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.

On 5 April 2022, Law Minister Anisul Huq has placed the ‘Anti-Discrimination Bill 2022' in the parliament. The Bill is now with the parliamentary committee of the respective ministry for further examination.

Consumers want goods or services from businesses at competitive prices. Competitive business enterprises come together to form trade associations in the hope of furthering their common interests.

Until June 2019, various international instruments, norms, and practices were developed by both the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations to deal with violence and harassment at workplace.

In many instances, an Act of Parliament includes a provision allowing the government or the relevant authority to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the concerned Act. Under an Act of Parliament, the rules are framed as directives and/or instructions for the users of the legislation in question. If rules are framed as such, more clarity is brought about and confusion about many provisions of the relevant statute gets dispelled. It also helps to carry out the purpose of the legislation in line with the intention of the legislature. 

After the demise of her only daughter in the Rana Plaza tragedy, 55-year-old Rahima Begum (not her real name) has lost her psychological state and is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Bangladesh holds a strong legal framework on trademark protection under the Trademark Act, 2009. The Act has clear provisions about the use of trademarks, the rights and the consequence of violation of rights, etc. The significances of trademark laws are mostly unknown to the common people. The Trademark Act contains definitions of all the aspects related to trademark such as ‘mark’, ‘registration’ ‘distinctive’ etc., so that no confusion can arise on interpreting the trademark law.

A draft income tax law has been pending enactment for a long time and it has many provisions which need to be evaluated and revised. The major drawback of the existing law is the lack of transparency and excessive prerogative power given to the officials. The draft law has proposed to increase the power of the NBR to deduct, reduce and exempt tax of the assessee. However, the existing law makes the responsibility of the NBR negligible as more than 90% of the tax collected by the government comes from businesses and individuals in the form of deduction at sources.

Since 2020, the Government of Bangladesh has been relocating the Rohingyas to Bhashan Char. The UN and other agencies initially criticised the relocation process.

For dispute resolution through alternative methods, prior to making a claim in courts, Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 (herein after ‘the Act’) has provided for two mechanisms, one is available under section 33 of the Act (a complaint in writing to the employer) and the other is accessible only when it is an industrial dispute and raised by a collective bargaining agent or employer within the meaning of section 2(62) read with section 209 of the Act.

Particularly in light of the global discourse on patent law in relation to the availability of vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for a comprehensive and up-to-date regime on patent law was highlighted by academics and policymakers.

This year we commemorated the 70th anniversary of our language movement, which established the syncretic character as a nation and outstretched the notion of the right to mother language all over the world.

In Bangladesh, bankruptcy is governed by the Bankruptcy Act, 1997. An individual can be declared ‘bankrupt’ through an order of adjudication by the bankruptcy court if he commits an act of bankruptcy as described in section 9 of the said Act.

The government has published the draft National Pension Authority Act, 2022 and proposed a self-contributory pension scheme for citizens within age ranging from 18 to 50 years having National Identity Card (NID) and living in home or abroad.

The Department of Law, North South University organised a webinar on the topic 'From Self Sufficiency to Collective Security: How the Covid Pandemic

The purpose of education is not only to acquire knowledge, rather it is the process which contributes to the overall development of individuals. Creative education systems (hereinafter called as CES) generate critical thoughts among the students, and promote innovativeness.

The Bangladesh Country Session at 3rd UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights was held on 28 March, 2022 under the theme ‘Promoting Responsible Business Practice for Ensuring Sustainable LDC Graduation of Bangladesh’ in a hybrid format.

Fireworks have long been used to celebrate, yet they frequently cause us to forget about the impact of the sparks, flames, fumes on the elderly and sick, children, pets, stray animals, or any living beings. Unexpected and unpredictable blaring noise can cause panic reactions among living beings. Additionally, fireworks contribute to environmental degradation.

The implications of international economic law for transferring environment-friendly technologies and protecting non-economic values have become a major concern in governing economic relations around the world. In the last decades, the international environmental laws have had noteworthy influence on international economic law. It is vitally important that the industrialised countries actively play their role to decrease carbon footprints on the planet.

The UN General Assembly emergency session adopted a resolution against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine on 2 March 2022. It was adopted by 141 votes of total 193 members with 5 negative votes and 35 abstentions of which Bangladesh was one.