Star Special / Rohingyas coming in through hidden hill routes
They quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban; local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints, find work
Law Vision / The danger of using AI in legal submissions
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
In Bangladesh as well as in other common law jurisdictions, court decisions are heavily dependent on the pleadings, briefs, arguments, etc.
Law Views / Constitutional environmental rights in South Asia
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
The concept of constitutionalising environmental rights refers to the embedding of the protection of environment into the country’s constitution.
Law Opinion / Cyber-attacks and a state’s right to self-defence
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Imagine a hostile cyber operation that disables Bangladesh’s cyber infrastructure, kills the electricity grids, takes digital payment gateways offline, paralyses critical healthcare facilities and shuts down communications across the country.
How negligence and lack of law enforcement led to Sitakunda tragedy
18 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Opinion / The sleeping giant
8 July 2026
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Law views / Refusal of entry visa in a global sporting event and international law
2 July 2026
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Law Vision / The need to protect our data
2 July 2026
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Gender and Law / Recognising women’s right to a safe workplace
2 July 2026
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Law Letter / Tax law, zakat, and public welfare
10 June 2026
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Law Opinion / The need for coordinated investment governance framework in Bangladesh
10 June 2026
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Law Reform / Committal magistracy as solution to protracted trials?
10 June 2026
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A roadmap to amending the National Human Rights Commission Act 2009
16 May 2026
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How haor women found self-reliance through duck farming
In the midst of the haor region in Netrokona’s Madan upazila, Kuturikona -- a small village -- is gradually transforming into a hub of duck farming, bringing self-reliance to its residents, especially the women.
On mental health rights protection in Bangladesh
The statistics on mental health situation is alarmingly critical in Bangladesh. According to the WHO’s Special Initiative Country Report, 18.7% of adults and 12.6% of children in the country are at risk of mental illness, while approximately 92.3% of adults with mental disorders do not receive necessary treatment.
22 April 2026
The writ on banning “Mangal Shobhajatra”
Recently, a writ petition with the High Court Division of the Supreme Court has been filed seeking a permanent ban on “Mangal Shobhajatra” held on Pahela Baishakh.
22 April 2026
Reimagining legal aid in Bangladesh
Legal access to justice continues to be a problem for many, especially for the marginalised, underprivileged, and those who suffer social exclusion.
22 April 2026
Pahela Baishakh Alpona: When Dhaka turns into a canvas
Now that the hullabaloo of Pahela Baishakh is over, the festival colours have yet to fade.
20 April 2026
Can wind power emerge as a pillar in the energy mix?
From early pilot schemes in Feni and Kutubdia to Sirajganj initiatives, Bangladesh’s wind power is maturing
18 April 2026
Bed Tea: A quiet ritual across time
In 1930s colonial Dhaka, bed tea was the first act of waking life.
18 April 2026
‘Ostad, bamey plastic, daine tesla’: Decoding Dhaka’s bus talk
You must be reading the heading and thinking -- since when did Bangladesh quietly enter the Tesla-importing business, and more importantly, what does any of that have to do with Dhaka traffic?
15 April 2026
Shakyamuni’s Biju Mela brings the hills to Dhaka
Biju, Boisu, Sangrai, Bihu, Shangkran, and Bishu are different versions of a festival celebrating the New Year and the arrival of spring in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Each indigenous community has its own name for it in their dialect, and together they are often grouped under the umbrella term Boisabi.
13 April 2026
Aam tel and the Bengali palate
My first encounter with the word “aam tel’” wasn’t in my own kitchen, but through the West Bengal series “Indubala’s Bhaater Hotel”.
11 April 2026
Is WTO losing its way?
As major powers increasingly bypass multilateral rules, the WTO’s future hinges on whether political will can keep pace with geopolitical change
11 April 2026
Regulating “visual pollution”
Visual Pollution is an emerging environmental problem of modern urbanisation.
10 April 2026
Our animal protection laws
In a couple of recent decisions, our courts have taken a strict stance for animal protection.
10 April 2026
Iran crisis and the nuances of enforcing force majeure clause
Following the United States-Israel war on Iran which started on 28 February 2026, one legal term has made headlines on several financial newspapers: ‘force majeure’.
10 April 2026
Aquarium Park: Where the city meets the wild
At the centre of the capital, a new kind of park is quietly emerging. Nestled in Agargaon, adjacent to the Bangladesh Air Force Museum and the Agargaon Metro Station gate, it features a glass tunnel aquarium, a bird aviary, a koi pond, and a waterfall.
8 April 2026
Punashcha Dhaka: Revisiting the city’s social and cultural past
Dhaka has always been a city that returns to itself. Every alley, riverbank, and ruin seems to hold another story waiting to be rediscovered.
6 April 2026
Next 180 days will be challenging for the newly elected government
A roundtable titled “Looking into Bangladesh’s Development: Priorities for the Newly Elected Government in the Short to Medium Term” was held on March 4, 2026, at the BRAC Center, Dhaka.
5 April 2026
Sunflowers and beyond Witnessing CROSSROAD
By sheer stroke of chance, I stepped into the exhibition space of Galleri Kaya in Uttara and managed to take a quick look at the group art exhibition titled “CROSSROAD … not a project”.
4 April 2026
Out of the tea gardens
Bangladesh’s tea estate workers remain among the country’s most deprived, but new generations are breaking those barriers
4 April 2026
You want an empty Dhaka, but can it survive without people?
“Go back to where you came from, leave us alone,” I bet that line made you angry. It’s one of those lines you hear from certain elitists across the world, and, ironically, even in Dhaka.
1 April 2026
On Competition Law and price-fixing
Outside the commonly understood media connotation of the term, a ‘cartel’ in economics refers to market participants that conspire together to establish market dominance, often by creating a monopoly or oligopoly.
1 April 2026