospital fire: SC asks to pay Tk 25 lakh initially to each victim’s family
The Supreme Court has directed United Hospital authorities today to pay -- as initial payment -- Tk 25 lakh each to the families of four victims who were killed in a fire at the hospital’s isolation unit on May 27 last year.
29 April 2021, 09:39 AM
March 26 violence in Dhaka: 3 Hefajat leaders remanded
Three leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam were placed on remand for different terms in two cases filed with Paltan Police Station over last month’s violence in Dhaka.
29 April 2021, 08:15 AM
CJ reconstitutes 4 HC benches for virtually disposing of ‘very urgent cases’
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has reconstituted four High Court benches for virtually holding hearing and disposing of “very urgent cases”, except for anticipatory bail petitions.
29 April 2021, 07:29 AM
Death of College Girl: Bashundhara MD fails to secure anticipatory bail
Bashundhara Group Managing Director Sayem Sobhan Anvir today failed to secure anticipatory bail from the High Court in a case filed over the death of a college student at a flat in Dhaka's Gulshan area on April 26.
29 April 2021, 06:17 AM
Erfan Salim walks out of Dhaka Central Jail
Erfan Salim, son of Awami League lawmaker Haji Md Salim, walked out of jail after around six months.
28 April 2021, 15:03 PM
Banshkhali power plant killings: Writ petition seeks judicial enquiry, suspension of construction work
Another writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking necessary directives in connection with the incidents of killing and injuring workers of the SS Power I Plant in Banshkhali upazila of Chattogram between 2016 and April 17 this year.
28 April 2021, 10:38 AM
20,039 secure bail in 11 days
A total of 20,039 under trial prisoners, including 246 minors, were released from jails after they secured bail from virtual courts across the country in last 11 working days.
28 April 2021, 05:33 AM
Don’t move writ petitions as a hobby: HC warns Eunus Ali Akond
The High Court warned Supreme Court lawyer Md Eunus Ali Akond today for filing writ petitions as public interest litigation without being an aggrieved person.
27 April 2021, 08:18 AM
Virtual court operations during lockdown: 18,649 get bail in last 10 days
A total of 211 minors accused in criminal cases got released from jail on bail granted by virtual courts concerned during the last eight working days.
27 April 2021, 05:26 AM