A total of 20 candidates, including 18 BNP contenders, have lost candidacy for the upcoming parliamentary polls following the orders from the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court in the last one week.

Eight upazila chairmen, who lost their candidacies from the High Court, today filed separate petitions with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in order to regain their candidacy.

Another candidate of the BNP, Tahsin Rushdir Luna, had her hopes of running in the elections dashed at the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court today placed a bar on three chairmen of the BNP tent from contesting in the upcoming parliamentary election of December 30.

The Supreme Court extends the tenure of Accord, a European agency for factory inspection and remediation, till December 17.

The Supreme Court extends the tenure of Accord, a European agency for factory inspection and remediation, till December 6 as its tenure will expire today.

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that directed Impact Masudul Hoque Memorial Community Health Centre and IRIS enterprise, a medicine supplier, to pay Tk 10 lakh in compensation to each of the 17 victims who lost their eyesight following surgery at a health camp in March this year.

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed its earlier verdict that directed the government to return Tk 615 crore to 17 companies and several businesspeople that had been forced to deposit the amount with Bangladesh Bank as tax on their alleged hidden money during the last caretaker government's tenure.

Pro- BNP lawyers boycott the Supreme Court protesting the increased punishment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case.

Three new judges appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court were sworn in yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday directed Freedom Fighters' Welfare Trust (FFWT) to pay Tk 100 crore to the owner of Moon Cinema Hall by December 9.

Three High Court judges have been appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld Saiful Islam Mamun's death penalty for killing Saudi embassy official Khalaf Al Ali in 2012.

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the High Court orders that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in two separate defamation cases filed in Dhaka and Narail.

The Supreme Court has upheld bail for BNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury in two separate cases filed over the recent student protests.

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed October 1 for hearing a leave to appeal petition filed by the government challenging a High Court order that asked the authorities concerned to give first-class division facilities in jail to internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam.

The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday upheld a High Court (HC) order asking government to provide first-class division facilities in jail to

The Supreme Court fixes October 1 for holding hearing on a petition filed by BNP leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury seeking a stay on a High Court order that cleared the way for the Anti-Corruption Commission to quiz him over corruption allegations.

The Supreme Court yesterday fixed October 1 for hearing the petitions by the government seeking a stay on the High Court bail to BNP leader Amir Khasru in two cases filed in Dhaka and Chittagong.

The Supreme Court directs the authorities concerned to refrain from earth filling in agricultural land, water bodies and parts of Meghna River at different areas of Sonargaon upazila in Narayanganj in the names of Sonargaon Resort City and Sonargaon Economic Zone.