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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.

March 4, 2018
March 4, 2018

Zakir Hossain new SC registrar

Md Zakir Hossain, who is currently serving as the Supreme Court's acting registrar general and the Appellate Division’s registrar, is appointed its (SC) registrar general.

March 4, 2018
March 4, 2018

SC clears way for Mosharraf’s graft trial

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that cleared the way for a trial court to continue proceedings of a graft case against BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.

February 28, 2018
February 28, 2018

Freezing Robi’s account: SC to hear plea on HC order

The Supreme Court is set to hold hearing tomorrow on a petition filed by the government seeking stay on the High Court order that cleared the way for Robi Axiata Ltd to operate its bank accounts.

February 22, 2018
February 22, 2018

Settle rule on Marma sisters in 6 weeks: SC

The Supreme Court asks the High Court to hear and settle off the rule by six weeks regarding the confinement of two Marma sisters -- one of whom was allegedly raped and another assaulted by security forces last month.

February 13, 2018
February 13, 2018

Resume Sonali Bank recruitment for 2,201 posts: SC

Supreme Court clears the way for the authorities concerned to resume recruitment process for 2,201 posts of senior officer, officer and cash officer of Sonali Bank.

January 24, 2018
January 24, 2018

SC stays HC’s jail order for Faruque

The Supreme Court (SC) stays for four weeks a High Court verdict that sentenced the ousted chairman of Proshika, Qazi Faruque Ahmed, to one-month imprisonment in a civil prison for violating its 2009 directive.

January 18, 2018
January 18, 2018

Pay owner of Moon Cinema Hall Tk 100cr: SC

The Supreme Court has directed the Freedom Fighters’ Welfare Trust to compensate around Tk 100 crore to the owner of then Moon Cinema Hall by July 30.

January 17, 2018
January 17, 2018

No bar on academic activities of 57 Uttara medical college students

The Supreme Court clears the way for Uttara Adhunik Medical College to continue undertaking academic activities of 57 students who were admitted on “first come, first served” basis.

January 10, 2018
January 10, 2018

Mobile court can operate until disposal of petitions

Executive magistrates can conduct mobile courts until the Supreme Court disposes of three leave-to-appeal petitions filed by the government, the top court said yesterday.

January 8, 2018
January 8, 2018

SC seeks stats of pending civil, criminal cases with lower courts

The Supreme Court administration seeks for the statistics of the civil and criminal cases pending with all the lower courts across the country till December 31 last year on an urgent basis.