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Md. Rizwanul Islam

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FICTION / The thief

Farid Shaheb earned a fair bit at the office today. These days, because of the Anti Corruption Commission and newspaper journalists’ incessant pestering, he can no longer directly take the money offered to him.
25 April 2025, 18:00 PM
25 April 2025, 18:00 PM
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LAW OPINION / The Non-Lower or Non-Subordinate Judiciary of Bangladesh

Recently, this writer happened to have invited a friend, a judicial officer, to deliver a guest lecture on the functioning of our ‘lower judiciary’.
25 January 2024, 18:00 PM
25 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Law Opinion / Improving Access to and Increasing Engagement with Judgments

In general, the research conducted by the legal academe in Bangladesh has not engaged with judgments as much as is the case in some other jurisdictions.
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM
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Law Opinion / The hazards of (extensive) trial by bureaucrats

The recent apparently appalling arrest of Dhaka Tribune journalist, Mr Ariful Islam has been the talk of the town.
16 March 2020, 18:00 PM
16 March 2020, 18:00 PM
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Law In-Depth / Protection of the identity of victims in judgements

Provisions designed for the protection of the identity of victims of crimes and witnesses in one form or another can be gleaned in many legal systems of today.
28 October 2019, 18:00 PM
28 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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Law Opinion / The myth of tough punishments and crime prevention

It has been somewhat fashionable in our country to demand tough punishments as a prevention tool for crimes that society abhors. In view of the apparently increasing rate of rape, some observers have demanded capital punishment for perpetrators of rape. Even
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM
9 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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Some traffic laws & scant regard for the mass

In the current era of indirect democracy, it is accepted that the laws and policies would be made, not by the people themselves but by their representatives.
15 July 2019, 18:00 PM
15 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Law opinion / A preposterous directive on the apprentice lawyers

The delay in the advocate enrolment examination has already fermented deep frustration among many aspiring lawyers rightfully
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Restraining Coaching business or teachers?

On 7 February 2019, the High Court Division (HCD) delivered a judgment on the legality of a policy promulgated by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2012 on limiting the involvement of teachers in the coaching business.
11 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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The over-use of NIDs in Bangladesh

Recently, the policymakers have circulated the idea of the compulsory use of national identity card (NIDs) for purchasing something as
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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STRINGENT RECOVERY SYSTEM

Media reports sometimes claim that the law for recovery of non-performing loans (NPL) as crafted in the principal law in force in this regard, the Money Loan Court Act, 2003 (MLCA) is too soft towards the borrowers.
26 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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The delisting, suspension of trading in shares and the regulators

On 18 July 2018, the Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited (DSE), delisted the shares of Rahima Food Corporation and Modern Dyeing Limited.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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Legal remedies for professional negligence of lawyers

Seeking remedies for professional negligence is a relatively less explored area in Bangladesh.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM
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Why a dispassionate & thorough investigation is required

Many may say that the way the out-going Chief Justice Sinha has resigned from his office may have saved our highest court from a
18 December 2017, 18:00 PM
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THE LACK OF DISSENT IN JUDGMENTS

Despite our biological similarities, all of us are somehow unique; the same goes even for twins who would have
9 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Diminishing quality of law reports in Bangladesh

Studying law reports is an inseparable part of the engagement with the law. Everyone dealing with the law in any professional capacity
7 August 2017, 18:00 PM
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Jurisdiction in company matters

It is commonly perceived that the High Court Division (HCD) has original statutory jurisdiction in company matters and the perception
10 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Shoddy information on packets of tobacco products

Anyone comparing the packets of tobacco products in Bangladesh and some other countries may notice that the packets in
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM
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LIABILITY FOR CORPORATE CRIMES

In recent years, the liability for crimes committed by companies has been a matter of intense scrutiny in many
3 April 2017, 18:00 PM
No photograph policy of retailers

No photograph policy of retailers

Shoppers of retail stores would have noticed that many of these stores insist on a policy of not taking photographs within the store.
27 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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An assault on state immunity

On 28 September 2016, ignoring the veto of the then US President Barack Obama , both houses of the US Congress enacted the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA).
6 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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For greater protection of consumers

The victimisation of consumers by some form of negligent or shoddy dealings is a common problem not just in
19 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Refining the recruitment process for public universities

Refining the recruitment process for public universities?

Apart from politics and other extra-academic issues, a problem with the recruitment process in public universities is that it heavily relies on academic results of the candidate. But almost all of the world's best universities would rather put much more emphasis on the research potential and record of the applicant.
10 October 2016, 18:00 PM
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Futility of cosmetic road safety measures

Only around a year or so ago, three-wheelers were banned from plying on highways.
20 September 2016, 18:00 PM
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DARUL IHSAN CASE AND LLB: Directives or Obiter Dicta?

The 13 writ petitions relating to the management of internal and external affairs of Darul Ihsan University (DIHU) which has led
15 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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Restoring the credibility of grades in SSC and HSC examinations

News media all over the country have reported that the results of Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations would, from now on, be published not just with the letter grades but with the marks obtained.
10 August 2016, 18:00 PM
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The justifiability of BCB playing hardball

It is not very often that I can laud the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for its professionalism or foresightedness.
12 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Is legal education in private universities truly substandard?

A broad-brush branding of the quality of legal education in private universities may please many and may perpetuate some myths, but probably would make little contribution to the improvement of the real quality of education. It would also fail to respond to the irregularities or lackings. Rather, any perception-based, dismissive attitude would accentuate a futile categorisation which would not be conducive for any meaningful, rigorous assessment.
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM

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