- FM to join informal dialogue in UN on Wednesday
- ‘International tenders to be invited within 4-5 days for offshore oil- gas exploration’
- Special Cyber Police Unit to be formed to tackle cybercrimes, rumours: Home Minister
- Two more cruise ship passengers test positive for hantavirus
- People of Bangladesh not afraid of barbed wire: Foreign Advisor
- ‘Govt plans to build 2nd Padma Bridge’
- From India to Iran: How Hitler redefined 'Aryan' for Nazism
- Iran open to US talks with dignity, national interests intact: Pezeshkian
- US experience fighting Iran offers lessons for China
- Shanto, Mominul fifties bolster Bangladesh as rain truncates day
- BGMEA, BKMEA leaders meet PM
- BNP files fresh ICT complaint over 2,276 alleged disappearances and killings
- Zubaida Rahman for encouraging women entrepreneurs
- Women’s recruitment in village police to ensure grassroots justice: Fakhrul
- Ex-Qatari PM warns Netanyahu using Iran war to reshape Middle East
- Ex-Bangladesh spinner Abdur Razzak joins BCB coaching setup
- Bangladesh, Netherlands deepen maritime partnership for sustainable logistics growth
- Netanyahu admits blunder on Iran
- Iran Foreign Minister to visit India this week
- ‘No scope for extortion on vehicles carrying sacrificial animals’
Sex of unborn babies cannot be disclosed: HC
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has ruled that the sex of an unborn child cannot be identified or disclosed. The HC bench comprising Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque delivered the verdict on February 25, 2024. The full text of the verdict was...
SC upholds ex-chief justice Khairul Haque’s bail in five cases
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the High Courts order granting bail to former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in five separate cases. A bench led by Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury dismissed multiple petitions seeking a stay on the bail orders and rejected...
High Court issues rule on negligence in measles vaccine procurement
The High Court has issued a rule asking why negligence in the procurement of measles vaccines should not be declared illegal. A bench comprising Justice Razik Al Jalil and Justice Debasish Roy Chowdhury passed the ruling on Sunday. The concerned lawyer, Purnima Jahan, confirmed the issuance of...
Jamaat MP Amir Hamza granted anticipatory bail in defamation case
The High Court on Monday granted eight weeks anticipatory bail to Jamaat-e-Islami Member of Parliament Amir Hamza in a defamation case filed in Sirajganj, reports UNB. A High Court bench comprising Justice Zahid Sarwar Kajal and Justice Sheikh Abu Taher passed the order after hearing a petition,...
High Court to run virtual courts twice a week to save energy
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh has decided to operate virtual courts in its High Court Division two days a week in a move aimed at conserving fuel and electricity amid ongoing global economic pressures. According to a High Court Division notification signed by Registrar Muhammad Nurul Amin...
Main Eid Jamaat to be held at Nat’l Eidgah
The main Eid-ul-Fitr congregation will be held at 8:30am at the National Eidgah on the High Court premises in the capital on the Eid day, reports UNB. It will be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque at 9am in case of inclement weather. The decision was taken at a recent inter-ministerial...
Former chief justice Khairul Haque granted bail, release hurdle cleared
The High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), clearing the final legal barrier to his release. The order was issued by a High Court bench headed by Justice Sheikh Mohammad Zakir Hossain. Following...
HC issues rules over legality of July National Charter, referendum ordinance
The High Court today issued separate rulesquestioning the legality of the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform)Implementation Order, the oath administered to members of the ConstitutionalReform Council and the Referendum Ordinance. A High Court Division bench comprising Justice...
Uncertainty over primary school holidays during Ramadan
Uncertainty has arisen over whether government primary schools will remain open during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan, after a High Court directive ordered the closure of all types of secondary schools but made no reference to primary institutions. The court instructed that lower secondary...