Abarrister ( barrister-at-law or Bar-at-law) is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions with a split legal profession. In England and other Common law

Law, ethics, values and morality forms an integral part of the society. Law is omnipresent whereas ethics, values and morality are the inner instinct. Their blend is a requirement for the amicable survival of the society especially for the protection of the children. In Bangladesh a large number of children are deprived of their basic human rights due to unacceptable health, nutrition and education as well as social conditions. In addition, recently children are facing violence in a range of settings including at home and in the family, in schools and in care and justice systems, in workplaces and in the communities.

Mahmudul Islam, not only a famous lawyer but also an eminent personality in our judiciary who passed away at the age of 79 on 16

On 18th and 17th February, more than 70 entrepreneurs of Union Digital Centers (UDC) in Sirajganj and Joypurhat districts received day

World Day of Social Justice is a relatively new edition to the diverse string of international observance days as declared by the United

Delegated legislations are in some ways a familiar paradox in modern liberal democracies. On the one hand, in essence, they being laws

We often think about victims' rights and restorative justice, but how many of us think about offenders' rights and their re-integration into the society? In our

After what had begun to appear as a stale mate, the government has finally approved of the Draft Policy for Domestic Workers. The policy was endorsed and subsequently given a go-ahead in a regular cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on 21 December 2015.

Many readers might come across the news on children planners published in the back page of The Daily Star on 14 January 2015. 'Children the planners'

An indigenous student of Dhaka University, who resides in Jagannath Hall, was stating his happiness with the state language as well as feeling sorry for his

We often think that preparing for law school always has to be purely academic. Yes, it has to be; but at the same time there's plenty we

Law of the sea is a branch of public international law governed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),

This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a renowned law firm, namely, 'Legal Counsel', which has expertise mainly in commercial law, corporate law, family law, employment and labor law, land law, banking law, constitutional law, criminal law, IPR and in conducting litigations before courts of different hierarchies.

RECENTLY on 19 January 2016, a special talk on the topic of Human Rights: The Role of Young Lawyers was held at the Department of Law,

Separate laws should be enacted for the protection of industrial designs, utility models, PVP, cross-cutting IPRs, trade-secrets, preventing unfair competition, and integrating IP offices, and necessary amendments need be made to the existing laws.

The youth should avoid being maintainers, just for the sake, they should be at the forefront of changing the status quo and making our country a better place for all irrespective of age, ethnicity, religious or political persuasion.

China passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on December 27th, 2015 that requires technology firms to help decrypt information, but not install security "backdoors" as initially planned, and allows the military to venture overseas on counter-terror operations.

Legal empowerment of the poor is seen as a pre-condition for eradication of poverty today. But are the global anti poverty programmes really bringing the needed relief to the world's poor? What is the position of urban population living in extreme poverty in this regard? Exploring the much needed answers to these questions, two renowned researchers spoke in a symposium before a concerned audience on Saturday, January 2nd 2015.

Center for the Study of Genocide and Justice (CSGJ) of Liberation War Museum (LWM) organised its 2nd Winter School on “Genocide,

On 21 December 1965, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2106, which established the International Convention