Suriya Tarannum Susan

Article 27 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh enshrines the right to equal protection of the law. In consonance with such affirmation,

Rights and Protection of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2013 was enacted in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) to ensure, as axiomatically suggested, the rights and protection of persons with disabilities.

A myth persists among the mainstream population that consent of the existing wife is a mandatory statutory requirement for the remarriage of the husband.

In 2008, the High Court Division approved a petition and formally acknowledged the Biharis as Bangladeshi citizens.

Custodial torture and death continue to be infamy in the criminal justice system of Bangladesh.

Marriage in Islamic law is of contractual nature. The standard marriage contract form is known as Kabinnama or Nikahnama.

Motherhood penalty is a term coined by sociologists to refer to the pay gap and workplace biases towards a pregnant woman. A certain amount of attendance is a prerequisite for appearing in exams in almost all educational institutions in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh has stepped into a milestone in public transportation through the inauguration of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-6 project, also known as the metro rail on 28 December 2022.

According to SOS Children’s Village, Bangladesh is home to around 4.4 million orphaned children. Adoption can provide a congenial home to these children.

A 2019 research paper titled “Assessing informed consent practices during normal vaginal delivery and immediate postpartum care in tertiary-level hospitals of Bangladesh,” (hereinafter, the research paper) divulged the absence of informed consent in normal vaginal delivery (hereafter referred to as NVD) and post-partum care in the tertiary level hospitals of Bangladesh.

World Vision International, a humanitarian organisation, warns that COVID-19 has forced eight million children into begging and child labour.