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
31 October 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

Let's end impunity, protect journalists

THE UN General Assembly proclaimed 2 November as the 'International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists' (IDEI) in
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

Code of marketing of the breast-milk substitutes

Marketing of breast milk substitutes, infant foods and commercially manufactured foods are regulated by
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Unfolding sports law

In 2003, the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 58/5 acknowledged sport as a way to encourage learning, fitness progress and peace.
17 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

Online abuse

In this technology-mediated world, it is our children who are being mostly attached to all the distractions the social media has to offer.
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM

ENSURING RIGHTS OF the women with disability

The rights of women with disabilities (WWD) are one of most ignored issues in Bangladesh. Women with disabilities are deprived of
17 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Your Advocate

I have been in the financial sector for a long time. As a banker, am I eligible for Workers Profit Participatory Fund
3 October 2016, 18:00 PM

The unruly horse

Acorollary to the rise in international trade and globalisation of commerce is an increase in cross border trade
3 October 2016, 18:00 PM

Legal issues in caring for elderly people

Each year, on October 01, we observe “the International Day for Older Persons” through rallies and meetings and
3 October 2016, 18:00 PM

To tackle refugee upheaval in Europe

The report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) discloses that 65.3 million people including
3 October 2016, 18:00 PM

To foster the status of ESC rights

According to the World Bank, Bangladesh has recently achieved a momentous hallmark of shifting its image of 'lower income
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

The illegalities of enemy turned vested property

The law of enemy property has a long and complex history in Bangladesh. Although it originated from the emergency laws
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

MARINE FISHERIES LAW: Adopting the precautionary principle

The precautionary principle is a well-recognised concept in the realm of international environmental law. The principle is a
26 September 2016, 18:00 PM

Legal internships

Law schools train us to think like lawyers, whereas law chambers demand us to be one. There is a gulf of difference between
19 September 2016, 18:00 PM