YHRI-Bangladesh organised workshop on youth empowerment

The Youth for Human Rights International (YHRI) Bangladesh Chapter organised a day-long workshop titled “Empowering Youth through Volunteerism, Peace & Human Rights Education” in partnership with the Commonwealth Youth Human Rights & Democracy Network, Center for Human Rights Studies CHRS, and London College of Legal Studies (South).
19 August 2018, 10:55 AM

Workshop on writing legal briefs and oral advocacy held at American Center, Dhaka

The Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) of the United States Department of Justice organised a two-day workshop on ‘Techniques and Skills in Writing Legal Briefs and Oral Advocacy’ from August 13-14, 2018, at the American Center, Dhaka.
19 August 2018, 09:56 AM

Right to emergency medical services

On 8 August 2018, the honourable High Court Division (comprising Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Farid Ahmed) approved a
13 August 2018, 18:00 PM

SC on road accident cases

Although the statistics of road accidents occurring in Bangladesh is alarming, the number of successful cases is frustratingly disappointing.
13 August 2018, 18:00 PM

A panacea for the 'age-old' transport anarchy?

Bangladesh has probably seen for the first time an unprecedented country-wide student protest, started in the last week of July, condemning the unfortunate death of two college students ensuing from the rash driving of two buses in the capital on 29 July.
13 August 2018, 18:00 PM

BLAST holds expert consultation seminar on pre-trial barriers faced by rape victims

On 28 July 2018, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) hosted a seminar titled “Addressing Procedural and Pre-Trial Barriers to Seeking Justice for Rape” in CIRDAP Auditorium
9 August 2018, 15:09 PM

Induction Ceremony for SALF EC held at the Daily Star Center

The induction ceremony for the newly elected Executive Committee of South Asian Lawyers’ Forum (SALF) took place on 4 August 2018 at the Daily Star Center.
9 August 2018, 05:26 AM

Accident insurance payment in US-Bangla plane crash

Only few months back, a seventy-six seat Bombardier plane operated by US-Bangla Airlines crashed in Kathmandu, Nepal with seventy-one passengers on board, including four crew members. Fifty people died and the rest were injured. Of those died, twenty-seven were Bangladeshis (including all four crew members), twenty Nepalese, and one Chinese.
9 August 2018, 02:53 AM

Judicial activism for constitutional torts

On 9 August 2018, the Appellate Division upheld a High Court verdict that ordered Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence to pay Tk 10 lakh each as compensation to the parents of Zihad, a four-year boy who died after falling into a shaft.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Has the Bankruptcy Act, 1997 lived up to its expectation?

In ancient Roman society, bankrupt/insolvent persons were considered as criminals and with sovereign assent they were cut into pieces and threw away in the sea, their wives and children used to be sold as slaves.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM

National Justice Audit launching event held at BICC

On 29 July, at Bangabandhu International Convention Center, National Justice Audit Bangladesh Launching Event took place.
31 July 2018, 08:56 AM

War crimes probe against Israel

On 25 July, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), appointed a three-member legal panel to conduct a war crimes probe into alleged Israeli human rights violation on the Gaza border that began on March 30.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

ASSESSING TORT CLAIMS: Relevance of Catherine Masud case

Underdeveloped tort law has been a growing concern for the legal system of Bangladesh for many years.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Anti-dumping duties on Jute

Though Bangladesh has many success stories in international trade market, nevertheless huge negative trade balance is still a matter of great concern.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Legal remedies for professional negligence of lawyers

Seeking remedies for professional negligence is a relatively less explored area in Bangladesh.
30 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Medical negligence and duty of care

With the front pages of newspapers increasingly reporting incidents of deaths and injuries arising out of road traffic and workplace accidents, dialogues on the urgent need for a dynamic tort regime have taken centre-stage.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Anti-Generic Learning and Rebellious Lawyering

The Book Launching Ceremony of 'Anti- Generic Learning and Rebellious Lawyering: Reflections on Legal Education in Bangladesh',
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Innocent until proven guilty

Afew days back while reading the book “Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Harari, I stumbled upon an information which seems harmless in plain sight but in fact is quite gargantuan in the consequence it ensues.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM

Trafficking of children and young people

The World Day against Trafficking in Persons is an annual event held on July 30th of every year.
23 July 2018, 18:00 PM

'Legal Stories of Life': Celebration of Your Advocate

The book 'Legal Stories of Life' is a compilation of Barrister Omar H. Khan's write-ups published in The Daily Star's popular 'Your
16 July 2018, 18:00 PM