Law vision / Our Constitution between resurrection and revolution
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Law in Theory / Conceptualising mob justice in post-uprising Bangladesh
18 January 2026, 00:00 AM
'Will the word indigenous be used, or will it be replaced with terms like tribe?'
15 January 2026, 19:43 PM
Law & Our Rights
Year-in Law Review / Key legislative reforms of 2025 in Bangladesh
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Law & Our Rights
Year-in Judgment Review / Notable Supreme Court decisions of 2025
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Law & Our Rights
Year-in law review / Key legislative reforms of 2025 in Bangladesh
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Law & Our Rights
Year-in judgment review / Notable Supreme Court decisions of 2025
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Law & Our Rights
Law Letter / Labour Law (Amendment) Ordinance and Due Diligence
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Law & Our Rights
Law Reform / Law reform and our farmers: Narratives of Bangladesh’s unsung heroes
26 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Law & Our Rights
Child rights / Child custody and the best interests of children
16 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Law & Our Rights
Positivism-induced law-making in Bangladesh
Among various theories applicable for law-making, the ideas of naturalism and positivism are often referred to.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
The delisting, suspension of trading in shares and the regulators
On 18 July 2018, the Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited (DSE), delisted the shares of Rahima Food Corporation and Modern Dyeing Limited.
20 August 2018, 18:00 PM
YHRI-Bangladesh organised workshop on youth empowerment
The Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) Bangladesh Chapter organised a day-long workshop titled “Empowering Youth through Volunteerism, Peace & Human Rights Education” in partnership with the Commonwealth Youth Human Rights & Democracy Network, Center for Human Rights Studies CHRS, and London College of Legal Studies (South).
19 August 2018, 10:55 AM
Workshop on writing legal briefs and oral advocacy held at American Center, Dhaka
The Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) of the United States Department of Justice organised a two-day workshop on ‘Techniques and Skills in Writing Legal Briefs and Oral Advocacy’ from August 13-14, 2018, at the American Center, Dhaka.
19 August 2018, 09:56 AM
Right to emergency medical services
On 8 August 2018, the honourable High Court Division (comprising Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Farid Ahmed) approved a
13 August 2018, 18:00 PM
SC on road accident cases
Although the statistics of road accidents occurring in Bangladesh is alarming, the number of successful cases is frustratingly disappointing.
13 August 2018, 18:00 PM
A panacea for the 'age-old' transport anarchy?
Bangladesh has probably seen for the first time an unprecedented country-wide student protest, started in the last week of July, condemning the unfortunate death of two college students ensuing from the rash driving of two buses in the capital on 29 July.
13 August 2018, 18:00 PM
BLAST holds expert consultation seminar on pre-trial barriers faced by rape victims
On 28 July 2018, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) hosted a seminar titled “Addressing Procedural and Pre-Trial Barriers to Seeking Justice for Rape” in CIRDAP Auditorium
9 August 2018, 15:09 PM
Induction Ceremony for SALF EC held at the Daily Star Center
The induction ceremony for the newly elected Executive Committee of South Asian Lawyers’ Forum (SALF) took place on 4 August 2018 at the Daily Star Center.
9 August 2018, 05:26 AM
Accident insurance payment in US-Bangla plane crash
Only few months back, a seventy-six seat Bombardier plane operated by US-Bangla Airlines crashed in Kathmandu, Nepal with seventy-one passengers on board, including four crew members. Fifty people died and the rest were injured. Of those died, twenty-seven were Bangladeshis (including all four crew members), twenty Nepalese, and one Chinese.
9 August 2018, 02:53 AM
Judicial activism for constitutional torts
On 9 August 2018, the Appellate Division upheld a High Court verdict that ordered Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence to pay Tk 10 lakh each as compensation to the parents of Zihad, a four-year boy who died after falling into a shaft.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Has the Bankruptcy Act, 1997 lived up to its expectation?
In ancient Roman society, bankrupt/insolvent persons were considered as criminals and with sovereign assent they were cut into pieces and threw away in the sea, their wives and children used to be sold as slaves.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM
National Justice Audit launching event held at BICC
On 29 July, at Bangabandhu International Convention Center, National Justice Audit Bangladesh Launching Event took place.
31 July 2018, 08:56 AM
War crimes probe against Israel
On 25 July, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), appointed a three-member legal panel to conduct a war crimes probe into alleged Israeli human rights violation on the Gaza border that began on March 30.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM
ASSESSING TORT CLAIMS: Relevance of Catherine Masud case
Underdeveloped tort law has been a growing concern for the legal system of Bangladesh for many years.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Anti-dumping duties on Jute
Though Bangladesh has many success stories in international trade market, nevertheless huge negative trade balance is still a matter of great concern.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Legal remedies for professional negligence of lawyers
Seeking remedies for professional negligence is a relatively less explored area in Bangladesh.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Medical negligence and duty of care
With the front pages of newspapers increasingly reporting incidents of deaths and injuries arising out of road traffic and workplace accidents, dialogues on the urgent need for a dynamic tort regime have taken centre-stage.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Anti-Generic Learning and Rebellious Lawyering
The Book Launching Ceremony of 'Anti- Generic Learning and Rebellious Lawyering: Reflections on Legal Education in Bangladesh',
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Innocent until proven guilty
Afew days back while reading the book “Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Harari, I stumbled upon an information which seems harmless in plain sight but in fact is quite gargantuan in the consequence it ensues.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM