1971 trials stall as tribunal turns to July cases
Once a symbol of the country’s drive to prosecute atrocities committed during the 1971 Liberation War,...
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26 Jul 2026
ICT prosecution in focus: Tamim remains as bribery probe drags on
Four months after a fact-finding committee was formed to investigate allegations that a defendant in a...
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24 Jul 2026
HC judge off bench for 18 months, still paid in full
Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif still holds one of Bangladesh’s constitutional offices and draws state benefits, yet...
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19 Jul 2026
Bail, rearrest, repeat: Police using fresh charges to block ex-CJ Khairul’s release
A troubling pattern has emerged over the past year in the legal proceedings against former chief...
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09 Jul 2026
Holidays outnumber working days at SC
With nearly seven lakh cases pending before the Supreme Court, its calendar shows that the country’s...
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07 Jul 2026
HC backlog fuels agony of death row convicts, victims’ families
On 24 October 2019, a trial court in Feni sentenced 16 people, including madrasa principal Siraj-ud-Doula,...
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17 Jun 2026
Limited budget for judiciary despite mounting case backlog
The judiciary, burdened with more than 4.7 million pending cases, has once again received limited attention...
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12 Jun 2026
Swift verdicts snag in HC logjam
Even when trial courts deliver swift verdicts in sensational cases, their implementation is stalled by protracted...
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01 Jun 2026
Bail granted, but release delayed for Ivy, Khairul
Former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque and former Narayanganj City Corporation mayor Selina Hayat Ivy have...
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25 May 2026
Jamaat lost SCBA polls before a single vote was cast
The Jamaat-e-Islami-backed “Green Panel” suffered a comprehensive defeat in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections,...
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16 May 2026