International law and WTO legal order

The particular uniqueness of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) makes it rational to consider that the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a particular system has escaped itself from the range of Public International Law (PIL)...
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Judicial independence to guarantee justice

Judges of our highest Court must be chosen through a process on the basis of meritocracy having ethical and moral competence fortified with courage and conviction to uphold the constitutional values and having ability to dispense justice without fear or favour.
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM

Constitutional governance ensures the growth of democracy

Barrister M. Amir-Ul Islam, Senior Advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, was one of the members in the Drafting Committee of the Constitution of Bangladesh in 1972. He was also the drafter of the Proclamation of Independence in 1971.
7 November 2016, 18:00 PM

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
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM

IHL moot held at Dhaka

In order to nurture and facilitate the journey of young legal minds into the complex realm of international humanitarian law, a National
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM

BANGABANDHU on the Constitution

It was 12 October 1972. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman took the floor to talk about the [draft] Constitution for newly
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Let's end impunity, protect journalists

THE UN General Assembly proclaimed 2 November as the 'International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists' (IDEI) in
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Strict abortion law

“These restrictions harm women's health and place an unconstitutional obstacle in the path of a woman's
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM

TIME LIMIT FOR SETTLING SUITS

Section 37(1) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 (also known as Money Loan Court Act, 2003) provides that subject to
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM

17th Human Rights Summer School

Organised by Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP), the 17th Human Rights Summer School
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Code of marketing of the breast-milk substitutes

Marketing of breast milk substitutes, infant foods and commercially manufactured foods are regulated by
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Unfolding sports law

In 2003, the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 58/5 acknowledged sport as a way to encourage learning, fitness progress and peace.
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Women under threat

Khadiza Begum Nargis, a second year student of Sylhet Government Women's College, was stabbed gruesomely by Badrul Islam, whose studentship was cancelled from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) upon committing such an act that leads to grievous physical injury to the girl.
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Online abuse

In this technology-mediated world, it is our children who are being mostly attached to all the distractions the social media has to offer.
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM

ENSURING RIGHTS OF the women with disability

The rights of women with disabilities (WWD) are one of most ignored issues in Bangladesh. Women with disabilities are deprived of
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Your Advocate

I have been in the financial sector for a long time. As a banker, am I eligible for Workers Profit Participatory Fund
3 October 2016, 18:00 PM

The unruly horse

Acorollary to the rise in international trade and globalisation of commerce is an increase in cross border trade
3 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Legal issues in caring for elderly people

Each year, on October 01, we observe “the International Day for Older Persons” through rallies and meetings and
3 October 2016, 18:00 PM

To tackle refugee upheaval in Europe

The report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) discloses that 65.3 million people including
3 October 2016, 18:00 PM

To foster the status of ESC rights

According to the World Bank, Bangladesh has recently achieved a momentous hallmark of shifting its image of 'lower income
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM