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Sri Lankan ex-minister jailed for saying judges are corrupt
Agence France-Presse. Colombo | Updated at 10:19am on January 13, 2021
An outspoken Sri Lankan opposition politician was jailed Tuesday for four years over his remarks alleging the majority of judges in the South Asian nation...
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Judges’ lapses
AG Noorani | Updated at 12:00am on December 21, 2020
‘LORD Woolf cannot quite make up his mind whether he is a liberal reformer or the shop steward for the only trade union in the...
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2 to be quizzed over assaulting Chattogram judge
Staff Correspondent. Chattogram | Updated at 06:23pm on December 10, 2020
A Chattogram court allowed investigators to question two people in police custody for three days in connection with a case filed against them for reportedly...
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40 judges test positive for COVID-19
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:39pm on July 03, 2020
A total of 40 lower court judges and 181 employees, 136 from the subordinate courts and 45 from the Supreme Court, were tested COVID-19 positive...
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37 lower court judges, 139 employees test positive for COVID-19
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 06:43pm on June 29, 2020
A total of 37 lower court judges and 139 employees, 101 from the subordinate courts and 38 others from the Supreme Court, tested positive for...
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Bail seekers face hurdles to enlist cases for hearing
M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 12:01am on June 28, 2020
Lawyers for detained people are facing hurdles trying to enlist their cases for hearing by online courts as only a few judges were assigned to...
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First judge dies of COVID 19
M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 10:42pm on June 24, 2020
District judge Ferdous Ahmed who was posted at the Lalmonirhat Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal, died of COVID19 on Wednesday night, Supreme Court spokesman...
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15 lower court judges, 38 staffers test COVID-19 positive
M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 01:24am on June 18, 2020
A total of 15 lower court judges and 38 staff members were tested COVID-19 positive until Wednesday, said a Supreme Court’s official. Besides, at least...
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18 High Court judges take oath
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 10:35pm on May 30, 2020
Eighteen newly appointed judges of the High Court Division on Saturday took oath virtually, a day after their services were regularised by president Abdul Hamid....
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Supreme Court judges for children’s bails hearing through video conference
M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 01:41am on April 06, 2020
The Supreme Court’s Special Committee for Child Rights on Sunday recommended hearing and disposing of detained children’s bail applications by holding videoconferences during the long...