The global concern during the current pandemic is human rights and their implementation. In this backdrop, the Lawyers and Jurists Foundation organised Digital Dialogue-9 on 11 September, 2020 about access to justice as human rights during pandemic.

Strategy of Environmental Development Foundation (SED Foundation), a non-profit organisation based in Dhaka, Bangladesh organised a webinar on the importance of rivers for the ecology and economy of Bangladesh and the role of National River Conservation Commission.

A Dhaka court today sentenced three policemen -- including former sub-inspector of Pallabi Police Station Jahidur Rahman -- to life imprisonment and two other accused to seven years' jail in the case filed over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny in 2014.

Dr. Sabrina Chowdhury, the chairman of JKG Health Care, has recently been alleged by the Election Commission (EC) for having made two national identity (NID) cards back in 2016 through forgery.

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are active in some of the most dynamic sectors of national economies with the capacity to assert a positive influence in fostering development.

The notion of access to internet as a fundamental human right has been growing exponentially.

Professor M. Shah Alam, founding Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Chittagong, and former Chairman (Acting) of the Law Commission of Bangladesh died on 31st August 2020.

In general, the sources of law are initially either ‘formal source of law’ or ‘material source of law’, one from which a rule of law originates and derives its validity, force and authority and the other from which the same (law) derives the subject matter or content, respectively.

On 31 August 2020, Bangladesh lost its one of the best legal minds and leading international law scholars, Professor Dr M Shah Alam.

The United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements resulting from Mediation, also known as the “Singapore Convention on Mediation”,which was adopted on 20 December 2018, applies to international settlement agreements resulting from mediation.

The advantages to be a worker under the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 (as amended up to 2018) is that it allows one to be guided by the provisions of the Act, e.g., conditions of employment and services, right to form and join a trade union, access to labour courts etc.

Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) organised a virtual moot court competition on 20-23 August 2020, addressing the issue of constitutional law, dedicated after the name of none else than Prof Shah Alam, one of our greatest law teachers, a constitutionalist,

On 26 August, 2020, a virtual press conference was organised by the National River Alliance on the implementation of the Supreme Court order of 2019 to protect all rivers. The welcoming remarks were delivered by Sharif Jamil, General Secretary, BAPA.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) in collaboration with the Department of law and Department of Criminology of Dhaka University

A moot court competition simulates a court hearing in which the participants get the opportunity to analyse a made-up problem, research the relevant statutes and case laws, prepare written submissions, and present oral submissions before a panel of judges.

The whole world is currently in a war against the novel coronavirus, a potential threat to a stable and growing economy.

Bangladesh, along with rest of the world, has been facing unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Section 27(1) of the Nari O Shishu Nirjatan Daman Ain, 2000 and some other criminal laws require ‘affidavit’ to be filed with the complaint petition.

Copyright law protects the interests of creators by giving them property rights over their creations against those who copy, reproduce or otherwise take or use the form in which the original work was expressed.

Upon the murder of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation, on August 15, 1975, the office of the President of Bangladesh was seized and eventually, the government powers were assumed by the usurpers.