The Appellate Division's Chamber Court has stayed the bail granted by the High Court to journalist couple Shakil Ahmed and Farzana Rupa in multiple cases filed over the July movement.
In a significant move aimed at expediting justice in cases involving violence against women and children, a special bench is set to be established at the High Court to hear and dispose of appeals filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
The nationwide measles outbreak continues to raise alarm, with seven more children dying from measles and measles-related complications in the past 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 620, according to the latest data released by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The High Court on Sunday (June 7) issued a rule asking the authorities to explain whether horse meat is legally permissible for human consumption and what measures have been taken to curb its commercial use in the country.
Intern doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital have declared an indefinite work abstention starting from Sunday morning, June 7, pressing six demands. The announcement was made in an emergency notice issued by the Dhaka Medical College Hospital Intern Doctors Society on Saturday night, June 6.
The government will recommend that the Attorney General seek an early hearing of the Ramisa rape and murder case in the higher court to ensure swift execution of the sentence, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has said.