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Keeping students' faces, ears uncovered: SC upholds DU Bangla dept's move

The Supreme Court today upheld a notice issued by the Dhaka University's Bangla department asking its students to keep their faces, including their ears, uncovered during exams and presentations.

SC grants Haji Salim bail in graft case, no bar to his release

The Supreme Court today granted bail to Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim in a corruption case.

SC denies Haji Salim’s bail in corruption case

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (August 1, 2022) refused to grant bail to Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim in a corruption case in which the High Court has upheld his conviction and 10 years of jail sentence.

SC stays case against Prof Yunus

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (June 13, 2022) stayed for two months the proceedings of a case filed against Nobel laureate and Grameen Telecom Chairman Dr Muhammad Yunus on charge of violating labour law.

SC scraps HC order for recommending recruitment of 2,500 petitioners as teachers

The Supreme Court today scrapped a High Court directive that asked the Non-government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) to recommend to the authorities concerned to recruit around 2,500 contempt of court petitioners, who qualified relevant exams, as teachers of private educational institutions.

Attacking Navy officer: SC to hear on Sunday Erfan’s petition to vacate stay order on bail

The Supreme Court today fixed Sunday for hearing a petition filed by Erfan Salim, son of Awami League MP Haji Md Salim, for vacating its stay order on the High Court bail for him in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in October last year.

‘Crimes by law enforcers’: 102 SC lawyers file petition for independent probe

A total of 102 Supreme Court lawyers today collectively filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking its directive on the government to constitute an independent commission to investigate allegations of crimes committed by law enforcers.

Torching buses in Dhaka: SC upholds HC’s bail orders for 65 BNP men

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today upheld the High Court orders that granted anticipatory bail to 65 BNP leaders and activists including Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Ishraque Hossain in seven cases filed for torching buses in Dhaka on November 12.

December 24, 2018
December 24, 2018

SC rejects 20 contenders’ pleas seeking candidacy this week

A total of 20 candidates, including 18 BNP contenders, have lost candidacy for the upcoming parliamentary polls following the orders from the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court in the last one week.

December 23, 2018
December 23, 2018

8 hopefuls file plea with SC to regain candidacy

Eight upazila chairmen, who lost their candidacies from the High Court, today filed separate petitions with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in order to regain their candidacy.

December 18, 2018
December 18, 2018

SC puts bar on candidacies of Luna, Jahangir

Another candidate of the BNP, Tahsin Rushdir Luna, had her hopes of running in the elections dashed at the Supreme Court.

December 17, 2018
December 17, 2018

SC places election bar on 3 BNP chairmen

The Supreme Court today placed a bar on three chairmen of the BNP tent from contesting in the upcoming parliamentary election of December 30.

December 10, 2018
December 10, 2018

Accord case lingers at SC, next hearing Dec 17

The Supreme Court extends the tenure of Accord, a European agency for factory inspection and remediation, till December 17.

November 29, 2018
November 29, 2018

Tenure of Accord extended till Dec 6

The Supreme Court extends the tenure of Accord, a European agency for factory inspection and remediation, till December 6 as its tenure will expire today.

November 15, 2018
November 15, 2018

SC upholds HC order to compensate Chuadanga eye surgery victims

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court verdict that directed Impact Masudul Hoque Memorial Community Health Centre and IRIS enterprise, a medicine supplier, to pay Tk 10 lakh in compensation to each of the 17 victims who lost their eyesight following surgery at a health camp in March this year.

November 7, 2018
November 7, 2018

No need to return Tk 615cr to 17 firms, businessmen

The Supreme Court yesterday stayed its earlier verdict that directed the government to return Tk 615 crore to 17 companies and several businesspeople that had been forced to deposit the amount with Bangladesh Bank as tax on their alleged hidden money during the last caretaker government's tenure.

October 31, 2018
October 31, 2018

Khaleda’s verdict: Pro-BNP lawyers boycott SC

Pro- BNP lawyers boycott the Supreme Court protesting the increased punishment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case.

October 10, 2018
October 10, 2018

Three Appellate Division judges sworn in

Three new judges appointed to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court were sworn in yesterday.