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SC to hold hearing on case filing

A full bench of the Supreme Court may decide on Monday whether the written complaint by Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby would be recorded as a case against the police personnel who allegedly tortured him.
21 January 2016, 18:00 PM

SC stays case filing against torturer cop Masud

Supreme Court stays a High Court order that directed police to file a case over cop torture on Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabby. Chamber judge ordered the stay until January 25 and sent it for a full bench hearing.
21 January 2016, 09:00 AM

SCBA seeks caretaker restoration, terming its scrapping illegal

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) demands restoration of the caretaker government system saying the judgement, which scrapped the provision, has no constitutional basis as it was written by a retired judge.
20 January 2016, 11:18 AM

No extension on freedom fighters’ retirement age

The Cabinet turns down a proposal of the Liberation War Affairs Ministry to raise the retirement age limit of freedom fighter public servants to 65 years from the existing 60 years.
18 January 2016, 06:38 AM

Sayedee files review plea, seeks acquittal

Convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee yesterday filed a petition seeking review of the Supreme Court verdict that commuted his death sentence to imprisonment until death.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM

University teachers’ strike challenged

A Supreme Court lawyer has challenged the legality of the ongoing strike enforced by teachers of public universities across the country demanding the removal of “discrimination in salaries”.
17 January 2016, 09:56 AM

Writ seeks arrest of cop Masud, judicial probe

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking the arrest of suspended policeman Masud Shikder and a judicial probe over the torture of a Bangladesh Bank official.
17 January 2016, 08:41 AM

War crimes: Sayedee files review against SC verdict

Convicted war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee files a review plea against Supreme Court verdict that gave him jail until death for war crimes.
17 January 2016, 06:04 AM

SC scraps acquittal of Ariful Chy

The Supreme Court yesterday scrapped a High Court verdict that had acquitted Ariful Haque Chowdhury, former mayor of Sylhet City Corporation, in a corruption case.
14 January 2016, 18:00 PM

SC scraps Sylhet mayor Ariful’s acquittal

The Supreme Court scrapes a High Court verdict that acquitted suspended mayor of Sylhet City Corporation Ariful Haque Chowdhury in a corruption case.
14 January 2016, 10:52 AM

Sayedee now to appeal for acquittal

War criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee is going to file a petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of its verdict that commuted his death penalty to jail unto death.
13 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Govt seeks SC review

The government yesterday filed a review petition with the Supreme Court seeking death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee for the war crimes he committed during the Liberation War.
12 January 2016, 18:00 PM

War crimes: Govt files review, seeks Sayedee’s death

The government files a review petition with the Supreme Court, seeking death penalty for Delowar Hossain Sayedee for his war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War.
12 January 2016, 09:31 AM

Govt to seek review by tomorrow

The government will move a review petition before the Supreme Court by tomorrow, seeking death penalty for convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said.
11 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Jurists ponder what to do

The chief justice's remark that the country's executive branch wants to take away all power from the judiciary has left senior jurists pondering what they should do now.
11 January 2016, 18:00 PM

SC fixes Feb 2 to start hearing on Mir Quasem's plea

The Supreme Court today fixed February 2 for starting hearing on the appeal of war criminal and Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali challenging his death penalty for his wartime crimes against humanity.
6 January 2016, 04:37 AM

Nizami will decide on review: Lawyer

After the Supreme Court upheld death for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami, his lawyer says they will go for a review.
6 January 2016, 04:13 AM

SC to fix date tomorrow for hearing Quasem's plea

Supreme Court defers the date till tomorrow for hearing the appeal of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali as conducting lawyer for him was not present at the court.
5 January 2016, 05:55 AM

ICT receives Sayedee appeal’s full verdict

The International Crimes Tribunal today received the full verdict copy of war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee that commuted his death sentence to jail until death.
3 January 2016, 08:00 AM

Full verdict on Sayedee's appeal released

The Supreme Court releases the full judgement on war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee paving way for a review against his commuted punishment.
31 December 2015, 05:35 AM