Law views / Refusal of entry visa in a global sporting event and international law
2 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law Vision / The need to protect our data
2 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Gender and Law / Recognising women’s right to a safe workplace
2 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law Letter / Tax law, zakat, and public welfare
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law Opinion / The need for coordinated investment governance framework in Bangladesh
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Centre For Advanced Legal Studies (CALS) publishes research report on ‘Legal Representation in Death Penalty Cases in Bangladesh’
18 June 2026, 01:30 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law Reform / Committal magistracy as solution to protracted trials?
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
A roadmap to amending the National Human Rights Commission Act 2009
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Youth network launched to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling
4 May 2026, 21:52 PM
Law & Our Rights
Law Review / Reimagining legal aid in Bangladesh
22 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Threats of tech-facilitated gender-based violence
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) is a new form of, often cross-border, gender-based violence.
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Recognise women’s labour that run the economy
Women across the world begin their labour way before the formal workday starts, performing countless tasks that sustain both national economies and private households.
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Why the State doesn’t define good and evil
By the time you finish reading this introduction, a law will have been passed somewhere in the world that is technically legal but fundamentally unjust. For instance, if a bill mandating the execution of anyone who spits in a public space were to pass through the Bangladeshi Parliament, it would legally constitute a law, but it would be universally condemned as morally vicious. This leads us to understand interactions between law and morality.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM
In defence of a criminal defence lawyer
In recent times, we have seen an alarming phenomenon in our country: criminal defence lawyers in sensational cases are often painted as villains by many.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM
The chain of oppression of our tea-workers
Despite being part of a BDT 3500 crore industry, tea workers in Bangladesh face unsustainable wages, horrendous living conditions, and structural marginalisation.
25 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Navigating questions revolving the July Charter and constitutional reforms
In Bangladesh’s constitutional history, the ‘July Charter’ and the issuance of the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Order’) are not mere administrative measures.
25 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Staying criminal proceedings due to pending civil suits
Stay of criminal proceedings refers to the issue of not proceeding with a criminal case until a formal judicial order reopens it because the matter is sub-judice or pending in another court. The concept comes into play especially when there is a pending civil litigation on the same subject-matter because it entails a potential risk of contradictory judicial decisions.
24 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Rethinking the child labour laws in Bangladesh
Child labour in Bangladesh is typically associated with factories and hazardous industries.
24 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Closing ceremony of the 2nd Bangladesh Qualifying Round of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition 2025-26 at Independent University, Bangladesh
The closing ceremony of the 2nd Bangladesh Qualifying Round of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition 2025-26 was held on 7 February 2026 at IUB.
18 February 2026, 20:04 PM
Int’l day for the prevention of violent extremism
Violent extremism undermines peace and security, human rights and sustainable development.
13 February 2026, 00:00 AM
The peril of domestic workers in Bangladesh
A shocking news story took Bangladesh by storm in October 2024 when thirteen-year-old Kolpana was rescued from her employer’s house.
13 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Mandatory Pre-litigation Mediation in Civil Disputes
As an emerging and prevalent trend, mandatory pre-litigation mediation has been introduced in many parts of the world including the USA, Italy, Australia, Germany, France and Norway.
13 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Rohingya refugee crisis and global failure of justice
Years after the mass exodus of Rohingya people from Myanmar, the crisis stands as one of the clearest examples of the global failure of justice.
5 February 2026, 09:04 AM
Recognising a judicially enforceable right to environment
The issue of climate justice in Bangladesh has long been relegated to the footnotes of constitutional discourse.
5 February 2026, 08:55 AM
Digital surveillance and the right to privacy
The unprecedented growth of digital innovations within the twenty-first century has significantly shaped the way governance, communication, and daily living are conducted.
5 February 2026, 08:53 AM
Reforming land registration in Bangladesh
The promulgation of the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 2026 marks a significant step towards modernising the land and property registration system of Bangladesh.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Reviewing the latest amendments on smoking and tobacco products
The interim government has recently enacted the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (the ‘Ordinance’) marking a significant step in strengthening Bangladesh’s tobacco control regime. The fresh ordinance redefines ‘tobacco’ and broadens the meaning of ‘tobacco products’ to include e-cigarettes, Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), Heated Tobacco Product (HTP) and similar devices that have rapidly gained popularity, particularly among the younger users.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Reframing the debate on polygamy laws
The recently published verdict of the High Court Division (HCD) on the legality of the polygamy provision in the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 (MFLO) has revived the age-old debate concerning wife’s consent to a subsequent marriage by the husband. The HCD has reaffirmed the existing law, citing section 6 of the MFLO as it is. However, the matter needs to be reframed, scrutinised more humanely, and in its context, women’s marital rights requires re-evaluation.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Three murder-accused released from Mymensingh jail without bail order
It was a wrongful release, says senior jail superintendent
29 January 2026, 21:11 PM
Our Constitution between resurrection and revolution
Into the fifty-fourth year of the Constitution’s commencement, the mood in Bangladesh is less about celebration and more about its forensic post-mortem.
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
2026 Bangladesh elections 'a democratic milestone': Commonwealth Observer Group
15 June 2026, 20:37 PM
National Election 2026
EC gives 21 candidates until June 14 to file election expenditure reports
24 May 2026, 15:19 PM
National Election 2026
Local govt polls ‘challenging’, but no lack of effort: CEC
21 May 2026, 15:07 PM
National Election 2026
EC names 23 parties for missing election expense accounts submission deadline
20 May 2026, 00:32 AM
National Election 2026