- Cook Islands announces deep sea minerals deal with China
- Bangladesh also walks out during Israeli speech at Global Ministerial Conference
- Early wicket loss against India an accident: Razzak
- Attempts being made to hijack revolution to come to power: Amir Khasru
- Zelensky 'not ready' to sign minerals deal with US: source
- BNP’s goal is to establish government of the people: Mintoo
- Hamas hands over 6 hostages to Red Cross
- England makes highest team total as Duckett hits 151 in Champions Trophy
- EC suspends six employees over NID fraud
- CEC wants to hold elections like the Eid festival
- None can survive by means of corruption: Shafiqur Rahman
- AP sues three Trump administration officials
- Environmental protection will shape our future: Rizwana
- Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teenagers
- Disney’s 'Snow White' live-action remake drops motion poster
- Vietnam govt approves $8.36B railway project to China
- Creatinine levels: the silent indicator of kidney health
- No load shedding during Ramadan, summer, says energy advisor
- Robbery and molestation in bus: 3 arrested in Tangail
- Fakhrul urges democratic forces to build livable Bangladesh
Brazil prosecutor charges Bolsonaro over 2022 coup plot
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro knew of and approved a plot to assassinate his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as part of a coup attempt, Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet said Tuesday. Bolsonaro and 33 others have been formally charged with trying to overturn the 2022 election...
JRC recommends no signing on judgements after retirement
Judgments or order of the Supreme Court must be published with the signature of the judge within a maximum of six months after its announcement, aiming at reducing the suffering of litigants and lawyers. No judge including the chief justice will sign any judgment or order after retirement, the...
Proposal to increase retirement age of judges to 70
Judicial reform commission recommended increasing the retirement age for chief justice and Supreme Court judges to 70, raising 3 additional years. Besides, the minimum age for the appointment of additional judges to the High Court has been set at 48 years. The report of the judicial reforms...
Everyone should have ID card to enter Supreme Court
Everyone should have identity cards to enter the Supreme Court of Bangladesh for ensuring overall safety and security of the apex court, official sources said on Saturday. A circular in this regard signed by Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Registrar of the High Court Division of the Supreme Court, said...
HC publishes verdict of sedition case against Tarique
The High Court has published the verdict of a sedition case against BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman and three others. The bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice Syed Enayet Hossain published the 11-page verdict on Tuesday. On October 31, last year, the High Court dismissed a sedition...
No alternative of Supreme Court Secretariat
Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed said there is no alternative to establishing an independent prosecution service and a Supreme Court Secretariat to institutionalize the independence of the judiciary. According to a Banglanews24.com report, the Chief Justice made this statement as the chief...
Arrest warrant issued for New York doctor for prescribing abortion pill
An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York doctor indicted on Friday by a Louisiana grand jury for allegedly prescribing abortion pills online to a pregnant minor in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country. Grand jurors at the District...
Vanderbilt fined $500,000 by SEC for fans storming Court after win over Kentucky
Vanderbilt University was fined $500,000 by the Southeastern Conference on Sunday for allowing fans to storm the court following the Commodores 74-69 victory over No. 9 Kentucky on Saturday. This marks Vanderbilts third violation under the SECs revised access-to-competition-area policy. The fine...
US rejects clemency, Pakistan seeks legal action for Aafia Siddiqui
The US government has rejected a clemency petition for the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist imprisoned in the United States, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) was told on Friday, reports DAWN. This disclosure came during the hearing of a petition filed by Dr. Siddiquis...
Graft allegation against NCTB chairman: Writ filed
A writ was filed at the High Court on Tuesday, pleading for its direction to probe allegations of corruption against National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) chairman. Supreme Court lawyer Md Kamal Hossain filed the writ, making officials concerned, including the Anti-Corruption Commission...
High Court hearing on Chinmoy’s bail plea on Monday
Controversial Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari on Sunday applied for bail with the High Court, and to this end, a hearing has been scheduled on Monday. Justice Md Atoar Rahman and Justice Md Ali Reza would hold the hearing in the sedition case. The trial court, Chattogram...
Two judges murdered outside Iran's Supreme Court: media
Two judges were killed in a shooting attack on Saturday outside the Supreme Court building in Tehran, state media reported. Three judges of the Supreme Court were targeted. Two of them were martyred and one was injured, the judiciarys Mizan Online website reported, adding that the assailant...
Govt okays SC Judges Appointment Ordinance
The Interim Government has cleared the draft of Supreme Court Judges Appointment Ordinance, 2025 in line with the Judicial Reform Roadmap announced by the Chief Justice. The Council of Advisers, in a meeting on Thursday (January 16), gave the approval and also the final clearance to the proposed...
Verdict on Khaleda Zia’s appeals tomorrow
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on Wednesday on the appeals of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the HC verdict that on October 30, 2018, enhanced the five years imprisonment handed by the trial court to 10 years in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case....
No legal weakness found in scrapping 5 cases against Dr Yunus: SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) said that there was no legal weakness or interference in scrapping five cases against Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus by the High Court. Advocate Mustafizur Rahman Khan, lawyer of Dr Muhammad Yunus, disclosed this observation of the Appellate Division of...
US SC rejects Trump’s bid to delay sentencing in hush money case
A sharply divided US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected US President-elect Donald Trumps final bid to put his New York hush-money case on hold, clearing the way for him to be sentenced for felony crimes days before he returns to the presidency. The courts 5-4 order allows Judge Juan M. Merchan...
Missing Ctg court case dockets recovered, 1 arrested
Chattogram city police recovered nine sacks of missing case documents in the early hours Thursday, and arrested a tea seller in connection with the sensational theft. However, police did not disclose the name or affiliation of the arrestee due to the sensitivity of the incident, and told...
Supreme Court launches another helpline number for litigants
The Supreme Court has launched another helpline number to extend quick and uninterrupted judicial services to the litigants. Along with the previous helpline number (01316154216), the litigants or service seekers can submit their complaints and suggestions to the new helpline number over...
Three to die for killing EUB student
A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced three people to death for killing Ismail Hossain Jisan, a Civil Engineering student of European University of Bangladesh (EUB). Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Court-5, Farzana Yeasmin delivered the verdict. The condemned convicts are --...
HC bench initiates paper free proceedings from Sunday
Opening a new chapter in countrys judicial history, a High Court bench is all set to begin paper free judicial proceedings from Jan 5. The bench, designated for looking into the matters related to company law, was scheduled to start the process from Jan 2, but it delayed as all activities of the...
SC helpline receives 1000 phone calls in three months
The Supreme Court Helpline has received a total of 1003 phone calls from people across the country in three months since the launch of the helpline services in September last, reports UNB. Out of the total calls, 604 people sought legal advice, while 344 inquired of case-related information....
Judicial activities of SC to remain suspended Thursday
No judicial activities will take place at both the divisions of the Supreme Court on Thursday as a mark of respect for late AF Hassan Ariff, adviser to the ministries of land, and civil aviation and tourism. Hassan Ariff, a former attorney general, died at a private hospital in the capital after...
Writ filed to impose strict measures for New Year festivities
A writ petition has been filed in the High Court seeking strict measures, including the imposition of Section 144, to prevent fireworks and public gatherings on rooftops, open spaces, and parks in Dhaka on New Years Eve, reports Dhaka Tribune. Supreme Court lawyer Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman filed...
Trump asks Supreme Court to Delay TikTok Ban Law
President-elect Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to delay a law that could ban TikTok or require it to be sold. He argues that he needs time after taking office to work on a political resolution to the matter. The court is set to hear arguments in the case on Jan 10, reports Reuters....
Hassan Ariff’s 2nd namaj-e-janaza held
The second namaz-e-janaza of adviser to interim government adviser AF Hassan Ariff was held on the High Court premises on Saturday morning. Arrif, who was adviser to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism and the Ministry of Land, passed away at a hospital in the capital on Friday at the age...
Shakib Al Hasan summoned in Dhaka Court for cheque fraud case
A Dhaka court has ordered cricketer Shakib Al Hasan to appear on January 18 in connection with a cheque fraud case involving IFIC Bank. Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque issued the order on Wednesday,reports bdnews24.com. Shakib Al Hasan was named in a cheque fraud...
HC issues rule on posting of exempted 311 sub-inspectors at Sarda
The High Court has ordered the immediate resolution of a review petition filed with the Inspector General of Police (IGP) regarding the post-training placement of 311 sub-inspectors (SI) dismissed for indiscipline at the Sarda Police Academy in Rajshahi. In addition, the Court has issued a rule...
High Court voids 15th amendment, restores caretaker government system
The High Court has declared the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished the caretaker government system, invalid. A bench consisting of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury delivered the verdict at 10:52 AM on Tuesday. In its ruling, the court stated that the...