On 2 November, 2018, Department of Law, Cox's Bazar International University organised a national Moot Court competition in collaboration with The Network for International Law Students (NILS) Bangladesh on Public International Law.

Ignorance of law is no excuse' and in a country like Bangladesh, knowing and learning about all the laws is a task of such a gigantic nature which we cannot expect of everyone, considering the inherent complexities involved in getting formal legal education and also the intricacies of legal jargons and language in particular which is not comprehensible to everyone.

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The Supreme Court of India on Friday November 3, declined to assess the constitutionality of an ordinance, promulgated on September 19, making the declaration of instantaneous triple talaq by a Muslim husband of his wife an offence.

Reported llast year, in Bangladesh Bar Council and Ors v A.K.M. Fazlul Kamir and Ors [14 ADC (2017) 271], Chief Justice Sinha

Bangladesh emerged as an independent country on 26 March 1971 when the nation declared its breaking out of Pakistan's colonial rule. It all began with the Declaration of Independence by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the 'undisputed leader' of the people.

Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) organised its internationally recognised and much acclaimed annual event – the 19th Human Rights Summer School (HRSS) from October 13-23, 2018, at Proshika, HRDC, Koitta, Manikganj.

The Committee to Prevent Sexual Harassment of Daffodil International University (DIU) and the Bangladesh Mahila Parisad (BMP) in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden, jointly hosted the seminar and exchange meeting on ‘implementing the directives of the high court division regarding prevention of sexual harassment’ at the 71 Milonayoton of DIU on October 25, 2018. Professor Yousuf Mahbubul Islam, Vice Chancellor, DIU was present as the Chief Guest while Ms. Ayesha Khanam, President, Central Committee, BMP attended the event as the Guest of Honor. Professor Dr. Farhana Helal Mehtab, Chair, Committee to Prevent Sexual Harassment, DIU presided over the seminar.

On 22 October 2018, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) hosted a seminar titled ‘Ensuring Witness Protection in Rape Trials’ at the BILIA Auditorium, Dhaka.

A three-day writing workshop for the South Asian early career researchers was held at Independent University,

A case takes decades to resolve in our judicial setting. Accustomed to that idea, people have become reluctant to take matters to the court nowadays.

On 4 October 2018, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S.K. Kaul and K.M. Joseph dismissed an application to restrain the Government from taking steps to deport to Myanmar seven Rohingya refugees jailed in Assam.

The Department of Law, Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) organised its very first Law Lecture Series on 17 October 2018, Wednesday on the topic of postcolonial boundaries, international law, and the making of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar.

After Myanmar's circulation of a false picture (which claimed to show insurgents training while it was actually a photograph of Bangladeshi freedom fighters during the Liberation War), the Government of Myanmar has yet again come up with another false claim showing Bangladesh's St. Martin's Island as part of its territory.

Someone having some or all of the primary characteristics of both genders, male and female, is identified as Hermaphrodite/Khuntha/Intersex person (commonly known as Hijra in Bangladesh).

The law criminalising sexist behaviour arose out of a widespread social debate in Belgium in 2012.

In the realm of international investment treaties, Fair and Equitable Treatment (hereinafter, FET) has over the years been considered as a core investment protection standard. In the same breath,

On October 10, 2018 Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) hosted a seminar titled ‘Compensation as a Constitutional Remedy for Violations of Fundamental Rights’ as part of its Law in Practice Seminar Series at the BILIA auditorium.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 3 October 2018 ordered the United States to remove any restrictions on the export of humanitarian goods and services to Iran after it challenged new US sanctions in July.

The Constitution of Bangladesh envisages work as a right, assures the equality of opportunity and pledges to ensure participation of women in all spheres of public life.