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
The non-performing loans and dilemmas for our lending institutions
The macroeconomic challenges of Bangladesh keep accelerating due to the constant presence of nonperforming loans in the banking sector.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Crimes during and after a revolution
With the participation of students and people from all walks of life, the students and masses have brought down the previous regime. While we look forward to a new start, we must not forget the atrocities, violence, and crime spree that took place during and after the uprising.
3 October 2024, 18:00 PM
On menstrual leave policies
Menstrual leave implies time offs for female employees while they experience menstrual pain. Dysmenorrhea or period cramp is a common phenomenon for a vast swathe of menstruating women. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, menstrual pain is so severe for some people that they are unable to perform regular activities for several days.
3 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Calls for overhauling the Cyber Security Act 2023
Whilst reviewing the Cyber Security Law of 2023, we should first analyse the Digital Security Act (DSA) of 2018. Since its inception, the DSA has faced widespread criticism for being used as a tool to suppress freedom of speech, expression, press, and human rights.
3 October 2024, 18:00 PM
Internet outage and freedom of expression
In 2012, a resolution of the United Nations human rights organisation (UNHRC) states, “the rights that people have offline must also be protected online, especially with regard to freedom of expression.” Later in 2016, the UNHRC condemned all measures that prevent the use of the Internet as a violation of human rights.
26 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Time to sign the Refugee Convention
In 1905, almost 46 years before the birth of the ‘Convention relating to the Status of Refugees’, commonly known as the 1951 Refugee Convention, Begum Rokeya, one of the pioneer feminist writers and scholars of Bengal talked about the ‘Principle of non-refoulement’ in her story Sultana’s Dream.
26 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Unlawful detention: A betrayal of human dignity and the rule of law
We are all familiar with Article 27 of our Constitution which states that it ensures equality before the law and equal protection of law. But when law enforcement authorities make unlawful detention or arrests in society, can we consider that we all enjoy the protection of law? Let us explore the law to find answer to this question.
26 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Remits of the defence of “following superior orders”
The objective of this piece is to explore the extent to which section 76 of the Penal Code, 1860, can protect individuals who merely follow the orders of their superior and apparently have no independence in their decision-making powers, the challenges associated with prosecuting them, and similar provisions from other jurisdictions.
19 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Empowering victims: Addressing right to compensation in trafficking cases
In the conventional criminal justice system, victims often wait for years to obtain a court decision, which may or may not include compensation.
19 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Rethinking the Bangladesh-India water politics
To strike an equitable water-share mechanism between Bangladesh and India, the Joint Rivers Commission was formed in 1972, and the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty was approved in 1996, establishing a structure for collaboration between governments.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Biosecurity Laws and infectious diseases
Infectious disease outbreaks have been a recurring theme in human history. The new variant of the bird flu (H5N1), facilitated by a minor change in its DNA, infecting bird species, and even humans leading to one death in Mexico.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Accession to the Enforced Disappearance Convention Ending Impunity?
In recent years, enforced disappearance has emerged as a grave concern in Bangladesh because many such incidents have gone unpunished in the absence of any law to criminalise it.
12 September 2024, 18:00 PM
The state of mob justice in Bangladesh
Mob justice, also known as vigilante justice, involves a group of people taking the law into their own hands, meting out punishment through violence.
5 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Electoral inclusion of Persons with Disabilities
According to the National Survey on Persons with Disabilities (NSPD) 2021 by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the percentage of disability is higher among adult people than among children in Bangladesh.
5 September 2024, 18:00 PM
A case against Article 7B of our Constitution
The Constitution of Bangladesh is the highest law of the land. As stated in the preamble and Article 7, our Constitution has been framed to uphold the “solemn expression of the will of the people”.
5 September 2024, 18:00 PM
DU Law organises public lecture on “Do We Need a New Constitution?”
The Department of Law, University of Dhaka organised a public lecture titled “Do We Need a New Constitution?”
5 September 2024, 03:08 AM
Privacy concerns over phone searches
During the quota reform movement in July and early August, reports emerged of police conducting unjustified phone searches and making arrests.
29 August 2024, 18:00 PM
People’s understanding of ‘Law’ during the uprise: A sociolegal analysis
The July uprising marks a significant event for our national history not only as a moment of political introspection, but also in terms of appreciating people’s perception and understanding of law as a lived experience.
29 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Rethinking our parliamentary accountability
Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional mandate for responsible government. Responsible government is a conception of a system that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability.
15 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh’s Interim Government: What should be its tenure?
How long can the Bangladesh Interim Government (BIG) led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, stay in office? Several political parties, including BNP, have demanded that the 13th parliamentary elections be held as soon as possible, preferably within three months. This political attitude is nothing to be surprised about.
15 August 2024, 18:00 PM