Symposium on constitutional property clause and land reform held at BILIA

Bangladesh inserted a property clause in its 1972 Constitution as one of the fundamental rights for the citizens, which is supposed to serve achieving the purposes of social justice.
23 January 2018

Martin Luther King day celebrated

Every year citizens across the world celebrate the life of the US civil rights movement's best-known spokesman and leader on Martin
22 January 2018

Laws governing us in the outer space

Considering the recently heard-of luxury trips to the moon by business tycoons, and with the earth looking forward to send manned
22 January 2018

Intensive learning on genocide and justice

The Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice (CSGJ), Liberation War Museum (LWM) organised its 4th Winter School on 'Genocide,
22 January 2018

Your Advocate

This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a
22 January 2018

The 8th Distinguished Law Lecture Series held at UAP

On Tuesday, 16 January 2018, the Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific (UAP) organised the 8th UAP Distinguished Law Lecture Series 2018 in its city campus at Green Road.
18 January 2018

Contextualising cyber harassment

Technological advancement in ICT has provided diverse opportunities for empowerment and participation of women in various sectors.
15 January 2018

Criminal breach of trust

Section 405 of the Penal Code, 1860 begins with the phrase 'whoever, being in any manner entrusted with property or with anAy
15 January 2018

‘We better focus on restoring Article 116 to its original form'

Justice M A Matin is a retired Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was appointed as Additional
15 January 2018

Compensation for the crime victims

With the increasing emphasis on human rights and notion of restorative justice, awarding compensation to crime victims is being utilised in furtherance of more effective and compassionate criminal justice in
8 January 2018

Takeout(s) Ltd: Trademark infringement and/or passing off?

The question of whether Takeout Ltd (hereinafter “Takeout”) is associated with Takeout 2.0 Cafe & Restaurant Ltd (hereinafter “Takeout 2.0”) is vehemently answered in the negative.
8 January 2018

POST WAR JUSTICE INITIATIVE

In 2010, the government resumed the post war justice out of a commitment to end the culture of denial and impunity. It was assumed that - many (if not all) of the perpetrators - will be brought to justice.
8 January 2018

NILS-BD organises law career workshop at CU

The Bangladesh Chapter of Network for International Law Students (NILS-BD), a non-profit institution contributing to the legal field of education, has organised the first ever Law Career Workshop in Bangladesh coupled with exclusive internship opportunity, titled 'Career opportunity: Way to thriving legal industry', in association with Department of Law,
6 January 2018

Laws in 2017

2017 has been a rather busy year in the judicial calendar. We have seen decisions generating new ideas, and we have
1 January 2018

Right to food security

A report published in The Daily Star (December 23, 2017) regarding food security situation in Bangladesh revealed
1 January 2018

Noteworthy SC Verdicts of 2017

2017 has been a remarkable year for the higher judiciary of Bangladesh. While legal scholars dissect, analyse and
1 January 2018

'Judicial divorce' as exit

Present Muslim divorce Laws in Bangladesh allow husbands to pronounce divorce unilaterally. The only restriction imposed on this unilateral exercise of power is to serve notice to the wife according to section 7 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance
25 December 2017

Your Advocate

My paternal uncle passed away recently, he and I shared a very close relationship and he always took keen interest in my life and wellbeing.
25 December 2017

Rohingya genocide & the politics of terminologies

Rohingyas are now the world's most persecuted community. World powers and rights advocates however struggle hard in finding an appropriate terminology for the persecution.
25 December 2017

United we stand, divided we fall

Solidarity is identified in the Millennium Declaration as one of the fundamental values of international relations in the 21st Century.
25 December 2017