WOMEN'S RIGHT TO POST-DIVORCE matrimonial compensation

We all are aware of the fact that our society has a prescribed set of stereotyped gender roles to the effect that men are the bread-
22 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Amend the law to stop excessive sand mining

Sand is an important natural resource of our country. Proper use of sand after extraction from the quarry can contribute to economic growth and help in reducing poverty as it can create the employment opportunity to some extent.
5 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Enforcement of contract in Bangladesh

Enforcement of Contract' is a very important regime of the Ease of Doing Business Ranking of the World Bank held every year. In 2018,
19 February 2018, 18:00 PM

PLATFORM FOR TORT LAW

Threatening and causing of physical injury, incidents of medical negligence, malpractice by lawyers, defamation by libel or slander,
5 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Laws governing us in the outer space

Considering the recently heard-of luxury trips to the moon by business tycoons, and with the earth looking forward to send manned
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

POST WAR JUSTICE INITIATIVE

In 2010, the government resumed the post war justice out of a commitment to end the culture of denial and impunity. It was assumed that - many (if not all) of the perpetrators - will be brought to justice.
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM

'Judicial divorce' as exit

Present Muslim divorce Laws in Bangladesh allow husbands to pronounce divorce unilaterally. The only restriction imposed on this unilateral exercise of power is to serve notice to the wife according to section 7 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance
25 December 2017, 18:00 PM

7TH MARCH SPEECH and Preamble of our Constitution

The historic speech of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the 7th March, 1971 was
13 November 2017, 18:00 PM

From Transition to Transformation

Choices of transitional justice mechanisms have to be sensitive to the practical limits of justice in a society transitioning from military
30 October 2017, 18:00 PM

To make village courts effective

In rural Bangladesh, conflict management has been apparent over the years. The Village Courts Act of 2006, which replaced and updated the Village Courts Act of 1976, provides for the establishment of a court in every Union Council.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Judging apex judges by parliamentarians

The 16th Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh in 2014 removed the power to impeach apex court judges from the Supreme
17 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Framing a social enterprise law

BRAC and Grameen - Bangladesh is home to two of the world's largest social enterprises. Undisputed as this fact is, it is curious that
12 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Towards a sustainable criminal justice system

Given that economic sufferings of the justice seeking people are immense in our country, the time demands a sustainable criminal
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Compensatory justice to the victims of war

Soon after the Second World War, by constituting the Charters of the Nuremberg Tribunal (1945) and Tokyo Tribunal (1946), the world
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM

Enforcement of IPRs

The present world is witnessing increased attention on the issues concerning Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in the policy making at
24 April 2017, 18:00 PM

URGE TO RATIFY THE CONVENTION ON CYBERCRIME

A 2013 report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and McAfee surveyed various implications of cybercrimes on
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM

The admissibility of e-mail as evidence

Rapid modernisation and industrialisation have made the world dependent on new and modern technologies. The economic transactions have become paperless and documentations are now preferred to be digitised.
18 March 2017, 12:28 PM

An Overview of the Impeachment of Supreme Court Judges in Bangladesh

The first constitution of Bangladesh, drafted in 1972, gave the Parliament the power to impeach the judges of the Supreme Court (SC).
13 March 2017, 11:54 AM

No photograph policy of retailers

Shoppers of retail stores would have noticed that many of these stores insist on a policy of not taking photographs within the store.
27 February 2017, 18:00 PM

In favour of the principle of finality

Lord Wilberforce commented, “any determination of disputable fact may, the law recognises, be imperfect: the law aims at
13 February 2017, 18:00 PM