The High Court yesterday granted permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case.

HC upholds death for two, commutes penalty of four and acquits two others – all of whom were sentenced to death by a lower court in the sensational Bishwajit murder case.

BNP slams Finance Minister AMA Muhith for his remark that the 16th amendment of constitution will be passed in the parliament every time it will be scrapped by the High Court.

High Court orders the government to inform it within 72 hours what action has been taken against two high officials of the drug administration for their negligence in dealing with the case filed for manufacturing toxic paracetamol syrup that killed at least 28 children in 2009.

The High Court directs the government to formulate a strategic law on education titled ‘Bangladesh Education Code’ in next one year.

HC transfers a corruption case against former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed from the Special Judge Court-6 of Dhaka to its Metropolitan Senior Special Judge.

The HC summons three people including Patuakhali’s civil surgeon directing them to appear before it for their explanation on the incident of bringing out cotton from the abdomen of a woman into more than three months after her operation.

The High Court yesterday declared illegal extraction of white clay from three mouzas in Netrokona.

The High Court asks the officer-in-charge of Akhaura Police Station in Brahmanbaria to appear before it on July 23 for reporting a businessman as dead when in fact he was alive.

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directive on the government to appoint an ombudsman to investigate the actions of any ministry and public office under the constitution.

The number of apex court judges has come down to six from 11 in 2009 after the retirement of Justice Nazmun Ara Sultana, the first-ever female judge of the Supreme Court.

The High Court cancels the bail of an accused for submitting false documents before it in an arms case.

The High Court yesterday asked owners of all unauthorised commercial structures to remove their installations from the residential

The High Court yesterday directed the Rural Electrification Board (REB) to compensate the family of a college student with Tk 50 lakh

The High Court releases the full text of its verdict declaring the mobile courts unconstitutional.

The High Court upholds a lower court verdict that ordered the government to give Tk 17.11 crore in compensation to the victim families of a 2003 launch capsize in the Meghna river.

The High Court questions the legality of the appointment of Prof M Wahiduzzaman to the post of vice chancellor of Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU).

High Court observes that a person should not be recommended for the post of its judge unless he or she does not have commitment to the fundamental principles of the state policy and Liberation War.

The High Court directs the health ministry to obtain a report from the experts of three international organisations about public health risk from radiation emitted from mobile phone towers set up in different areas across the country.

The High Court cautions two lower court judges for not following relevant rules in dealing with a bail petition in connection with a case filed under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act.