Human rights and certain human rights in specific encompass the potential of remaining buzzwords in/under numerous disciplines.

Rohingya’s plight surrounding non-recognition is as old as the history of colonialism in South Asia and South East Asia.

On February 4, 2021 the High Court Division of the Supreme Court issued two new directives in response to a writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB).

Human trafficking is increasing in an alarming rate now-a-days in Bangladesh as well as in South Asia.

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

Globally COVID-19 is causing an unprecedented crisis for the investors, borrowers, suppliers, service providers and other business sectors across the world. Consequently, Bangladesh’s economy has been severely impacted by this global economic downturn induced by the COVID-19.

In developing countries like Bangladesh, mental health issues are frequently ignored. In Bangladesh, 3.4-22.9% children and 6.5-31% adults suffer from mental health issues.

A new report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) sheds light on the complexities involved in prosecuting cases of human-trafficking, particularly with regard to trafficking crimes involving sexual exploitation.

In the era of massive development and huge competition to attract investment, states have been striving to ensure better ambience for foreign investors.

The Academy of Law and Policy (ALAP) has been registered as a trust under the Trusts Act 1882 recently. ALAP started its journey in June 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic as a non-political, non-profit, and independent platform that brought together leading jurists, industry leaders and development partners to discuss current legal and policy issues and challenges facing Bangladesh.

Unctad has launched its updated BioTrade Principles and Criteria, a set of guidelines for governments and companies to conduct biodiversity-friendly trade, to address new challenges and priorities now and in the future.

The fundamental law to regulate guardianship in Bangladesh is the Guardians and Wards Act (G&W Act) which was enacted in 1890 with the purpose of consolidating and amending all laws relating to a minor for whose person or property or both there is a guardian in the country.

The inhumanity and savagery by rape and sexual offences are on the peak now. Almost every day newspapers are pouring with the horrifying news of rape, gang rape of children and women.

A court in Manikganj today sentenced five people to death for killing a former union parishad member in Manikganj’s Gheor upazila in 2013.

I am a small businessman carrying out business as a sole proprietor with a trade license. I am considering forming a limited company. Recently I have come across that a law has been passed in Bangladesh that allows one person companies. I would like to know more about one person companies and how they may be beneficial in comparison with sole proprietorship so that I can take an informed decision.

Bangladesh follows a 150-year-old definition of rape given in the Penal Code, 1860, which happens to be a colonial holdover.

Law Desk (LD): How do you evaluate the recent judgment of the High Court Division declaring that women cannot act as Nikah Registrars?

A court in Khulna today sentenced five people to life term imprisonment in an explosives case filed in connection with the murder of local journalist Humayun Kabir Balu in 2004.

Criminal Investigation Department has submitted a supplementary charge sheet in the Maj Gen Abul Manzur murder case where they found nothing new in the further investigation for the last seven years.

The High Court today directed the Nari O Shishu Nirjaton Daman Tribunal of Chandpur to send a 17-year-old girl and her two-and-a-half-month-old daughter from a safe home in Tongi to her husband Kamal Uddin.