Star analysis / Where rape happens: Inside homes, among familiar faces
Most rape incidents in Bangladesh do not happen in dark alleys or isolated streets. They occur in places people trust the most -- inside homes.
Law Letter / Tax law, zakat, and public welfare
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Under Bangladesh’s taxation law, payment of zakat only operates as a deduction to taxable income instead of reducing the tax liability.
Law Opinion / The need for coordinated investment governance framework in Bangladesh
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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Bangladesh has long sought to attract higher levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) to support industrialisation, export diversification, and economic transformation.
Centre For Advanced Legal Studies (CALS) publishes research report on ‘Legal Representation in Death Penalty Cases in Bangladesh’
18 June 2026, 01:30 AM
Law & Our Rights
The Centre for Advanced Legal Studies (CALS), Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka, in association with the Death Penalty Project (DPP), launched a research report titled ‘Legal Representation in Death Penalty Cases in Bangladesh: An Empirical and Conceptual Analysis’ on 10 June 2026 at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka.
Law Reform / Committal magistracy as solution to protracted trials?
10 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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A roadmap to amending the National Human Rights Commission Act 2009
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Youth network launched to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling
4 May 2026, 21:52 PM
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Law Review / Reimagining legal aid in Bangladesh
22 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Court Corridor / The writ on banning “Mangal Shobhajatra”
22 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Law Letter / On mental health rights protection in Bangladesh
22 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Law and War / Iran crisis and the nuances of enforcing force majeure clause
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Law Review / Our animal protection laws
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Law Letter / Regulating “visual pollution”
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Law Review / A review of the Commercial Court Ordinance 2026
1 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Panam city where history still whispers
On the way to Sonargaon in Narayanganj, time seems to move backwards.
73 years on, New Market still a shoppers’ haven. Here’s why
Affordability, trust, and tradition bind generations of customers to New Market
3 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Parking wealth under the Dubai sun
The city’s booming real estate has also been used by Bangladeshis as an offshore haven to park wealth for a big reason
6 January 2025, 18:51 PM
From the archives: Aug 21 Attack on Hasina — a Hawa Bhaban plot
It was a long, dark plot. A chilling conspiracy was getting final touches in an eerie August of 2004, a month that brings to mind the memories of a past bloodbath. The plot for a high-profile assassination was awaiting approval, again.
16 August 2022, 14:51 PM
It was Hawa Bhaban plot
The Daily Star investigation reveals some characters behind the chilling conspiracy to kill Hasina; Babar 'supplied' grenades; Huji used as mercenary group
26 October 2009, 17:00 PM