IUB holds seminar on global legal governance
18 March 2026, 00:44 AM
Law & Our Rights
Your Advocate / Kazi’s jurisdiction and the validity of marriage
18 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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Law Opinion / The Reciprocal Trade Agreement with the US: Legal Grounds for Bangladesh to Withdraw
18 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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Law Letter / On the right to emergency healthcare
18 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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Gender and Law / Threats of tech-facilitated gender-based violence
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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Rights and Recognition / Recognise women’s labour that run the economy
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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Law Opinion / In defence of a criminal defence lawyer
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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Legal Philosophy / Why the State doesn’t define good and evil
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM
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Law Opinion / Navigating questions revolving the July Charter and constitutional reforms
25 February 2026, 00:00 AM
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Rights Watch / The chain of oppression of our tea-workers
25 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
IUB holds seminar on global legal governance
On 9 March 2026, the School of Law, IUB hosted an academic seminar titled Global Legal Governance from Asian Perspectives, bringing together legal theorists and scholars from Bangladesh, Japan and the UK to examine the deepening crisis of rules-based international law governance and the role of Global South.
18 March 2026, 00:44 AM
On the right to emergency healthcare
A comparative constitutional analysis shows a growing trend of recognising ‘Emergency Healthcare Service’ as a fundamental right.
18 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Kazi’s jurisdiction and the validity of marriage
Dear Mr Fayaz, thank you for your query. Before diving deep into the matter, a little bit of context is important.
18 March 2026, 00:00 AM
The Reciprocal Trade Agreement with the US: Legal Grounds for Bangladesh to Withdraw
The Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between the US and Bangladesh concluded on 9 February 2026 has become a cause of concern in Bangladesh.
18 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Threats of tech-facilitated gender-based violence
Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) is a new form of, often cross-border, gender-based violence.
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Recognise women’s labour that run the economy
Women across the world begin their labour way before the formal workday starts, performing countless tasks that sustain both national economies and private households.
11 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Why the State doesn’t define good and evil
By the time you finish reading this introduction, a law will have been passed somewhere in the world that is technically legal but fundamentally unjust. For instance, if a bill mandating the execution of anyone who spits in a public space were to pass through the Bangladeshi Parliament, it would legally constitute a law, but it would be universally condemned as morally vicious. This leads us to understand interactions between law and morality.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM
In defence of a criminal defence lawyer
In recent times, we have seen an alarming phenomenon in our country: criminal defence lawyers in sensational cases are often painted as villains by many.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM
The chain of oppression of our tea-workers
Despite being part of a BDT 3500 crore industry, tea workers in Bangladesh face unsustainable wages, horrendous living conditions, and structural marginalisation.
25 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Navigating questions revolving the July Charter and constitutional reforms
In Bangladesh’s constitutional history, the ‘July Charter’ and the issuance of the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Order’) are not mere administrative measures.
25 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Staying criminal proceedings due to pending civil suits
Stay of criminal proceedings refers to the issue of not proceeding with a criminal case until a formal judicial order reopens it because the matter is sub-judice or pending in another court. The concept comes into play especially when there is a pending civil litigation on the same subject-matter because it entails a potential risk of contradictory judicial decisions.
24 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Rethinking the child labour laws in Bangladesh
Child labour in Bangladesh is typically associated with factories and hazardous industries.
24 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Closing ceremony of the 2nd Bangladesh Qualifying Round of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition 2025-26 at Independent University, Bangladesh
The closing ceremony of the 2nd Bangladesh Qualifying Round of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition 2025-26 was held on 7 February 2026 at IUB.
18 February 2026, 20:04 PM
Int’l day for the prevention of violent extremism
Violent extremism undermines peace and security, human rights and sustainable development.
13 February 2026, 00:00 AM
The peril of domestic workers in Bangladesh
A shocking news story took Bangladesh by storm in October 2024 when thirteen-year-old Kolpana was rescued from her employer’s house.
13 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Mandatory Pre-litigation Mediation in Civil Disputes
As an emerging and prevalent trend, mandatory pre-litigation mediation has been introduced in many parts of the world including the USA, Italy, Australia, Germany, France and Norway.
13 February 2026, 00:00 AM
Rohingya refugee crisis and global failure of justice
Years after the mass exodus of Rohingya people from Myanmar, the crisis stands as one of the clearest examples of the global failure of justice.
5 February 2026, 09:04 AM
Recognising a judicially enforceable right to environment
The issue of climate justice in Bangladesh has long been relegated to the footnotes of constitutional discourse.
5 February 2026, 08:55 AM
Digital surveillance and the right to privacy
The unprecedented growth of digital innovations within the twenty-first century has significantly shaped the way governance, communication, and daily living are conducted.
5 February 2026, 08:53 AM
Reforming land registration in Bangladesh
The promulgation of the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 2026 marks a significant step towards modernising the land and property registration system of Bangladesh.
30 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Feb 12 polls: EC publishes party-wise popular vote counts
5 March 2026, 22:02 PM
National Election 2026
10 killed, 476 injured in post-election violence: Odhikar
5 March 2026, 14:12 PM
National Election 2026
EC publishes election results of all polling centres
4 March 2026, 17:54 PM
National Election 2026
EC revises referendum vote count, turnout slightly adjusted
26 February 2026, 19:58 PM
National Election 2026