Refund of advance VAT or turnover tax from Government treasury

Bangladesh has proudly graduated from the LDC and now SDG or Ease of Doing Businesses are the beacons or lighthouses Bangladesh is proceeding towards.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Compensating victims of fire

On Wednesday, March 17, a fire incident took place in the ICU of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Three of the ICU patients died after being relocated.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Prosecuting Pakistani Perpetrators in absentia

The establishment of the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh (ICTBD) in 2010 created high hopes that justice for the 1971 genocide might finally eventuate.
22 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Programme for informing dates of witnesses' appearance in courts through SMS launched

The government has launched a programme to inform witnesses through SMS their court appearance dates in criminal cases, which will complement the current system of issuing summons.
18 March 2021, 16:07 PM

Commemorating 50 years of Bangladesh Genocide: Global Virtual Conference organised by Liberation War Museum

On Friday, 12 March 2021, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh organised an online global conference titled ‘Global Virtual Conference on Commemorating Past Genocides and Learning to Prevent Atrocity Crimes’.
16 March 2021, 06:54 AM

One Mushtaq, a Digital Security Act and the freedom of speech

Constitutionally it seems Bangladesh accolades unlimited freedom of thought and conscience and it muzzles any sort of pre-censorship on freedom of speech and expression with some reasonable restrictions considering the security of state, communal and religious harmony, decency or morality and public order etc.
15 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Corporal punishment is unconstitutional

Of late, a video of a madrasa teacher beating up an eight-year-old student mercilessly in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila got viral and stirred the whole nation. Such incidents go on to show how corporal punishment happens to be pervasive in some educational institutions, and how often the same is justified on grounds of ‘amending’ the students.
15 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Reinterpretation of sharia in the light of social conditions will ensure human rights

Law Desk (LD): What is your opinion regarding the growth of Muslim personal laws since independence of Bangladesh?
15 March 2021, 18:00 PM

All that is wrong with the Digital Security Act

The Digital Security Act (DSA) was enacted in the year 2018 purportedly replacing the controversial Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 (as amended in 2013).
8 March 2021, 18:00 PM

The Historic Seventh March Speech of Bangabandhu: Its Influence on International Legal Discourse and Reform

Bangabandhu delivered an immortal speech on 7 March 1971 amid a deepening political crisis in then East Pakistan. The crisis engineered by the Pakistan ruling military oligarchy, which sought to deny by bullets what the Bangalees achieved through ballots, the first ever general election held in Pakistan in 1970.
8 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Climate change and women in Bangladesh

Climate change is a global phenomenon that contributes to long term changes in the global climate and adversely affects both socio-economic
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Making women’s day celebrations meaningful

Every year on March 8, some of us celebrate the International Women’s Day by wearing purple while some celebrate by harassing women in public
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM

The Historic Seventh March Speech of Bangabandhu: Its Influence on International Legal Discourse and Reform

Bangabandhu delivered an immortal speech on 7 March 1971 amid a deepening political crisis in then East Pakistan.
6 March 2021, 18:00 PM

DSA case: HC to deliver order on bail petition for Kishore on March 3

The High Court today set Wednesday (March 3) for delivering order on a bail petition for Cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in connection with a case under Digital Security Act.
1 March 2021, 07:23 AM

Ex-Sub Inspector of police sentenced to three-years imprisonment in graft case

A Dhaka court today sentenced a former sub-inspector of Sirajganj Sadar Police Station to three-years in prison, in a case filed for giving false information on wealth statement.
25 February 2021, 11:16 AM

PLFSL's loan defaulters must pay back the money: High Court

The High Court today said loan defaulters of People's Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (PLFSL), a non-bank financial institution, must pay back the money in installments.
25 February 2021, 08:51 AM

Embezzling gold worth Tk 11.4cr: 3 Samabaya Bank officials say they were instructed by bank high-ups

Three high-ranking officials of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Ltd, including its deputy general manager, yesterday confessed to magistrates that they had embezzled gold deposited by clients worth Tk 11.4 crore as per instructions of their chairman and several high-profile officials.
25 February 2021, 05:49 AM

Haji Salim's appeal against 13 years' imprisonment: HC verdict on March 9

The High Court will deliver its verdict on March 9 on the appeal filed by independent lawmaker and Awami League leader Haji Mohammad Salim challenging the trial court verdict that sentenced him to 13 years' imprisonment in a corruption case.
24 February 2021, 14:55 PM

Money laundering case worth Tk 9.28cr in Tangail: HC orders to finish trial in 6 months

The High Court today directed the lower court concerned to finish trial proceedings of a corruption case filed in Tangail, on charges of misappropriating and laundering Tk 9.28 crore from Farmers Bank.
24 February 2021, 12:04 PM

SCBA elections on March 10, 11

The two-day annual election of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for its 14 executive posts, including that of its president and secretary, will be held on March 10 and 11.
19 February 2021, 14:22 PM