Allegation of rape in false promise of marriage

NADI (not real name) filed a case accusing Sagor (not real name) of luring her into an affair with false promises of marriage. She also brought allegation of rape and cheating against the accused Sagor. In our country and many other parts of the world such kind of incidents are happening every now and then. Only few victims dared to get redressed by Law.
16 February 2015, 18:00 PM

UPHOLD THE RIGHTS OF HERMAPHRODITES

WHEN we see hermaphrodites or commonly known as Hijras collecting money from the people for their own maintenance in the streets, our heart skips a little beat with a fear of being harassed. But we never think for a while that what the reason behind they beg for money.
9 February 2015, 18:00 PM

Progressive interpretation of personal laws

BANGLADESH being part of the Indian subcontinent has been traditionally following the pluralistic legal system. Under this system there is no unified body of family law that is uniformly applied to every citizen of the land irrespective of his or her ethno-religious background.
9 February 2015, 18:00 PM

Putting people at the centre of development

THE senior United Nations officials on February 5, 2015 addressed the Commission for Social Development as it marked the 20th anniversary of the Copenhagen Declaration regarding 'the need to put people at the centre of development' with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
9 February 2015, 16:00 PM

Tool to combat women trafficking

BANGLADESH is considered as a popular source in South Asia from which women are trafficked to India and other Gulf countries.
8 February 2015, 18:00 PM

Article 1: The Republic

“Bangladesh is a unitary, independent, sovereign Republic to be known as the People's Republic of Bangladesh.”
2 February 2015, 19:00 PM

Securing rights at the border area

States possess broad authority to regulate the movement of foreign nationals across their borders. They exercise their sovereign powers to determine who will be admitted and for what period.
2 February 2015, 19:00 PM

Admissibility of character evidence in rape cases

Anew report commissioned by the Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust (BLAST) and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, provides an insight into the laws regarding use of character evidence about complainants in rape trials in seven countries.
2 February 2015, 19:00 PM

Labour's right at stake

Human Rights Watch in world report 2015 summarises the key human rights issues in different countries of the world.
2 February 2015, 18:45 PM