The ‘woman question’ and the legacy of colonial patriarchy
The roots of patriarchy lies in the hegemonic colonial masculinity.
27 April 2025, 03:00 AM
A ‘new constitution’ and my discontents
Constitution-making is invariably an “elitist” chore, as scholars rightly call it “equitable elite bargaining.”
10 April 2025, 05:00 AM
Cyber Protection Ordinance and our flawed law-making logic
The Cyber Ordinance Ordinance has to be judged on its own merit and based only on its seemingly “better” provisions.
31 December 2024, 02:00 AM
A ‘new’ constitution and our obsession with texts
Our parliament, on the other hand, drafted a self-defeating provision, Article 7B, by declaring one-third of the text of the constitution as unamendable through the usual constitutional amendment process.
26 October 2024, 03:00 AM
Renegotiating the language of authority and power
Perhaps, in both catering to and exploiting such complexities, the language of authority in Bangladesh has been of compulsion, uncritical submission, and exertion of force.
13 September 2024, 03:00 AM
How to get out of the constitutional gridlock?
The “interim” government will have to operate beyond the constitutional scheme as the current one does not endorse an interim
8 August 2024, 14:00 PM
The (reformed) quota scheme, our state, and the marginalised
History shows how the “woman question”, “indigenous question”, “transgender question”, and “disabled question” get subsumed in the midst of dominant voices
27 July 2024, 12:00 PM
The constitutionality of building kitchen markets over bulldozed homes
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) recently went on to evict 87 families in the Miranzilla sweeper colony.
21 June 2024, 03:00 AM
AN ASPECT OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION
Article 39 of the Constitution guarantees freedom of thought, conscience and expression. Freedom of expression ranges from the
14 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Women's pledge to fight against all kinds of dominance
Law Desk (LD): Last year was eventful. The enactment of the Child Marriage Act widened a new dimension of discourse on conceptualising the fate of the women (specially girl children) in Bangladesh. Please share your thoughts and observation on it.
5 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Through the specs of law, language and others
In the post World War I era, self-determination emerged as a purely political concept and not as a norm of international law.
19 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Child marriage: A maze of dialectics
A High Court Division (HCD) bench comprising of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah, has issued a suo motu
6 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Secularism and the virtue of tolerance
Secularism, as one of our fundamental state policies, was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly. The Assembly was of the
25 September 2017, 18:00 PM
On the 16th constitutional amendment verdict - for and against
Hon'ble Chief Justice, made it clear that unlike what is alleged, the judiciary is not beyond scrutiny and supervision.
21 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Clarity of ‘consent’ in rape law
The indictment hearing of the sensational Banani rape case is scheduled to begin on 9th July, 2017. This in turn marks an official
3 July 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
Draft Rules on the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2016
Under the delusional conception of decreasing child marriages with the aid of the controversial 'exceptional clause', draft Rules have
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Assailing the rape victim's character
Section 155(4) of the Evidence Act, 1872 allows evidence of the victim's immoral character to be offered by the defence. The rationale
6 March 2017, 18:00 PM