Every year, thousands of families from coastal districts such as Bhola, Satkhira, Barguna, and Khulna are forced to abandon their homes not because of war or persecution, but because of rising tides, eroding riverbanks, and increasingly violent cyclones.

In the crucible of Bangladesh’s political evolution, the July National Charter 2025 has emerged as a transformative document- one that seeks to fundamentally recalibrate the nation’s democratic architecture.

The ship-breaking industry in Bangladesh has been a source of national pride for decades, and it has also been potential source of environmental disaster too at the same time.

Climate change is acknowledged as a critical factor in human migration around the world. It causes a significant amount of displacement in countries like Bangladesh.

Recently, a local café in Pakistan named Sattar Buksh, known for its branding, which resembled that of the global coffee giant Starbucks, has been making headlines for “winning a trademark battle” against the corporate giant. However, the dispute never actually made its way to court.

One of the enduring maledictions that plagues Bangladesh is bribery and corruption, which is prevalent across sectors, including our judiciary.

Bangladesh has recently introduced section 46A to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1898, a reform aimed at ensuring transparency, accountability, and fundamental fairness during the process of arrest.

Few areas of law are as labyrinthine as Company Law, where intricate rules on formation, governance, and finance demand both precision and insight.

The Bay of Bengal, central to the nation’s “Blue Economy” ambitions, is a zone of immense opportunity.

Bangladesh has missed the critical deadline to implement the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships (HKC 2009), which it ratified in June 2023, but enforcement is still pending as of June 2025.

The continuing paradigm of domestic violence and other social obstacles taught the women to be empowered, especially financially. Policies were passed for women’s education; seats were reserved in many professional sectors and even in parliament. While women’s empowerment became another project for every other political party to attract votes in the election, very little was done to successfully put an end to domestic violence.

In Bangladesh’s criminal justice system, the admissibility of recorded materials e.g., First Information Reports (FIR), witness statements, confessions, medical reports, and post-mortem findings without examining their preparers is a nuanced legal issue shaped by statutory provisions, judicial interpretations, and procedural safeguards.

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is a term that is increasingly gaining prominence in global climate adaptation discourse. NbS unify existing ecosystem-based strategies emphasising the use of natural processes to manage environmental risks. 

On 22 August 2025, several Bangladeshi newspapers, including The Daily Star reported another tragedy- the custodial death of a 27-year-old Durjoy Chowdhury, arrested only a day earlier. According to the police, he had “committed suicide” by hanging. But does this explanation absolve the responsibility of the state? To find the answer to this question, we need to look at what our law actually says about deaths in custody.

Access to justice is embedded in the fundamental rights guaranteed by our Constitution. According to our Constitution, every citizen has a right to be treated equally under the law (Article 27) and possesses an inalienable right to legal protection (Article 31). However, justice remains out of reach for millions of underprivileged people living below the poverty line, due to unfortunate circumstances. Legal aid aims to address this disparity, but its effectiveness continues to be an issue of both hope and frustration.

Despite Bangladesh making commendable progress in advancing the rights and treatment of women and children ever since its independence, there are certain enduring challenges that need to be addressed. Gender justice aims to ensure that individuals, regardless of their gender, have equal rights, opportunities and protections. However, the prevalence of patriarchal ideologies creates significant barriers to achieving this goal.

The rate of conviction in cases of violence against women and children in Bangladesh is alarmingly low. A 2019 research by ActionAid reveals that, on average, it takes two years to begin trial proceedings in four out of every five cases.

More than a million Rohingyas are living in the refugee camps in Southern Bangladesh who are not only deprived of citizenship but also access to justice.

The Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Application Act 1937, through section 2, envisages Islamic Shariat to have its full application in certain cases, such as gifting properties when the parties are Muslims.

Unfortunately, the gendered effects of climate disasters are ignored by national policies in Bangladesh. This happens although women are more likely to be victims of trafficking, violence, and displacement.