Bangladesh universities, public and private, run their LLB (Hons) programme pursuant to a judicially determined and imposed admission limit of 50 students per semester.

The current state of higher education in Bangladesh is at crossroads, often deemed to be falling short of expected standard of research outcomes and new knowledge creation.

A prospectus is a document that gives details of a company’s activities and aims to persuade the public to invest in their company.

As a riverine country, Bangladesh has a long history of shipbuilding. Chattogram which is known as the port city of Bangladesh, has been involved in building of ships since the Mughal empire and with the flow of time, the tradition continues.

Imagine a human rights violation that suffers impunity inside the country, but that can be held accountable by an international body of some sort. Examples could be custodial torture, or enforced disappearances, or extra-judicial killings – all of which have abysmal track records of getting justice at Bangladesh’s courts.

Democratic society is based on consent. Sexual relationship must be consensual. Otherwise, it amounts to a crime according to section 375 of the Penal Code, 1860. The question of consent is raised in defence of the accused and therefore the onus probandi (burden of proof) rests on the accused, although the general principle is that the onus is on the prosecution.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) under the framework of the Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants-Bangladesh (GLO.ACT-Bangladesh) organised an online workshop on engaging university students with UNODC Education for Justice trafficking in persons (TIP) and smuggling of migrants (SOM) modules on Friday,

Swedwatch, a Sweden based non-profit organisation, organised a four day long online training programme on business, human rights and environment for youth in Bangladesh.

On 8 October 2021, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged states to take steps to implement the right to healthy environment.

Even though Bangladesh claims to be a digitally progressive country, the cases of cyber harassment are continuously on the rise. In the view of recent public outcry against cyber harassment, people need to be made aware of the relevant laws to protect themselves.

Accident is undoubtedly a regular phenomenon in the country. Families or well-wishers of accident victims approach the higher court of the country seeking appropriate compensation.

Graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category is a key milestone in the sustainable development progress of a country. Bangladesh has been recommended for graduation over the next five years, i.e. 2026, by the Committee for Development Policy (CDP), a subsidiary advisory body of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

While the international stakeholders and the Government of Bangladesh have tried for their safe and dignified voluntary return of the Rohingya refugees as per the agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar, the citizenship issue became one of the crucial contesting conditions.

Dayabhaga and Mitakshara are two schools of Hindu inheritance law. Hindus in India’s West Bengal, Assam, and Bangladesh mainly follow the Dayabhaga school. Non-Bengali society, on the other hand, i.e., Mumbai, Madras, Punjab, Benares, Maharashtra, and other locations, follow the Mitakshara doctrine.

In absence of proper and up-to-date legal framework in place, administrative regulations seem to be governing the digital commerce operations in Bangladesh.

There may be an unending debate on which profession serves Bangladesh the most but the unflinching contribution of farmers can never be underestimated.

On a regular basis, Bangladesh witnesses numerous instances of medical negligence, some of which make way to newspapers.

Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract” is the theme to celebrate this year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. Unfortunately, the government had decided to scrap quotas for class-I and Class-II jobs in Bangladesh in October 2018, following large scale protests in the country. The quota system was introduced through an executive order in 1972 and has been amended several times since. Before the abolition of the quota system in first and second-class government services, 5 per cent quota used to be allocated for the ethnic communities. Quota system was introduced to facilitate representation of a portion of ethnic minorities in government services.

The controversial Pegasus surveillance spyware has shaken the cyber security of the world sparking global outrage. Over the years, journalists, political leaders, civil society activists and human rights campaigners have voiced their concerns over tapping and data hacking of their communication devices through sophisticated spyware.     

According to SOS Children’s Village, Bangladesh is home to around 4.4 million orphaned children. Adoption can provide a congenial home to these children.