Recent incidents of violence by students and the increase of “teen gangs” have brought to the forefront talks on amending the definition of “children” in the

In a 6-3 Conservative majority decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has recently overturned almost the 50-year-old landmark abortion decision

One of the ugliest sides of a city is traffic jam and Dhaka city is in its ugliest shape in recent times.

Maternity benefit is a well-recognised statutory right of employed women across the world, including in Bangladesh.

David Ormon Carter is a Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. David began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney with the Orange County District Attorney’s Office in 1972 where he became the senior deputy district attorney. 

Heavy rains along with the continued onslaught of water from upstream locations in India marooned Sylhet and the neighboring districts jeopardising the residents’ fundamental rights.

While addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 28, 2022, Mechelle Bachelet, the UN human rights chief, raised an important point on the rise in disinformation across societies, remarking that systemic inequality has helped fuel a rise in the deliberate spreading of falsehoods.

Bangladesh is party to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). On ratification, the UNCAC created legal obligations which have to be enforced by the executive branch and/or the judiciary of the state parties.

Extending Intellectual Property (IP) protection to plant varieties – especially in the context of developing and agriculture-based economy like Bangladesh – is fraught with debates.

Effortless smoking in public places or public transport is nothing new. To control smoking in these public places/transport, we have a special law called the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act 2005.

According to the Child Marriage Restrain Act of 2017, the contracting, allowing, solemnisation and registration of the child marriage a punishable offence. The Act has repealed the previous Act of 1929. The present Act does not invalidate the child marriage, rather impose penalty for such marriage. Section 7 of the Act imposes punishment on the persons for contracting child marriage, while section 8 punishes the parents for allowing child marriage. In addition, section 9 provides penalty for the persons who solemnise or conduct the child marriage. Again, section 11 of the Act makes the registration of the child marriage a punishable offence. The section goes on to say that,

The fundamental mandate of the Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) is to address the issues of marginality and exclusion in the country.

The government of Bangladesh passed the Competition Act in 2012. The primary purpose of enacting this law is to promote, ensure, and sustain a congenial atmosphere for the competition in trade and prevent, control, and eradicate collusion, monopoly, oligopoly, combination or abuse of powerful positions or activities adverse to the competition.

The legal framework for dispute resolution through alternative methods has reached a level of maturity in Bangladesh.

Department of Law at Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) and BUP Law and Moot Court Club (BUPLMCC) jointly organised a

Earlier this year, research report titled “Impact of easy accessibility of pornography on the internet and its relevance with violence against women and girls in Bangladesh” was published by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF).

More often than not, the statutes remain silent or they do not have enough words to meet the requirements of establishing justice.

Alternative Dispute Resolution methods, particularly arbitration has become increasingly popular in Bangladesh over the last two decades, so much so that a separate law on arbitration was enacted to accommodate it.

Surya Deva is a Professor at the Macquarie Law School and a founding Editor-in-Chief of Business and Human Rights Journal.

The draft law appears to have been only prepared to fulfill the state’s prior commitments to enact an anti-discrimination law, but there is clear lack of thought behind making the law effective.