All the companies registered in Bangladesh are bound to keep a ‘register of members’ from the date of the registration. Such register shall be kept at the registered office of the company and allowed for inspection by the members free of cost during business hours.

As a riverine country, Bangladesh has a long history of shipbuilding. Chattogram which is known as the port city of Bangladesh, has been involved in building of ships since the Mughal empire and with the flow of time, the tradition continues.

Imagine a human rights violation that suffers impunity inside the country, but that can be held accountable by an international body of some sort. Examples could be custodial torture, or enforced disappearances, or extra-judicial killings – all of which have abysmal track records of getting justice at Bangladesh’s courts.

Democratic society is based on consent. Sexual relationship must be consensual. Otherwise, it amounts to a crime according to section 375 of the Penal Code, 1860. The question of consent is raised in defence of the accused and therefore the onus probandi (burden of proof) rests on the accused, although the general principle is that the onus is on the prosecution.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government is sincere to formulate a law for formation of the Election Commission (EC), but it would not be right to make it in a hurry.

Franchising can be a good model to expand a business of the franchisor by granting license to franchisees. Generally, this gives a franchisee an access to use the knowledge, processes, ‘know-hows’ and trademarks of the franchisor and sell a branded product or service under their goodwill and name.

The open account trade means international trade against contract without any Letter of Credit (LC), which is mostly common in developed countries. Bangladesh was far behind from the open account trade transaction scheme in export. Our main competitors in readymade garments (RMG) export get competitive advantage of open account payment method in export.

There exists a wide misbelief among the general people of the society that the payment of any unpaid dower is avoidable or non-payable where the process of dissolution of marriage is initiated by the wife.

What is the source of legality or legal validity (‘Boidhota’ in Bengali) of a constitution? A superior law? India and Pakistan got their independence and established two constituent assemblies via the enactment of the Indian Independence Act, 1947.

In the Muslim community, the concept of Hilla marriage is certainly a controversial one. According to the existing law, a Muslim man can divorce his wife and can revoke such divorce twice.

Once again Bangladesh has recently witnessed communal violence in different districts during the Durga puja (worship of the Mother Goddess) of the people with Hindu religious faith, a fundamental religious right duly recognised and embodied in the Constitution of Bangladesh.

The World Justice Project (WJP) – an independent, multidisciplinary organisation working to advance the rule of law worldwide – published its Global Rule of Law (RoL) Index of 2021 on 14 October, 2021.

The topic of maintaining privacy over the internet has garnered attention after a writ petition was filed on August 25 this year, seeking

Clean feed refers to TV feed without any extra on-screen digital graphics or text in their broadcasts. Section 19(13) of the Cable Television Network Management Act 2006 prohibits the transmission of advertisement by foreign television channels in Bangladesh.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change recently shared the draft of the Air Pollution Control Rules, 2021. The Rules have

A sub-inspector of police kept the seized counterfeit notes in the Malkhana as evidence in a case. After months of investigation, the officer started to prepare the charge-sheet for that case.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) under the framework of the Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants-Bangladesh (GLO.ACT-Bangladesh) organised an online workshop on engaging university students with UNODC Education for Justice trafficking in persons (TIP) and smuggling of migrants (SOM) modules on Friday,

A legal person or a juristic person signifies an entity that has the capacity to possess some rights and duties.

October 16 is celebrated as the World Food Day every year. The day commemorates the launch of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Keeping pace with the increasing trend of the global trade and economy, Bangladesh’s trade policy is evolving.