Our right to easy access to information

Information is prerequisite for humans to perform several activities.
10 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Dealing with deadlock in mediation

Meditation is one of the fair modes of settlement of disputes pending among the contesting parties. It is a voluntary, party-controlled and structured negotiation mechanism where a ‘neutral third party’ assists the disputant parties in resolving their conflicts amicably.
10 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Landmark environmental law verdicts

While our higher judiciary has no original jurisdiction on environment matters, its writ jurisdiction has been frequently invoked in the
3 June 2019, 18:00 PM

An Overview of Environmental Laws of Bangladesh

With the imminent threat of climate change on one hand and the everyday cost of deteriorating habitability on the other, Bangladesh is
3 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Determining the extent of right to safe environment

From the perspective of judicial enforcement, environmental rights can be divided into two kinds - substantive and procedural. A
3 June 2019, 18:00 PM

On Hindu women’s right to property

According to classical Hindu law, all daughters of a man are not equally eligible to inherit. Unmarried daughters and married daughters with sons can inherit, while childless widowed daughters or daughters having no son or with no possibility of having sons are excluded.
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Allahabad High Court decides on marital rape

Allahabad High Court, India has held that forcible sex, be it unnatural or natural, is an illegal intrusion into the privacy of the wife and amounts to cruelty against her. The division bench comprising of Justice Shashi Kant Gupta and Justice Pradeep Kumar Srivastava upheld a District Court order
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Our ‘Problematic’ Law Making Process

Legislative process in our parliament is claimed to be an upshot of the Westminster parliament. Like the Westminster, here government businesses are prioritised over private member initiatives for law making. However, unlike the Westminster, opposition and backbencher voices in Bangladesh
27 May 2019, 18:00 PM

UAP holds intra-department moot competition

University of Asia Pacific Moot Court Club (UAPMCC) organised the 3rd Intra-Department Moot Court Competition on Contract and Tort Law for the students of Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), on April 26 and 27, 2019.
21 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Encroachment and pollution: A dual threat to our rivers

Considering that Dhaka city is gradually losing its wetlands, rivers and flood flow zones due to filling, encroachments and pollution, the High Court Division has recently given a verdict.
20 May 2019, 18:00 PM

The ever-evolution of international law

The book under review aims at providing a theory of how two core systems of international law, namely operating system and normative system interact with each other and how changes in one system ‘precipitate changes’ in the other.
20 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Migrant workers’ death in the Mediterranean

Last week, around 60 migrants died when the vessel transporting them from Italy to Libya sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Most of them were Bangladeshis.
20 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Cybersquatting, online business and the importance of trademarks

Commercial opportunities and ancillary frauds walk hand in hand and online business is not an exception to the foregoing. The term squatting denotes unlawfully occupying any property without permission.
20 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Roundtable discussion on Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) and Population Council jointly hosted the Roundtable Discussion on the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 in collaboration with the University of Kent...
15 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Compensating transboundary environmental harm

On February 2, 2018, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded compensatory damages to Costa Rica for internationally wrongful
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Bridging the standardisation gap

The World Telecommunication Day (WTD), celebrated annually on 17 May, marks the anniversary of the founding of International
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM

The legal regime on food safety and human health

The High Court Division (HCD) had issued a suo motu rule asking the respective authorities regarding adulteration of dairy products
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM

A preposterous directive on the apprentice lawyers

The delay in the advocate enrolment examination has already fermented deep frustration among many aspiring lawyers rightfully
13 May 2019, 18:00 PM

DU competes Media Law Moot Court in Oxford

The Price Media Law Moot Court Programme established by the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, is the largest mooting competition in the field of international media law.
6 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Parliamentary Reform: Making Sense of Our Successes and Failures

The Parliament of Bangladesh has been subject to a lot of historical, institutional and doctrinal analysis over the years.Authors
29 April 2019, 18:00 PM