Bangladesh High Court

It was plot to oust govt: HC in BDR carnage case verdict

The High Court observes that there was a plot both from internal and external sides behind the BDR carnage to uproot Sheikh Hasina-led government.
27 November 2017, 11:28 AM

BDR carnage case: HC confirms death for 139

The High Court confirms death for 139 out of 152 convicts who were given capital punishment by lower court in BDR carnage case.
27 November 2017, 05:06 AM

Foetus inside woman’s womb: HC asks for taking action against responsible doctor

The High Court directs the Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council (BMDC) to take appropriate action against Sheikh Hosne Ara, a doctor of Gauripur Life Hospital and Digital Diagnostic Center in Comilla who delivered Khadiza Begum’s baby by Caesarean section leaving a foetus inside the womb.
26 November 2017, 08:21 AM

HC questions legality of FFs' age limit

The High Court questions the legality on an age restriction placed on the freedom fighter status, placed by the government last year.
21 November 2017, 08:27 AM

Arrest Patuakhali fake doctor: HC

The High Court further orders the police to immediately arrest Rajon Das, an alleged fake doctor of a clinic in Patuakhali, for conducting the operation of a woman leaving cotton inside her abdomen in March, 2017.
16 November 2017, 11:55 AM

HC rejects Sohel Rana’s bail plea

The High Court rejects bail for Sohel Rana, owner of Rana Plaza which collapsed and resulted in the biggest industrial disaster of the world, in a graft case.
15 November 2017, 07:24 AM

HC verdict on legality of shutting Lakehead Grammar School tomorrow

The High Court is to deliver its verdict on November 14 on two rules that questioned the legality of the government's decision to stop the activities of two branches of Lakehead Grammar School in Dhaka on charges of “patronising religious extremism and militancy”.
13 November 2017, 14:26 PM

HC clears way for trial of Comilla city Mayor Monirul in graft case

The High Court clears the way for a Dhaka court to continue trial proceedings in a corruption case against Comilla City Corporation (CCC) Mayor Monirul Hoque Shakoo.
13 November 2017, 11:55 AM

Govt gets until Jan 15 to amend Children Act

The High Court gives the government until January 15 next year to amend the Children Act, 2013 through removing the ambiguity over trying an adult under the law.
12 November 2017, 13:34 PM

Bribery case: Nazmul Huda’s jail term commuted

The High Court commutes the jail term of former BNP Minister Nazmul Huda to four years from seven years on a bribery case filed during the regime of military backed caretaker government.
8 November 2017, 10:41 AM

Foetus inside woman’s womb: HC seeks probe report

The High Court seeks for a probe report on the incident of a doctor leaving a foetus inside a woman's womb after delivering a baby in Comilla.
7 November 2017, 13:31 PM

Stop use of pneumatic horns across country: HC

The High Court directs the government to stop pneumatic horns across the country including Dhaka.
5 November 2017, 12:19 PM

HC asks IGP to conduct probe against Satkhira CID inspector

The High Court directs the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct a departmental inquiry into the incident that an inspector of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Satkhira police called a fish businessman to his office despite having no specific case against the businessman.
5 November 2017, 11:14 AM

Trial proceedings of 5 cases against Fakhrul stayed

The High Court stays trial proceedings of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in five cases filed in 2015 for vandalism and arson.
1 November 2017, 12:14 PM

Ekramul murder: Minar’s bail stayed

The Supreme Court stays for four weeks a High Court order that granted bail to Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury Minar, the prime accused of Phulgazi upazila chairman Ekramul Haque killing case.
30 October 2017, 15:37 PM

Killing Tangail boy after abduction: HC upholds death for one

The High Court confirms the death penalty of a person and upholds the life imprisonment of another for killing after abduction of eight-year-old boy Mamun at Mirzapur upazilla in Tangail in March, 2003.
30 October 2017, 12:34 PM

HC summons 2 secretaries for explanation

The High Court summons two secretaries to appear before it for explaining why the government did not amend the Children Act, 2013 despite ambiguity over trying an adult accused under this law.
29 October 2017, 14:01 PM

SC upholds HC bail of industrialist Ragib Ali

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that granted bail to industrialist Ragib Ali and his son Abdul Hye who were convicted of forging legal papers for grabbing an endowed land of Tarapur Tea Estate in Sylhet.
26 October 2017, 11:10 AM

HC stays trial proceedings of 7 cases against Modud

The High Court stays the trial proceedings against BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed in seven vandalism and arson cases filed during the anti-government agitation enforced by the BNP-led alliance on different days in 2013.
25 October 2017, 13:09 PM

HC for probe into child’s birth, death on hospital compound

The High Court has directed the authorities concerned to investigate the incident of a woman giving birth to a child and its death at the compound of Azimpur Shishu Matri Sadan and the negligence of the hospital authorities.
19 October 2017, 10:41 AM