The interim government has recently enacted the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (the ‘Ordinance’) marking a significant step in strengthening Bangladesh’s tobacco control regime. The fresh ordinance redefines ‘tobacco’ and broadens the meaning of ‘tobacco products’ to include e-cigarettes, Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), Heated Tobacco Product (HTP) and similar devices that have rapidly gained popularity, particularly among the younger users.

The recently published verdict of the High Court Division (HCD) on the legality of the polygamy provision in the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 (MFLO) has revived the age-old debate concerning wife’s consent to a subsequent marriage by the husband. The HCD has reaffirmed the existing law, citing section 6 of the MFLO as it is. However, the matter needs to be reframed, scrutinised more humanely, and in its context, women’s marital rights requires re-evaluation.

It was a wrongful release, says senior jail superintendent

Into the fifty-fourth year of the Constitution’s commencement, the mood in Bangladesh is less about celebration and more about its forensic post-mortem.

While mob justice is a worldwide concern, its impact in Bangladesh has severely intensified in the post-uprising period. However, the term ‘mob justice’ cannot be meaningfully analysed without first understanding the concept of ‘justice’ itself.

Bangladesh Indigenous Forum urges political parties to clarify stand on indigenous rights

Bangladesh experienced major changes to its legal framework through ordinances in 2025. In total, the President promulgated 78 ordinances (at the time of writing this piece) across a wide range of areas.

A number of landmark decisions were handed down by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) in 2025. This write-up compiles some of the landmark judgments that have significant constitutional and socio-political impacts.

Bangladesh experienced major changes to its legal framework through ordinances in 2025. In total, the President promulgated 78 ordinances (at the time of writing this piece) across a wide range of areas. Most of them came into being as part of the ongoing reform process. Some of the most notable ones are discussed in this piece.

A number of landmark decisions were handed down by the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) in 2025. This write-up compiles some of the landmark judgments that have significant constitutional and socio-political impacts.

The notion of human rights due diligence (HRDD) is a structured method,  which state and nonstate actors have to apply to identify, prevent, mitigate, and account for adverse human rights impacts arising from their actions. Needless to say, an important aspect of HRDD is labour rights.

In the countryside of Bangladesh, green paddy fields stretch for miles, nurtured by Naya Krishi farmers of Tangail. Defying modern farming, these farmers continue traditional practices by cultivating seeds passed down from their ancestors.

The question of who will get the custody of a child after a divorce or separation is not merely a family concern in Bangladesh, but also a question of justice, welfare, and rights. One of the primary goals of a legal system is to ensure that every decision that concerns custody is taken in the best interest of the child.

During the colonial times, vagrancy laws were widely enacted in many European colonies, including the British Raj. In the erstwhile Bengal, the Raj enacted the Vagrancy Act, 1943 (Bengal Act), which specifically dealt with the issue of begging as an issue of vagrancy. I

Marriage is a promise and a legal relationship that creates rights and obligations between a couple. While months are spent on wedding planning, little consideration is given into planning the legal and financial obligations of the partners.

Education has long been called the backbone of the nation, yet Bangladesh’s Constitution refrains from recognising this basic human right in a way that would be meaningful for the people of the country.

When the United Nations General Assembly, in 2010, affirmed that ‘the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation’ (Resolution 64/292) is a human right, it impliedly recognised water as a fundamental legal entitlement connected to dignity, health, and life.

‘Justice delayed is justice denied’- the aphorism has become a lived reality for many Bangladeshi victims. Our courts are groaning under a mounting backlog: by the end of 2024, roughly 4.5 million cases were pending across the judiciary, with well over 3.8 million cases in the lower courts alone.

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has recently delivered the first verdict concerning the crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising. 

A case was recently filed under the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 after a manipulated image of a female faculty member of the University of Dhaka had been posted on the internet with derogatory captions and remarks.