Your Advocate

This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a renowned law firm, namely, ‘Legal Counsel’, which has expertise mainly in commercial law, corporate law, family law,
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Protecting the workers of informal sector

International Labor Organization has demonstrated in its recent report that there are 2 billion workers across the world working in the
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Parliamentary Reform: Making Sense of Our Successes and Failures

The Parliament of Bangladesh has been subject to a lot of historical, institutional and doctrinal analysis over the years.Authors
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Book launching ceremony held at BILIA

Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) organised the launching of “Case Management in Reducing Case Backlog:
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Legal framework for workplace safety

Workplace health and safety conditions in Bangladesh has seen steady improvements since the disastrous Rana Plaza incident which
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM

World Book and Copyright Day 2019

April 23 marks the anniversary of the birth or death of a range of well-known writers, including Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Maurice
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM

ELCOP's first signature lecture held in DU

Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP), established in 1999, is a voluntary, non-profitable, non-political, non-
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Legal mechanism to control air pollution

Over the past two years, Dhaka has been among the top five cities of the world in terms of pollution. According to the Environmental
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM

THE ONGOING ROHINGYA CRISIS

Since August 2017, the ongoing Rohingya humanitarian crisis and the associated international crimes against the ethnic Rohingyas
22 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The effectiveness of environment courts

The Environment Court Act 2010 was passed with a view to ensuring the expedited disposal of environmental cases.To that end,
15 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Your Advocate

I am Rubaba Khatun, HR of a Multinational Company of Dhaka. I am writing regarding one of the deceased employees of our company.
15 April 2019, 18:00 PM

SPIYCE human rights fact-finding training

Empowerment through law of the Common People (ELCOP), a human rights NGO in Dhaka, organised the Human Rights Fact-Finding
15 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The aftermath of Assange's arrest

The WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested on April 11, 2019 from the embassy of Ecuador in London where he had been
15 April 2019, 18:00 PM

SCLS organises Model Law Commission

Country's maiden Model Law Commission titled “Principal M. Wazhiullah Model Law Commission and Legislative Process Simulation 2019” has been held on 5th of April at Collegiate School and College.
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM

The admissibility of Saif Gaddafi case in ICC

On 5 April 2019, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC), by majority, rejected the admissibility challenge presented by the Defence of Mr. Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi.
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Against the archaic definition of “rape”

The existing Penal Code of 1860 that was promulgated during the British colonial era is mostly unchanged and archaic ever after 159 years of its adoption.
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Giving the parliament its due

The vibe that the Westminster type parliaments are declining was first aired by Lord Bryce in 1921.
8 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Enforcing fire safety requirements

Over the past few months, Bangladesh has been passing an anxious situation. Banani FR Tower and Gulshan DNCC Market fire
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Outside the scope of labour law

Section 2 of Bangladesh's Labour Act 2006 identifies certain institutions that would not fall within the purview of this law. The list
1 April 2019, 18:00 PM

Model Law Commission to be organised by SCLS

Society for Critical Legal Studies (SCLS), a study circle based on Faculty of Law, University of Chittagong is going to host country's
1 April 2019, 18:00 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

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EC revises referendum vote count, turnout slightly adjusted

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