High Court (HC)

Students besiege HC demanding resignation of 'pro-AL fascist judges'

A group of students marched to the High Court premises to besiege the court, demanding the resignation of "pro-Awami League fascist judges"
16 October 2024, 06:02 AM

Rubel murder case: HC orders suspension of IO

The High Court today ordered the superintendent of police in Manikganj to suspend Masudur Rahman, the investigation officer in the Rubel murder case and also a sub-inspector, for conducting a defective investigation and providing false information before the court.
3 April 2023, 11:10 AM

How the landless are leading the fight against sexual violence in schools

In 2009, the High Court issued a directive that requires active anti-sexual harassment cells in all educational institutions and workplaces. The landless organisations used RTI to find out how many schools in their locality had complied with the HC directive.
2 April 2023, 08:06 AM

Welcome promise of ever-elusive ‘justice’

Jasmine Sultana’s case must not meet the same fate as countless others
28 March 2023, 10:14 AM

Same rules should apply to all debtors

Why is it that small debtors suffer while big defaulters walk free?
1 December 2022, 07:01 AM

Why Manarat's trustee board reform not illegal: HC to govt

The High Court today (October 18, 2022) questioned the legality of the government action for reconstituting the Board of Trustees of Manarat International University.
18 October 2022, 08:07 AM

Men, lower your gaze and stop judging women

Men must control their own base instincts instead of policing women's clothing.
12 September 2022, 11:11 AM

Public servants’ arrest without prior nod: SC stays HC verdict

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today stayed -- till October 23 -- the High Court verdict that cleared the way for law enforcers to arrest government employees in criminal cases without permission from authorities concerned.
1 September 2022, 04:24 AM

Gender violence cases: Can courts decide what a woman must wear?

A woman's constitutional rights are violated when she is harmed while exercising the personal liberty granted to her by the Supreme Law of the Land: the Constitution.
30 August 2022, 08:37 AM

HC on Narsingdi assault: A country for the ‘civilised’?

The hostility that the Bangladeshi public usually shows towards women is in no way civilised
26 August 2022, 15:00 PM

No permission needed to arrest govt officials in criminal cases: HC

The High Court today (August 25, 2022) cleared the way for law enforcers to arrest government officials in criminal cases without permission from their authorities.
25 August 2022, 05:24 AM

HC stays 3 DSA cases against photojournalist Kajol

The High Court today stayed the trial proceedings against photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in three cases filed under Digital Security Act.
1 June 2022, 12:13 PM

All cases against Dr Yunus, Grameen Telecom withdrawn

All cases filed against Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and his organisation Grameen Telecom have been withdrawn by the latter's employees from the courts concerned after they reached a settlement over the claim of payments.
23 May 2022, 17:05 PM

New Market clashes: HC directs 14 BNP men to surrender to lower court

The High Court today directed 14 BNP leaders and activists to surrender before the lower court concerned in six weeks – in connection with two cases filed over the clashes between Dhaka College students and traders in New Market area.
26 April 2022, 13:08 PM

Alal’s comments on PM: HC orders to remove audio, video

The High Court today directed Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to immediately remove all videos and audio -- on social media and online -- containing BNP leader Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal’s derogatory comments on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
8 December 2021, 12:13 PM

HC seeks list of Titas river grabbers in 90 days

The High Court today directed National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) to prepare a list of people, who grabbed the land of Titas River in Brahmanbaria, and to submit it to this court in 90 days.
7 December 2021, 11:06 AM

Graft: Ex-AL MP Awal, his wife get HC bail

High Court (HC) has granted an eight-week anticipatory bail to former Awami League lawmaker of Pirojpur AKMA Awal and his wife in three corruption cases filed for misappropriating khas (government) land.
7 January 2020, 12:41 PM

Ban single-use plastics

The High Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to ban single-use plastic products in coastal areas, hotels, motels and restaurants across the country in one year as they are health and environmental hazards.
6 January 2020, 18:00 PM

Shahidul's bail hearing tomorrow

The High Court (HC) fixes November 14 for hearing a petition filed by internationally noted photographer Shahidul Alam seeking bail in a case against him under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.
14 November 2018, 12:19 PM