Bangladesh Judiciary

Higher judiciary has 10% female judges

Systemic barriers discourage young women from pursuing judicial careers, legal experts said.
22 September 2025, 18:41 PM

An ex-chief justice on the dock: How Hasina broke the judiciary

Restoring public faith in the judiciary is now more urgent than ever.
30 July 2025, 02:00 AM

Make wealth disclosure mandatory for judges

Transparency is key to ensuring judicial integrity
7 January 2025, 17:32 PM

A misguided approach to justice

Concerns about judges must follow due process
18 October 2024, 07:20 AM

For true democracy, we need checks and balances of power

When the constitution and laws of a country of 170 million people allow and enable one individual to have complete control over the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government, can that country genuinely be considered democratic?
18 August 2024, 10:30 AM

Did Dr Yunus deserve such denigration?

Human rights defenders have rightly expressed concerns about his conviction
2 January 2024, 12:15 PM

Judiciary must be above politicisation

We need concrete actions, not mere acknowledgements, to keep the judiciary free of corruption and interference.
10 October 2023, 05:00 AM

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our new CJ Obaidul Hassan's call to fight graft is urgent, crucial and enthusing

We congratulate the chief justice for his forthright identification of one of the main issues of concern for Bangladesh’s future: corruption.
14 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Huge case backlog only hurting citizens

Urgent solution is needed to this longstanding problem in Bangladesh's judicial process
28 April 2023, 08:07 AM

Delayed bail is delayed justice

Why will Bushra have to languish in jail if she’s innocent?
18 December 2022, 07:47 AM

Apex court hamstrung by a judge crisis

Appointing more judges key to clearing huge case backlogs
30 October 2022, 02:42 AM

Trial drags on for 24 years: Man has no strength left for legal battle

As his name was called out, Ahad Ali stepped inside the courtroom and stood in the dock with both hands pressed together in a gesture of mercy, staring at the judge with pleading eyes.
9 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Pro-BNP lawyers for action against graft in judiciary

Jatiya Ainjibi Oikyafront (JAO), a forum of pro-BNP lawyers, demands to the authorities concerned to take necessary steps through Supreme Judicial Council against all kinds of corruption from the judiciary.
26 August 2019, 11:34 AM

40 judges transferred in judiciary resuffle

The government has brought a reshuffle in the judiciary through transferring 40 assistant and senior assistant judges.
29 May 2019, 14:20 PM

Only 13pc prefer courts for justice

Only 13 percent people of Bangladesh prefer going to courts to get justice, and the rest, despite having faith in the judiciary, would rather have community leaders solve their issues, according to Justice Audit Bangladesh 2018.
27 April 2019, 18:00 PM

SC asks lower court judges to write Bangla dates with English ones

The Supreme Court administration directs the lower court judges to write the Bangla years and dates along with English ones in their judgments from now in order to show honour to the mother tongue -- Bangla.
29 March 2018, 15:47 PM

SCBA demand of separate secretariat for judiciary unrealistic: Law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq rules out the demand of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for establishing a separate secretariat for the judiciary.
7 January 2018, 07:40 AM

Respect to judiciary has to be ensured: Justice Wahhab

Justice Md Abdul Wahhab Miah, who is carrying out responsibilities of the chief justice, says establishing rule of law is a precondition for a democratic state and for that an environment of unlimited respect to the judiciary has to be ensured.
11 November 2017, 12:39 PM

Govt issues gazette notification on chief justice’s going abroad on leave

The law ministry issues a gazette notification on the government order about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha’s leaving for Australia on leave.
12 October 2017, 05:04 AM

Quader meets president, conveys party stance on 16th amendment verdict

Awami League’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader meets President Abdul Hamid at the latter’s official residence and conveys the party's stance on the verdict in the 16th amendment case.
14 August 2017, 08:03 AM