BU Holds Seminar on Child Marriage

The Department of Law, Bangladesh University (BU) has organised a seminar on the issue of child marriage on 17 December at its Auditorium.
18 December 2016

Dhaka Declaration on Addressing the Cause of Trafficking in Children

A regional conference on Networking to Combat Child Trafficking was organised by BNWLA on November 20, 2016, on behalf of the “Prevention of Child Trafficking through Strengthening Community and Networking” (PCTSCN), a project implemented by a consortium of ATSEC Members.
18 December 2016

Law quotations

'We envisage building a society that is truly safe, secure and sustainable for our future generation. Our government safeguards the independence and free space enjoyed by our media and civil society as an article of faith.”
12 December 2016

NHRC Act needs to be reevaluated

Law Desk: 'Stand up for someone's rights today' is the slogan of this year's World Human Rights Day. How do you plan to materialise the mandate of this slogan in the context of Bangladesh?
12 December 2016

The UN: Fostering or failing?

Challenges in implementing human rights through the UN mechanisms begin with the need to decide among competing priorities and strategically categorising the best use of its limited resourc
12 December 2016

Doubtful commitment to human rights

Bangladesh is a party to eight out of nine core human rights treaties. They are the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
12 December 2016

How to file a Complaint to the NHRC?

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Bangladesh is empowered to investigate allegations of human rights violation suo moto or on the basis of complaints filed to the Commission under Section 12(a) of The National Human Rights Commission Act, 2009.
11 December 2016

Bot does the job!

Law Desk (LD): Your invention on virtual crime scene technology has garnered incredible attention from all over the world. When you were working, did you expect it to be so overwhelming?
5 December 2016

The unfortunate case of Rid Pharma

A Dhaka court acquitted all five officials of Rid Pharmaceuticals Ltd in a case filed over the manufacture of toxic paracetamol syrup
5 December 2016

A seeming weapon?

Death of patients caused by allegedly negligent treatment by doctors and hospitals has become common for quite some time in Bangladesh. This remains a very sensitive area as the medical profession is highly valued in our society.
5 December 2016

Tuning justice through chords of criminal science

Like all other branches of knowledge, criminal science is an ongoing development through ages. This book written by Sheikh Hafizur Rahman Karzon outlines the fundamental variables of criminal science along with all possible methodological avenues.
2 December 2016

BILIA symposium on divorce and family law issues

Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) organised a symposium on “Revisiting Divorce and other Related Issues on last Saturday at its Dhanmondi auditorium.
2 December 2016

From lawyer to revolutionary

Fidel Castro has died. Few political leaders of modern times have been as iconic or as enduring as the Cuban
28 November 2016

Absence of limited liability partnership

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the concept of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) was in practice in
28 November 2016

The crisis of undocumented Rohingyas

Bangladesh has adopted a 'National Strategy on Myanmar Refugees and Undocumented Myanmar Nationals' in 2013.
28 November 2016

Regulating on-demand transport technology

Within days of Uber launching its operations in Dhaka, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) suspended its
28 November 2016

LAW WEEK

On November 20, The Honourable High Court raised questions as to the legality of Kazi Rezaul Hoque as Chariman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for two terms.
27 November 2016

LAW WEEK

On November 20, The Honourable High Court raised questions as to the legality of Kazi Rezaul Hoque as Chariman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for two terms. As the law of NHRC Act 2007 in section 6(3) states that a person cannot be member of NHRC for more than two terms and the chairman was also previously its member. The court also issued a rule asking Reazul to explain in four weeks under what authority he has been holding the office of NHRC chairman. - The Daily Star online edition November 20 2016.
27 November 2016

Uber vs the traditional world

The news of Uber, the pioneer of ride-sharing business model launching its operation in Dhaka jolted the urban crowds of Bangladesh. Mixed opinions quickly surfaced in the social media platforms, dissecting the problems and prospects of this company in our traffic-packed streets.
25 November 2016

Minority rights

The Constitution of Bangladesh can be identified as a pro-nationalism piece of supreme law which has declared ‘Islam’ as the state religion and ‘Bangla’ as the state language. The issue of state religion was inserted through the 8th Constitutional Amendment, while Bangla has been state language since the adoption of the Constitution in 1972.
22 November 2016