Bangladesh Supreme Court

HC for fixing weight limit of schoolbags

The High Court asks the government to explain in two weeks as to why it should not be directed to formulate a specific law or regulation prohibiting use of school bag more than 10 percent of a child’s weight and use of bag for pre-primary students.
11 August 2015, 16:03 PM

SC stays Rizvi’s bail

The Supreme Court stays bail to BNP leader Rizvi Ahmed in a case filed over a petrol bomb attack on a bus in Dhaka’s Jatrabari.
10 August 2015, 12:36 PM

Child rape: SC commutes death for child convict

The Supreme Court commutes death penalty of a convict to imprisonment until death over rape and murder of a child in Manikganj.
3 August 2015, 05:22 AM

Ruling party terms SC verdict on SQ Chy historic

The ruling Awami League terms the Supreme Court verdict upholding death penalty of war criminal Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury “historic”.
29 July 2015, 12:41 PM

SQ Chy verdict tomorrow

The Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict tomorrow on an appeal filed by war criminal SQ Chowdhury challenging the sentences handed down to him.
28 July 2015, 11:35 AM

Appeal hearing against 4 BNP leaders’ bail Jul 27

The apex court sets July 27 to hear appeals filed by the government against bail orders of four BNP leaders in separate violence cases.
21 July 2015, 07:54 AM

Writ seeks ‘neutral lab test’ of wheat

A Dhaka Judges Court lawyer files a writ petition with the Supreme Court today seeking its directives upon the government to examine the wheat imported from Brazil at a “neutral laboratory” by collecting its sample through a committee formed by the apex court.
14 July 2015, 07:35 AM

Govt moves against Fakhrul’s bail

The Supreme Court fixes July 2 for hearing the petitions against the High Court orders that granted bail to BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in three vandalism and arson cases.
29 June 2015, 10:20 AM

SC gets first registrar general

The Supreme Court has got its first registrar general, as Syed Aminul Isalm, registrar of the SC, is appointed as the registrar general of the apex court.
14 June 2015, 13:11 PM

Submit concise statements on Quasem plea in 4 weeks: SC

Supreme Court gives four more weeks to defence and state counsels for placing concise statements on death row war criminal Mir Quasem Ali's plea.
28 May 2015, 04:04 AM

HC bail for BNP’s Rafiqul in 7 cases

The High Court grants four-week anticipatory bail to BNP leader Rafiqul Islam Mia in seven criminal cases.
26 May 2015, 11:07 AM