Bangladesh needs to revisit old investment treaties

During the current pandemic, apart from all Covid-19 related disheartening news from in and outside of the country, Bangladesh has received some good news too.
15 June 2020

Discharge from cases of Anti-Corruption Commission

Sub-section (3) of the section 6 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1958 provides that the provision of Chapter XX of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1898, shall apply to trial of cases under the Act, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act.
14 June 2020

Budget 2020-21: A fiscal law perspective

The proposed budget of 5 lac 68 thousand crore for 2020-21 fiscal year is a robust one. It is now called the budget of ‘economic recovery’ and ‘not of emotion or high ambition’, but the reality of the budgetary scheme is totally different as ‘development’ has been reiterated again even during this difficult time of handling Covid-19 pandemic.
14 June 2020

Unjust power leads to oppression against minority communities

The oppression against minority communities is nothing serious than a pandemic like Covid-19. The exception being that oppression has managed to plague the world for a lot longer.
12 June 2020

Live webinar on ‘Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond’ organized by UNODC

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a live webinar on “Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond” on Thursday, 11 June , 2020.
12 June 2020

E-Judiciary project proposed for reducing time and costs

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed the implementation of an E-Judiciary project to reduce time and costs for litigants in the country.
11 June 2020

Covid-19: Time to introduce virtual ADR

Considering the emergency circumstances that has emerged from COVID-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh judiciary has lately started to conduct
8 June 2020

Children’s right to environmental protection

Right to safe environment is a prerequisite to ensure right to life as it is closely related with the standard of life, health and overall development
8 June 2020

The legal framework on biodiversity conservation

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic reminds us the fact that if we destroy biodiversity, we actually collapse the system that supports human life to exist.
8 June 2020

Farmers’ rights in plant variety protection law of Bangladesh

The legal framework, particularly premised on the intellectual property standards for the protec-tion of new plant varieties triggers formidable challenges for farmers’ rights, traditional farming, farmers’ traditional knowledge.
8 June 2020

Regulating marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction

June 8 has been marked as World Ocean Day by United Nations. This year’s theme ‘Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean’ is indication of proper management and regulation of ocean resources.
8 June 2020

Copyright protection of software and other digital products

In tech industry, producing and marketing software may generate revenue in billion though Bangladesh is yet to accrue such benefit.
4 June 2020

Dhaka Law Review hosts webinar on access to COVID-19 treatment and intellectual property rights

Dhaka Law Review hosted a webinar on May 22, 2020 titled ‘Will Intellectual Property Rights Hinder Access to COVID-19 Treatment?’ The
2 June 2020

To protect rights of the consumers during pandemic

In a country like Bangladesh, we often see businessmen illegally making profits by using various techniques of syndicate during specific
1 June 2020

Covid-19 and State’s obligation to safeguard human rights

With the outbreak of the Covid-19 and the declaration of a global pandemic, nations worldwide have taken unprecedented and unconventional
1 June 2020

Promoting local innovation for public health

With the coronavirus crisis going on, the world is undergoing rapid transformation and multidimensional changes in the discourse of global politics
1 June 2020

UQEEL holds the first-ever lawyers’ virtual entertainment show in Bangladesh

A group of 15 lawyers was amassed to put up the online performance to cheer up and entertain the viewers to overcome the stressful lockdown times during the COVID-19 crisis by showcasing their performances.
31 May 2020

World No Tobacco Day: Can Bangladesh be tobacco-free by 2040?

Bangladesh aims to become a tobacco-free country by 2040. The goal was officially set in 2016 when the head of the Government on the World No Tobacco Day announced that making the country free from tobacco can be pertinent to achieve sustainable development.
29 May 2020

Abortion – offence or a right?

Bangladesh does not recognise ‘abortion’ as a right rather considers the same as an offence under the garb of the term ‘miscarriage’.
29 May 2020

Enforcing One Stop Service Rule 2020 to attract foreign investment

The Covid-19 pandemic is changing the world rapidly. New economic and corporate chemistries are ossifying to supplement the future needs.
27 May 2020