High Court (HC)

High Court clears BPL 12 auction to proceed without excluded players

The High Court has cleared the way for the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) 12 players’ auction to go ahead as scheduled today, rejecting three writ petitions that challenged the exclusion of nine cricketers from the auction list.

Writ petition challenges Faruque Ahmed’s removal as BCB president

The petition also challenged the legality of NSC's decision to appoint former national captain Aminul Islam Bulbul as the new BCB president, Faruque's counsel Barrister Md Ruhul Quddus Kazal told The Daily Star.

Watch / 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"

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.

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.

Welcome promise of ever-elusive ‘justice’

Jasmine Sultana’s case must not meet the same fate as countless others

Same rules should apply to all debtors

Why is it that small debtors suffer while big defaulters walk free?

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.

Men, lower your gaze and stop judging women

Men must control their own base instincts instead of policing women's clothing.

December 1, 2022
December 1, 2022

Same rules should apply to all debtors

Why is it that small debtors suffer while big defaulters walk free?

October 18, 2022
October 18, 2022

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.

September 12, 2022
September 12, 2022

Men, lower your gaze and stop judging women

Men must control their own base instincts instead of policing women's clothing.

September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022

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.

August 30, 2022
August 30, 2022

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.

August 26, 2022
August 26, 2022

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

The hostility that the Bangladeshi public usually shows towards women is in no way civilised

August 25, 2022
August 25, 2022

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.

June 1, 2022
June 1, 2022

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.

May 23, 2022
May 23, 2022

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.

April 26, 2022
April 26, 2022

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.