High Court (HC)

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.

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.

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.

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

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

April 3, 2023
April 3, 2023

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.

April 2, 2023
April 2, 2023

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.

March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023

Welcome promise of ever-elusive ‘justice’

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

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.