Bangladesh High Court

HC upholds 13yrs jail for BNP leader Mir Nasir

The High Court upholds a lower court verdict that sentenced former BNP state minister for civil aviation Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin to 13 years' imprisonment and his son Mir Mohammad Helaluddin to three years in jail for corruption charges.
19 November 2019, 12:47 PM

HC wants to know how many children, convicted by mobile courts, released from correction centres

High Court wants to know how many children -- aged under 12 years -- who were convicted by mobile courts at different times and kept in juvenile correction centres have been released.
19 November 2019, 10:30 AM

HC summons Rab magistrate for not providing copy of conviction order to convict

The High Court summons Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) Magistrate Mohammad Sarowar Alam for not providing the certified copy of an order of the mobile court, which he conducted while convicting a person in July.
18 November 2019, 09:44 AM

Khaleda files appeal challenging HC’s bail order

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia files an appeal with the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order that rejected her bail in Zia Charitable Trust graft case in which she was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by a lower court.
14 November 2019, 07:53 AM

9th wage board: HC questions legality of cabinet body’s recommendations

The High Court (HC) questions the legality of three recommendations made by the cabinet committee in the 9th wage regarding the income tax and gratuity of journalists and employees of newspapers and news agencies.
12 November 2019, 12:15 PM

Dengue: Judicial probe body formed to find out responsible persons

High Court forms a two-member judicial probe committee to find out the persons who are responsible for failure to prevent mosquito-borne disease dengue.
12 November 2019, 07:14 AM

Stop construction of multi-storey building at Jhenidah public park

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to immediately stop all activities of constructing a multi-storey commercial building at a public park (children park) in Jhenidah and to properly protect and preserve the land as a park keeping its class unchanged.
11 November 2019, 13:52 PM

HC wants to know number of dengue-related deaths

The High Court wants to know the number of people who died of dengue fever caused by Aedes mosquitoes across the country this year.
6 November 2019, 07:04 AM

HC issues rule for resuming birth registration in Cox’s Bazar

The High Court issues a rule asking the government and the Election Commission (EC) to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to resume birth registration of people at four municipalities and 71 unions in Cox’s Bazar.
5 November 2019, 15:26 PM

FR Tower design forgery: HC stays bail of 3 accused

High Court (HC) has stayed bail of three accused in a case filed for forgery over the design of 23-storey FR Tower in Dhaka’s Banani.
5 November 2019, 08:49 AM

Rifat murder case: 2 accused denied HC bail

The HC refuses to grant bail to two accused including a minor in sensational Rifat Sharif murder case in Barguna.
5 November 2019, 06:41 AM

Release children convicted by mobile courts and kept in correction centres

High Court orders the authorities concerned of the government to immediately release the children under 12 years, who were convicted by the mobile courts on various times and kept in the Children Development Centre.
31 October 2019, 06:17 AM

HC scraps arms case trial against 86-yr-old woman

The High Court scraps the trial proceeding of a arms case against 84-year-old Rabeya Khatun.
30 October 2019, 07:29 AM

Why not inquiry into NCTB text book distribution anomalies: HC

The High Court today issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain in four weeks why they should not be directed to enquire into the corruptions taking place in distributing books among the primary schools through National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) in last few years.
29 October 2019, 13:41 PM

Release certified copies of mobile court verdicts in 5 days: HC

The High Court directs the mobile courts to release certified copies of their verdicts convicting the offenders in five working days from the dates of filing applications for the copies.
29 October 2019, 12:59 PM

Nusrat murder: HC may receive death references today

An official of a Feni court has started for High Court to hand over the death references of all the 16 convicts in Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case.
29 October 2019, 09:13 AM

Bank scams: HC verdict on formation of commission Nov 3

The High Court will deliver its verdict on November 3 on the rule issued over the formation of a commission in order to look into the irregularities and corruption in the banking sector including giving out loans and waiving interest in the last two decades.
28 October 2019, 14:13 PM

Human trafficking: Cox’s Bazar boy gets anticipatory bail

The High Court grants eight-week anticipatory bail to a 12-year-old boy of Cox’s Bazar in a human trafficking case in which he was showed 22 years old in 2018.
28 October 2019, 12:51 PM

Nusrat murder: Death references to be sent to HC Tuesday

The death references of 16 convicts in Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case are ready to be sent to the High Court. “The death references have been prepared. We’re optimistic about sending them to the High Court on Tuesday for approval of the verdict,” said Feni Judge’s Court Public Prosecutor Hafez Ahmed.
28 October 2019, 08:41 AM

Don’t arrest or harass Dr Yunus till Nov 7: HC tells govt

The High Court orders the government not to harass or arrest Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus until November 7 in three cases filed on charge of sacking three employees of Grameen Communications.
28 October 2019, 06:49 AM