The International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973 was enacted to provide for the detention, prosecution and

Few days ago, I came across this video in Facebook where a middle-aged man hits his wife repeatedly on a train.

We often articulate that technology has made the world smaller, but the social media has made the globe even smaller.

From a legal point of view, the Independence Day of Bangladesh has a connection with the Proclamation of Independence of 1971...

Rapid modernisation and industrialisation have made the world dependent on new and modern technologies. The economic transactions have become paperless and documentations are now preferred to be digitised.

A consumer is a person who either purchases or agrees to purchase products or services by payment of price.

According to section 2(3) of the Consumer Rights Protection Act 2009, the following persons can file a complaint to the Directorate of

The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees are two major international instruments under international refugee law.

Permanent People's Tribunal (hereinafter “PPT”) has been working since June 24, 1979. Since its establishment, the PPT has held 42

There are better alternatives than Article 7B in order to safeguard the Constitution from unconstitutional intrusions. Instead of

The first constitution of Bangladesh, drafted in 1972, gave the Parliament the power to impeach the judges of the Supreme Court (SC).

Commonwealth Youth Human Rights and Democracy Network (CYHRDN), Commonwealth Secretariat, organised a day long workshop on “Empowering Youth through Human Rights Education” in partnership with Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI).

When I was asked to write on the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day I was excited and also quite frankly, stumped! While I pondered on the theme of #BeBoldForChange personas like Jahanara Imam, Sufia Kamal, Maya Angelou, Sandra Day O’Connor, and Mother Teresa came to mind.

Violence against women is strongly condemned in almost all national constitutions and international laws. Violence against women has

Section 155(4) of the Evidence Act, 1872 allows evidence of the victim's immoral character to be offered by the defence. The rationale

Khandaker Farzana Rahman is a Lecturer at the Department of Criminology, University of Dhaka. Her research interest includes

In continuance of the initiative taken by Think Legal Bangladesh Lecture Series, the 7th lecture was delivered by Hon’ble Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif, Judge of the High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 25th February 2017 at the EMK Center, Dhanmondi.

I work in a private Bank in Dhaka. Reguarly I notice that the footpath adjacent to my office is occupied by hawkers, tea stalls, iron workshops and garages.

ON 20 February 2017, the cabinet gave a go-ahead to the proposed Animal Welfare Bill. Apparently this nod of approval seems to be pro-bono; however, from a less legally critical perspective, it really is.

Enacted in 2013, the Maintenance of the Parents Act has already considered to be one of the contemporary and progressive laws in Bangladesh. The law is very precise having only nine sections and comprises legal provisions for maintaining parents.