Bangladesh Supreme Court
SC to hear Nizami’s review plea next week
The Supreme Court will hear next week the petition filed by war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami seeking review of its judgement that upheld his death penalty for his wartime offences.
3 April 2016, 04:47 AM
SC stays bail of lawyer accused of militant financing
The Supreme Court stays bail for Shakila Farjana, a lawyer accused of militant financing, until February 29 in two cases.
23 February 2016, 10:04 AM
Govt to appoint 3 judges to Appellate Division
The government takes an initiative to promote three High Court judges to the Appellate Division, as the apex court has a shortage of judges for more than two years.
4 February 2016, 12:18 PM
SC upholds ex-BNP MP’s acquittal in tax evasion case
The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that scrapped six years’ imprisonment of former BNP lawmaker M Rashiduzzaman Millat in a tax evasion case.
25 January 2016, 13:10 PM
War crimes: Sayedee to seek review of SC verdict
War criminal Delowar Hossain Sayedee will file a review against the Supreme Court verdict that commuted his death penalty to jail unto death.
13 January 2016, 09:29 AM
Nizami verdict tomorrow
All eyes are on the Supreme Court which is set to deliver verdict tomorrow on an appeal challenging the death penalty of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.
5 January 2016, 13:29 PM
Partisan municipal polls challenged
A Supreme Court lawyer challenges the legality of political parties’ participation in tomorrow’s municipality elections, terming it contradictory to the constitution.
29 December 2015, 11:05 AM
SC too clears way for AL rebel candidate
The Supreme Court uphold a High Court order that asked the returning officer concerned to allow Awami League’s rebel candidate Ahsan Habib Pranjol to contest for the mayoral post in Kachua municipality election in Chandpur.
28 December 2015, 12:00 PM
Legal notice for army deployment in municipal polls
A Supreme Court lawyer in a legal notice requests the Election Commission to deploy army to create a level-playing field for the upcoming municipality polls.
10 December 2015, 11:36 AM
CJ for using Bangla at apex court
Chief Justice SK Sinha stresses the need for introducing Bangla, the mother tongue of the country, in judicial proceedings of the Supreme Court to meet up the expectations of people.
3 December 2015, 14:02 PM
ACC commissioners to stay free of chairman’s control
The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that scrapped the provision of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) law which tied its commissioners under the control and supervision of its chairman.
29 November 2015, 05:12 AM
SQ Chy trial: BNP disappointed over SC decision
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) alleges that its senior leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury was denied justice in the Supreme Court that rejected his plea to review his death penalty in war crimes trial.
19 November 2015, 12:09 PM
SC to hear review pleas of Mojaheed, SQ Chy tomorrow
The Supreme Court is set to hold hearings tomorrow on the review petitions by two condemned war criminals--Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury -- against its verdicts that upheld their death penalty.
1 November 2015, 14:19 PM
Justice Manik comes under attack in London
Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury, a former Supreme Court judge, comes under attack in London, says his daughter Nadia Choudhury in her Facebook account.
22 October 2015, 11:12 AM
BNP’s Aman gets SC bail, ‘no bar to release’
The Supreme Court upholds High Court bail orders for BNP leader Amanullah Aman in nine violence cases, “paving way for his release from jail”.
13 October 2015, 11:23 AM
War criminal SQ Chy to seek review of SC verdict
Condemned war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is to file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgement that had upheld his death penalty for war crimes.
6 October 2015, 11:42 AM
Aman free to walk out of jail
The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to BNP leader Amanullah Aman in 27 vandalism and arson cases.
6 October 2015, 08:58 AM
Opinion: We have a right to see the skyline without billboards
Dhaka, once a city of mosques, stands today as a city of ugly, imposing and all-distracting billboards that block the skyline, undermining minimum aesthetics and occasionally causing fatal accidents.
4 September 2015, 10:16 AM
SC scraps acquittal of ex-BNP lawmaker Hafiz Ibrahim, 3 others
The Supreme Court scraps two High Court verdicts that acquitted former BNP lawmaker Hafiz Ibrahim and three others in two separate corruption cases.
24 August 2015, 12:34 PM
War trial: Hearing on Nizami’s appeal tomorrow
The Supreme Court will start hearing tomorrow on an appeal challenging the death penalty and other sentences awarded to war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami for his war time crimes.
17 August 2015, 11:53 AM