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
Law quotations
'We envisage building a society that is truly safe, secure and sustainable for our future generation. Our government safeguards the independence and free space enjoyed by our media and civil society as an article of faith.”
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Doubtful commitment to human rights
Bangladesh is a party to eight out of nine core human rights treaties. They are the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM
How to file a Complaint to the NHRC?
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Bangladesh is empowered to investigate allegations of human rights violation suo moto or on the basis of complaints filed to the Commission under Section 12(a) of The National Human Rights Commission Act, 2009.
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Tuning justice through chords of criminal science
Like all other branches of knowledge, criminal science is an ongoing development through ages. This book written by Sheikh Hafizur Rahman Karzon outlines the fundamental variables of criminal science along with all possible methodological avenues.
2 December 2016, 18:00 PM
BILIA symposium on divorce and family law issues
Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) organised a symposium on “Revisiting Divorce and other Related Issues on last Saturday at its Dhanmondi auditorium.
2 December 2016, 18:00 PM
From lawyer to revolutionary
Fidel Castro has died. Few political leaders of modern times have been as iconic or as enduring as the Cuban
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Absence of limited liability partnership
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the concept of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) was in practice in
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM
The crisis of undocumented Rohingyas
Bangladesh has adopted a 'National Strategy on Myanmar Refugees and Undocumented Myanmar Nationals' in 2013.
28 November 2016, 18:00 PM
LAW WEEK
On November 20, The Honourable High Court raised questions as to the legality of Kazi Rezaul Hoque as Chariman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for two terms.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM
LAW WEEK
On November 20, The Honourable High Court raised questions as to the legality of Kazi Rezaul Hoque as Chariman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for two terms. As the law of NHRC Act 2007 in section 6(3) states that a person cannot be member of NHRC for more than two terms and the chairman was also previously its member. The court also issued a rule asking Reazul to explain in four weeks under what authority he has been holding the office of NHRC chairman. - The Daily Star online edition November 20 2016.
27 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Uber vs the traditional world
The news of Uber, the pioneer of ride-sharing business model launching its operation in Dhaka jolted the urban crowds of Bangladesh. Mixed opinions quickly surfaced in the social media platforms, dissecting the problems and prospects of this company in our traffic-packed streets.
25 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Minority rights
The Constitution of Bangladesh can be identified as a pro-nationalism piece of supreme law which has declared ‘Islam’ as the state religion and ‘Bangla’ as the state language. The issue of state religion was inserted through the 8th Constitutional Amendment, while Bangla has been state language since the adoption of the Constitution in 1972.
22 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Revisit draft citizenship law
Organised by Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), a workshop for the journalists was held in The Daily Star Centre on 19 November 2016 to discuss about the proposed citizenship law which is under consideration of the Bangladesh government to enact very soon.
21 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Appointment of the SC Judges
The process by which judges are appointed in the judiciary is an important factor to safeguard judicial independence.
14 November 2016, 18:00 PM
IHL moot held at Dhaka
In order to nurture and facilitate the journey of young legal minds into the complex realm of international humanitarian law, a National
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM
BANGABANDHU on the Constitution
It was 12 October 1972. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman took the floor to talk about the [draft] Constitution for newly
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Strict abortion law
“These restrictions harm women's health and place an unconstitutional obstacle in the path of a woman's
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM
TIME LIMIT FOR SETTLING SUITS
Section 37(1) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 (also known as Money Loan Court Act, 2003) provides that subject to
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM
17th Human Rights Summer School
Organised by Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP), the 17th Human Rights Summer School
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Women under threat
Khadiza Begum Nargis, a second year student of Sylhet Government Women's College, was stabbed gruesomely by Badrul Islam, whose studentship was cancelled from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) upon committing such an act that leads to grievous physical injury to the girl.
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM