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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.

May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018

SC verdict on appeals against Khaleda’s bail in graft case tomorrow

The Supreme Court (SC) will deliver a verdict on the appeals against the High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Orphanage Trust Corruption case.

May 13, 2018
May 13, 2018

Rajib’s death: SC to hear BRTC plea on compensation May 17

The Supreme Court fixes May 17 to hear a petition filed by Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) seeking a stay on a High Court order that had asked it to pay Tk 50 lakh to the family of Rajib Hossain, who lost his right hand in a road crash and later died last month.

May 6, 2018
May 6, 2018

'Tell Supreme Court I'm critically ill'

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked her lawyers to bring the matter of her “serious illnesses” to the notice of the Supreme Court during the hearing on two appeals against the High Court bail order in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case on Tuesday.

April 10, 2018
April 10, 2018

32 new assistant judges appointed for lower courts

Thirty-two new assistant judges are appointed for the lower courts, increasing the number of lower court judges to 1,714.

April 2, 2018
April 2, 2018

SC releases full text of ruling against Khaleda’s bail

The Supreme Court releases full text of its order that stayed the bail granted to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case;the lawsuit that put her behind bars after conviction.

March 28, 2018
March 28, 2018

Order on BGMEA’s time petition Monday

The Supreme Court defers till Monday for passing its order on a petition filed by BGMEA seeking one year more for demolishing its 15-storey building in the capital's Hatirjheel area.

March 21, 2018
March 21, 2018

2,906 out of 6,152 cast votes in SCBA election

Some 2,906 lawyers out of total 6,152 cast their votes on the first day of the two-day annual election to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA)’s 14 executive posts.

March 19, 2018
March 19, 2018

Plea seeks bench outside SC for political cases

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court for constituting a bench somewhere outside the apex court for dealing with the political cases including that involving BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

March 8, 2018
March 8, 2018

SC clears way for Moudud's graft trial

The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court order that had cleared the way for the lower court to continue the trial proceedings of a corruption case against former BNP law minister Moudud Ahmed.

March 6, 2018
March 6, 2018

CHT Regional Council: SC hearing on HC order adjourned for 4 weeks

The Supreme Court adjourns for four weeks hearing on the appeals filed against the 2010 High Court verdict that declared the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Regional Council illegal and unconstitutional.