One Moti Matbor and the Probation Ordinance

On November 8, 2020, in a landmark verdict, the High Court Division upheld five years’ imprisonment of a convict,
16 November 2020

Global Innovation Index 2020 and Bangladesh

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has released Global Innovation Index (GII) on September 2, 2020 in which Bangladesh ranks 116th on overall innovation indicators among 131 economies.
16 November 2020

Celebrating the bi-lingual translation of the HCD verdict on rivers

On Wednesday, 11 November 2020, the bi-lingual English-Bangla translation of the 2019 landmark HCD judgment recognising rivers as legal personalities was launched.
16 November 2020

Absence of the office of ombudsman: 48 years and counting

Ombudsman is a nonpartisan independent official outside the bureaucracy, who is vested with the power to detect administrative lapses and faults, investigate, recommend corrective measures, issue reports, among others.
9 November 2020

Right to access information

All individuals as citizens of any country have the right to seek and receive information held by government (except those concerning national security) and private authorities with a view to ensuring transparency.
9 November 2020

Marital rape and the law

Recently, a child bride’s death in Bangladesh has stirred the whole country and brought the issue of marital rape or marital sexual abuse to the forefront.
9 November 2020

A quest for understanding constitutionalism

Constitution is supposed to stand against the uncertainty in the political life in the state of nature, and it contradicts the ‘hereditary’ or ‘might is right’ order of monarchy, it denies – benevolent or not so – dictatorship or military takeover.
9 November 2020

On the claims of ‘rape’ upon promises of marriage

Section 375 of Penal Code 1860 starts with an expression (‘a man is said to commit rape … with women’) implying that rape can only be performed by a ‘man’ on a ‘woman’.
7 November 2020

NILS Bangladesh organises 'Constitution Day Dialogue'

To celebrate this year's Constitution Day, the Network for the International Law Students (NILS) Bangladesh organised the ‘Constitution Day Dialogue on Bangladesh Constitution and Human Rights: How they interface’. The Dialogue was held at 7.30 P.M on 4th November 2020 through Facebook Live.
6 November 2020

Regulating the social media influencers

Any change in the the society demands a change in the law; by the same token, the advancement in influencer marketing also demands an imposition of regulations and laws.
4 November 2020

Dissolution of Christian marriages

I am a 30-year-old Christian woman and a citizen of Bangladesh. I have been married for the past 4 (four) years and have no children out of the wedlock.
2 November 2020

Appropriate legal mechanism to protect trade secrets required

Trade secrets are a part of a company’s Intellectual Property (IP). The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) is the first multilateral agreement on trade secrets that requires trade secrets known as undisclosed information to be protected from unfair practices.
2 November 2020

Imposition of arbitrary dress code is violation of the constitution

The Institute of Public Health, a national institute under the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, issued a notice signed by its Director on October 29.
2 November 2020

How related is Parliament to the Public?

Parliament claims to be the most representative branch of a state and marks itself as a safety valve against democratic failure and authoritarian take over.
2 November 2020

EWU and NCSC jointly organise a learning session on legal aid

Increasing Access to Justice in Bangladesh Program of National Center for State Courts (NCSC) and Department of Law, East West University (EWU) jointly organised a learning session titled “Understanding of Legal Aid Services Act, 2000: Representation Needs of Indigent People” on October 31, 2020 to generate awareness and knowledge among the law students about legal aid services. The session was supported by U.S. Department of State.
1 November 2020

November 2, international day to end impunity for crimes against journalists

In the past fourteen years (2006-2019), close to 1,200 journalists have been killed for reporting news and bringing information to the public.
1 November 2020

Imposition of dress code violates constitutional rights

The Institute of Public Health, a national institute under the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, issued a notice signed by its Director on October 29.
29 October 2020

Proposed Bangladesh Land Act and land rights of the indigenous people

The proposed ‘Bangladesh Land Act 2020’ has stirred a good many quarters of thinkers. However, what has not come to much focus is the issue of land rights of the indigenous people.
26 October 2020

Will death penalty end the epidemic of rape?

In the context of increasing numbers of rape, on many occasions, the so-called ‘cross-fire’ and death penalty tend to come up as two apparently viable options for addressing the offence of rape.However, a demand for both of the above, masks the real problem underlying the crisis and have their own shares of problems.
26 October 2020

Reflecting on the legacy of Barrister Rafique-ul Huq

Barrister Rafique-ul Huq, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, breathed his last on October 24 leaving behind an ineffaceable legacy in the legal arena of Bangladesh. There is hardly any single areas of law that was not enriched by the unparalleled acumen of his scholarly legal mind.
26 October 2020