Revisiting the BITs of Bangladesh
In an interdependent global economy, the movement of capital from one part to another has become a common phenomenon. Every state needs to maintain friendly economic relationship with other states, which is done ordinarily by multilateral or
11 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Promoting local innovation for public health
With the coronavirus crisis going on, the world is undergoing rapid transformation and multidimensional changes in the discourse of global politics
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
How far the Biological Diversity Act 2017 complies with international obligations?
Access under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is meant to be of biological or genetic resources, and benefit-sharing refers to the benefits that might ensue from the use of genetic resources or associated traditional knowledge (TK).
18 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Strengthening the National River Conservation Commission of Bangladesh
Recently, in a ground-breaking and precedent setting judgment, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh declared that the river Turag and all other rivers flowing throughout the country are ‘living entities’ with legal personalities.
14 October 2019, 18:00 PM
National response to tobacco control
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) aimed at protecting the present and future generations from the
7 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Strengthening labour adjudication
At present, Labour Courts in Bangladesh are functioning under the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006. According to this Act, the Labour
24 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Feasibility of Brick Kiln Control Act
In 2013 the Brick Manufacturing and Brick Kilns Establishment (Control) Act has been passed to establish control over brick
16 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Ban on sale of tobacco to youth
In 2003 the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). In the preamble of the Convention, deep concern is expressed regarding “the escalation in smoking and other forms of tobacco consumption by children and adolescents worldwide, particularly smoking at increasingly early ages”. The Convention aims to control tobacco by providing demand and supply reduction provisions including ban on sales to and by minors as a supply reduction measure.
14 March 2016, 18:00 PM
The plight of the linguistic minority
In Bangladeshi parlance, the Urdu-speaking Muslim people who had migrated to the then East Pakistan from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and
28 December 2015, 18:00 PM