Artificial Intelligence and the court

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising human functions across different industries.
21 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Regulating battery-run rickshaws

Battery-run rickshaws are the blind spot for the laws governing the streets in Bangladesh, and we might be suffering all the more for it. In this piece, I will attempt to discuss the relevant legal framework and give my views on what ought to be done.
4 October 2025, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh’s Constitutional Crossroads: The Imperative of a New Charter

The seismic events of July-August 2024 plunged Bangladesh into a profound crisis far exceeding a mere political leadership change.
22 July 2025, 18:00 PM

FDI in Bangladesh: A Supplement to BIDA’s recent Investment Summit

The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) recently hosted an Investment Summit to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the country.
9 May 2025, 18:00 PM

Problems and Prospects of ADR in Bangladesh

The judiciary is considered the foundational rock of any nation’s pursuit of justice and rule of law.
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM

An Overview of Bangladesh National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2024

Bangladesh has very recently formulated the National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2024 (AI Policy 2024) to effectively address the social, legal and ethical issues associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI).
18 April 2024, 18:00 PM

Renewable energy business: A Promising Sector in Bangladesh

Recently, the government has given the highest priority to the improvement of the energy business. In this context, the government has
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM

In quest for rules to be laid down under the Arbitration Act, 2001

In many instances, an Act of Parliament includes a provision allowing the government or the relevant authority to make rules for carrying out the provisions of the concerned Act. Under an Act of Parliament, the rules are framed as directives and/or instructions for the users of the legislation in question. If rules are framed as such, more clarity is brought about and confusion about many provisions of the relevant statute gets dispelled. It also helps to carry out the purpose of the legislation in line with the intention of the legislature. 
6 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Improving higher education in Bangladesh: A case for collaboration with Australia

Australia and Bangladesh have concluded the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on 15 September 2021 to boost their trade and
17 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Urgent reforms to ADR in South Asia to achieve SDG-16

The traditional process of litigating has been one of the best ways of resolving disputes from time immemorial because of its credible methods of examination, depiction, and judgment-giving.
13 September 2021, 18:00 PM

The quest for special courts for adjudication of corporate disputes

In the last few years, Bangladesh has given its business environment a facelift to attract investments. To curtail excessive red tapism in company registration, the incorporation of company has been simplified by digitalisation.
6 September 2021, 18:00 PM

Street law in medical negligence: Making tort law easy for the people

Street Law is a method of teaching practical law to the general public through interactive methods.  This year throughout February, iProbono (Bangladesh) hosted a series of virtual street law workshops to spread awareness on the legal aspects of medical negligence in Bangladesh.
30 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Virtual court system in Bangladesh

On May 9, 2020, the President of Bangladesh, while the Parliament was not in session, by exercising jurisdiction under Article 93(1) of the Constitution of Bangladesh promulgated Adalat Kartrik Tottho-Projukti Bebohar Ordinance, 2020 (Use of Information communication technology by court Ordinance, 2020).
16 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Inability to repatriate export proceeds and legal remedies for exporters

In Bangladesh, most of the exporters have to rely on bank loan for procuring the raw materials essential for the production of the goods/articles to be exported.
9 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Employment Injury Protection Scheme: A new horizon to workers’ social protection

A study by ILO reveals that over 11,000 workers suffer fatal accidents and a further 24,500 die from work-related diseases across all sectors each year in Bangladesh.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Need for Sentencing Guidelines in Bangladesh

If an accused either pleads guilty or is found guilty by the court, he becomes an offender and is sentenced by the court. Generally, a criminal trial ends with a conviction or acquittal of an accused.
12 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Digital payment system to boost up the operation of virtual courts

The Covid-19 crisis has tremendously increased the use of internet and accelerated the digitalisation of many businesses and services through introducing teleworking and video conferencing in different sectors.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM

COVID-19 and Default of Commercial Loans: Looking Ahead

The time we are living in is unprecedented, to say the least. While claims relating to health, social and political unrest are undeniable, the
4 May 2020, 18:00 PM

COVID-19 and force majeure: A Bangladeshi perspective

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China was first reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Office in China, on 31 December 2019.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM

Membership in international sporting bodies and statehood

In the case of Reference re Secession of Quebec, the Supreme Court of Canada observes that “the viability of a would-be state in the international community depends, as a practical matter, upon recognition by other states”.
24 February 2020, 18:00 PM