Price Hike and Consumer Rights Protection: Revisiting the Legal Regime

The right to food or the daily basic necessities is incorporated as one of the judicially unjustifiable Fundamental Principles of State Policies in our Constitution.
15 September 2022

Impact of the EPZ Labour Act 2019 on the US FDI

According to a 2016 European Commission Report, EPZs (Export Processing Zones) in Bangladesh employ roughly 400,000 workers who produce manufactured goods including garments and footwear.
15 September 2022

Amendment to the Labour Rules 2015: Safer Workplace for Women

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has introduced some important amendments to the Labour Rules 2015 with effect from 1 September 2022.
15 September 2022

DIU organises Roundtable Discussion on the Evidence (Amendment) Bill, 2022

The Department of Law, Dhaka International University (DIU) organised a roundtable discussion on the recently proposed the Evidence
12 September 2022

Environmental law curriculum development seminar held at DU

On 3 September 2022, a seminar on environmental law curriculum development was held at the Department of Law, University of Dhaka with
12 September 2022

Offence of uploading conversations or video clips online

Leaked conversations and video clips often stir the social media platforms. In many cases, the leaked materials interfere with the citizens’ right to privacy and also with the lawful processes of the court. It is thus important to know what the law says in this regard.
8 September 2022

Impact of mining on the environment

Article 143 of the Constitution provides that all minerals and other things of value underlying any land of Bangladesh as well as all lands,
8 September 2022

The issue of safety of women in public places

Most females who travel outside their homes very often face some kind of verbal abuse, sexual comments, bad touching or stalking, and they are not aware what to do instantly or to whom they should complain.
7 September 2022

On the rights of persons with disabilities

Preamble of the Constitution of Bangladesh declares that fundamental human rights, rule of law, social security, political, social, and economic rights will be
1 September 2022

Will the draft Drug Act establish discipline in the drug sector?

Bangladesh is almost self-sufficient in drug production. Although several drugs are imported from abroad, the country exports more than that. Drugs from
1 September 2022

Star’s Law Desk orients its new pool of contributors to the techniques of research and writing

To write a legal article may ostensibly be a difficult task. After all, it often requires a closer inspection of legal intricacies, an ability to formulate
29 August 2022

The necessity of a national logistics policy in Bangladesh

The efficiency of the import and export processes is determined by the logistics policy of a State. With a coherent system among the logistics, import and export sectors, dominating the product delivery process, will consistently increase the turn-up profit for a State.
18 August 2022

Legal basis for circular economy transition

A circular economy is a process of manufacturing products for reusing through recycling the existing materials. It is based on three principles i.e., eliminating pollution, circulating materials, and regenerating nature.
18 August 2022

Rivers and our future

The Daily Star organised a roundtable titled ‘Rivers and Our Future’ on June 4, 2022. Here we publish a summary of the discussion.
11 August 2022

In quest of justice friendly family courts

The cabinet approved the draft Family Court Law, 2022 on July 3 with the view to implementing a Supreme Court judgment that declared all martial law regulations and orders promulgated during General Ershad’s regime as void.
4 August 2022

The ICJ Judgment (Preliminary Objections) of the Rohingya Genocide Case

Though an application raising preliminary objections is classified as an “incidental proceeding” before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), its outcome is very crucial in determining the prospects of a case before it.
4 August 2022

DU Law Faculty organises special lecture on the ideology of postcolonial states

On August 4, 2022 the Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka organised a special lecture event titled as “The ‘Ideology’ of the Postcolonial State: Some Critical Reflections on Nation-Building, Liberal Individualism, and Development”.
4 August 2022

Ambit of “public nuisance” and the Hero Alam incident

Ashraful Alam allias Hero Alam is a Bangladeshi freelancer music video model and actor active on social media. Some of his music videos went viral in 2015, and Alam became a popular target of online trolling and a popular subject of memes in Bangladesh.
31 July 2022

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

30th July is observed around the globe as World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. This year, the theme of the Day is “Use and Abuse of Technology”. In
29 July 2022

Technology and Human Trafficking

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is celebrated to create more awareness about the offence of human trafficking.
29 July 2022