Redefining rape: A medico-legal call for justice

Rape is one of the most heinous crimes that can happen in a society. In ensuring justice for rape victims, an unbroken chain of medical evidence plays a significant role.
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Death penalty for rape: The severity of punishment has nothing to do with impunity

Law Desk (LD): What would be your general observations on the increasing number of rape and its relation with the culture of impunity?
12 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Illegal fishing and laws of Bangladesh

Fishing is one of the major livelihoods of the coastal populace of Bangladesh. To garner potentials of blue economy prospects, it is critical for Bangladesh to spearhead the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Addressing the issue of resignation and disciplinary Procedures

I have been working in an organisation as a senior executive. I have formally resigned from my employment after 4 years of my service and my resignation got accepted by the organisation on the next day.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Reducing air pollution to improve air quality

Air pollution is the single greatest environmental risk to human health and one of the main avoidable causes of death and disease globally, with some estimated 6.5 million premature deaths (2016) across the world attributed to indoor and outdoor air pollution.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Challenges of ensuring justice for rape victims

Currently in Bangladesh, rape, as one of the most pervasive and gruesome violations of human rights, is alarmingly on the rise. Despite the existence of specific social and judicial framework for addressing the crime, in most cases the perpetrators get away with sexual pillage.
5 October 2020, 18:00 PM

6th NILS Mooting School held online

With a view to increasing and nourishing the mooting capacity of law students, the Bangladesh chapter of Network for International Law Students commenced a one-month long mooting course which ended through a grand online closing ceremony on 26 September 2020.
30 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Some thoughts on the draft Parking Policy

It is now quite well-accepted that the demand for vehicle parking in Dhaka City exceeds the existing capacity. Common sense suggests that the solution is to increase the supply, and the government’s new draft parking policy seeks to do so.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Contradiction in Law and Rule facilitates illegal sale of wood

The degradation of forest resources in Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) started since British rule due to settlement of plain land people there and nationalisation of CHT forests to protect the same from overexploitation by indigenous people.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Saving lives and building trust through access to information

Universal access to information means that everyone has the right to seek, receive and impart information. This right is an integral part of the right to freedom of expression.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Jonny’s custodial death case: Lessons learned from the verdict

On September 9, the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court passed the first-ever verdict under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, 2013 for the custodial death of one Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny.
28 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Recognition of One Person Company in Bangladesh

The COVID-19 pandemic has created both challenges and opportunities for Bangladesh in terms of commerce and investments.
21 September 2020, 18:00 PM

The procedure of changing trademarks

I am the owner of a private limited company and I have applied and being granted trademark registration for the logo of my business in the year 2015. However, recently, due to changes in the product types, lines and the overall strategy of the business,
21 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Achieving equal pay is an important milestone for human rights

International Equal Pay Day, celebrated for the first time this year last September 18, is a manifestation of the longstanding efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value.
21 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Rethinking the use of paper in the judiciary

Size does matter when it comes to paper, particularly in legal works and court proceedings.
21 September 2020, 18:00 PM

EWU organises webinar on Geographical Indications

On 16th September, 2020, Department of Law, East West University organised a webinar titled "Prospects and Challenges of Geographical Indications in Ensuring Local and Community Developments'.
18 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Proposed Bangladesh Land Act 2020: what legal experts say

The proposed land law is an ambitious attempt to codify and bring together in a single place the general body of the land related laws.
14 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Access to justice as a human right during pandemic

The global concern during the current pandemic is human rights and their implementation. In this backdrop, the Lawyers and Jurists Foundation organised Digital Dialogue-9 on 11 September, 2020 about access to justice as human rights during pandemic.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Webinar on conservation of river and the role of NRCC

Strategy of Environmental Development Foundation (SED Foundation), a non-profit organisation based in Dhaka, Bangladesh organised a webinar on the importance of rivers for the ecology and economy of Bangladesh and the role of National River Conservation Commission.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Custodial death: Eminent lawyers, rights activists react to landmark verdict

A Dhaka court today sentenced three policemen -- including former sub-inspector of Pallabi Police Station Jahidur Rahman -- to life imprisonment and two other accused to seven years' jail in the case filed over the custodial death of Ishtiaque Hossain Jonny in 2014.
9 September 2020, 12:11 PM

Feb 12 polls: EC publishes party-wise popular vote counts

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10 killed, 476 injured in post-election violence: Odhikar

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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