Need for ADR in RMG sector

Attending a roundtable discussion organised by USAID’s Workers’ Empowerment Programme and Solidity Center (American Center for International Labour Solidarity) on 17 November 2016, experts opined that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms can successfully and efficiently resolve labor disputes by mutual agreement.
21 November 2016

Your Advocate

Thank you for your query. To let you know, prior to 2002 there was no separate legal framework to prevent and control acid offences. In 2002, the Parliament enacted two Acts to combat acid violence.
21 November 2016

Revisit draft citizenship law

Organised by Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), a workshop for the journalists was held in The Daily Star Centre on 19 November 2016 to discuss about the proposed citizenship law which is under consideration of the Bangladesh government to enact very soon.
21 November 2016

Trademark dilution: The blurry arena

Symbols or words are traditionally trademarks when individuals or corporations use them for the purpose of identifying or differentiating their goods or services.
21 November 2016

Forced labour: The law of the jungle!

A disproportionate amount of focus on sex trafficking draws the attention away from the countless male trafficked victims faced forced labour episodes whose we seldom meet as hawkers in the bustling street of a vibrant city selling newspapers or popcorns.
21 November 2016

Appointment of the SC Judges

The process by which judges are appointed in the judiciary is an important factor to safeguard judicial independence.
14 November 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Strict abortion law

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

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

17th Human Rights Summer School

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

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

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

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

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