In Bangladesh, our Criminal Justice System does not allow us any separate sentencing hearing on the background of accused persons.

Genetically modified Organism (GMO) is basically an organism (plant, animal or microorganism) created by application of bio-

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message for the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances 30 August,

Recently, a letter threatening to kill 19 persons including ministers, teachers, cultural activists, Ganajagaran Mancha organisers and

Education is both a human right in itself and an indispensable means of realising other human rights.

Agenda 21, a comprehensive action program adopted at the historic Rio Conference of 1992, was designated to integrate the goals of continued economic development and environmental protection.

It is imperative in the interest of free speech, democracy and ultimately rule of law that we continue to condemn this piece of legislation which is nothing but a 'black law' waiting to be struck down by our Hon'ble Supreme Court or repealed by the parliament when good sense prevails.

Think Legal Bangladesh, an online legal resource platform based at www.thinklegalbangladesh.com, held its 3rd Lecture in its Think Legal Lecture Series last Saturday, 22nd August, 2015 at Dhanmondi's EMK Centre.

My husband and I got married in 2003. Both of us are Muslims and we got married as per the Islamic procedure. The marriage took place at our village in the presence of the Quazi and our family members.

World Humanitarian Day (19 August) is a time to recognise those who face danger and adversity in order to help others.

The continuous ruthless killings, torture and abuse of children in Bangladesh are turning into a daily life phenomenon that we fail to prevent let alone stop.

Though the history of 'legal humanitarianism' from a trans-border perspective is traceable to European times, especially the Enlightenment, and the development thereof is mostly of 'Geneva origin', the jurisprudential facets of this sacred 'canon' underlay the actions that possibly predates written history.

Audi AlteramPartem (No man shall be condemned unheard) is a basic principle of natural justice that means no one is to be condemned, punished, or deprived of his/her life or property in any judicial proceeding, unless he/she has had an opportunity of being heard.

YES you got it right, the man on the right is taking a piss; slow and relaxed as if there is no tomorrow. Why is the person on the left running? Probably running away from the awful stench?

Right to food though is not an age old notion but now people all over the world including the people of Bangladesh are more or less familiar with this very concept.

Children being in one of the most vulnerable groups of the society, need special care in handling especially in case of delinquency.

It appears from recent newspaper reportings in India and Bangladesh that India has not deviated from her decades old plan of massive inter-linking of river plan to divert substantial amount of water from Brahmaputra to her South West region. It is learnt that our Ministry of Water Resources has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to contact the Indian Government to know her position and also to let India know our position on the issue. We are yet to know whether such communication has at all taken place, and what is the outcome of any communication if it has taken place.

Child abuse or maltreatment constitutes all forms of physical and emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or

Bangladesh is still tender in entering into reciprocal bilateral Preferential Trade Agreements in comparison with multilateral Preferential Trade Agreements.

Mutation means insertion of the name of the new owner in the Khatiyan (Record of Rights) instead of the former owner after transferring the ownership of a