Framing a social enterprise law

BRAC and Grameen - Bangladesh is home to two of the world's largest social enterprises. Undisputed as this fact is, it is curious that
12 June 2017, 18:00 PM

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
12 June 2017, 18:00 PM

BREAKING THE CULTURE OF 'SECRECY': Judiciary stands for right to information

Despite being a people's republic, democracy in Bangladesh is yet to flourish and be a value-laden model for others. Since our
12 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Conservation of ECAs

The Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) is an environmentally protected zone where the ecosystem is considered to be endangered to reach
5 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Curbing malicious prosecutions

The object of criminal justice system is to punish the wrongdoer and thereby to ensure justice for the victim. When any person comes
5 June 2017, 18:00 PM

From contracts to a Special Commercial Court

Over the years, Bangladesh has been achieving exemplary progress with its development and poverty reduction in spite of its many
5 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Giving mother nature a face

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet.” ~Romeo and Juliet Act II, Scene II
5 June 2017, 11:07 AM

Shoddy information on packets of tobacco products

Anyone comparing the packets of tobacco products in Bangladesh and some other countries may notice that the packets in
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Cultural diversity and development

Cultural diversity – the driving force of change and development – is increasingly under threat, United Nations agencies said on May
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Towards a sustainable criminal justice system

Given that economic sufferings of the justice seeking people are immense in our country, the time demands a sustainable criminal
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Religious minorities and fake denials

Bangladesh accepted changes for the Muslim majority through the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 which it inherited after it
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Compensatory justice to the victims of war

Soon after the Second World War, by constituting the Charters of the Nuremberg Tribunal (1945) and Tokyo Tribunal (1946), the world
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Understanding Environmental Law

Environmental law, one of the dynamic realms of international law, is deemed as the most fascinating area of research and analysis for
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM

A Call for Reform

The primary statute governing arbitrations in Bangladesh is the Arbitration Act 2001 (the AA 2001), which was drafted on the basis of
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Towards achieving the SDGs

A day-long workshop titled “Embracing SDG: Perspective Bangladesh and Beyond” was jointly organised by SDG Lab and the University of Asia Pacific (UAP) on May 20, 2017, at UAP.
22 May 2017, 04:37 AM

Law Faculty Open Discussion held at DU

Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka organised the inaugural edition of ‘Law Faculty Open Discussion’ on May 8, 2017.
17 May 2017, 10:26 AM

FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN BANGLADESH

Energy, being the pre-requisite for all developments, is inevitable for emerging economies like Bangladesh to continuously run all the
15 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Character assassination of rape victims

Despite being a heinous crime, sexual offences, specially cases of rape, mostly go unreported in Bangladesh. There are numerous
15 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Life imprisonment verdict: A contextual reading

Our longstanding perception of 20 to 30 years of “life imprisonment” has been sharply questioned by the Chief Justice of Bangladesh
15 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Taking legal education seriously

For quite a considerable period of time, law schools in Bangladesh have been under constant criticism for not being able to produce efficient graduates who are expected to work as legal professionals both in bench and bar. With the global progress of legal
8 May 2017, 18:00 PM

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

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