Bangladesh Judiciary

Make wealth disclosure mandatory for judges

Transparency is key to ensuring judicial integrity

A misguided approach to justice

Concerns about judges must follow due process

For true democracy, we need checks and balances of power

When the constitution and laws of a country of 170 million people allow and enable one individual to have complete control over the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government, can that country genuinely be considered democratic?

Did Dr Yunus deserve such denigration?

Human rights defenders have rightly expressed concerns about his conviction

Judiciary must be above politicisation

We need concrete actions, not mere acknowledgements, to keep the judiciary free of corruption and interference.

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Our new CJ Obaidul Hassan's call to fight graft is urgent, crucial and enthusing

We congratulate the chief justice for his forthright identification of one of the main issues of concern for Bangladesh’s future: corruption.

Huge case backlog only hurting citizens

Urgent solution is needed to this longstanding problem in Bangladesh's judicial process

Delayed bail is delayed justice

Why will Bushra have to languish in jail if she’s innocent?

Apex court hamstrung by a judge crisis

Appointing more judges key to clearing huge case backlogs

April 22, 2015
April 22, 2015

Why Ghulam Azam’s family gets VIP status: HC

The High Court questions the legality of the action of authorities concerned for giving VIP status to war criminal Ghulam Azam’ wife and two other family members at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

April 5, 2015
April 5, 2015

HC stays Rizvi’s remand in vandalism case

The High Court stayed for a month, a three-day remand of BNP joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed under police custody in a vandalism case.

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