I am a 27 year old girl currently residing in Dhanmondi.

WITH many of the earth's ecosystems nearing “critical tipping points,” the United Nations invited each of the seven billion people on the planet to mark this year's World Environment Day by making one change towards a more responsible consumption of resources – “be it refusing to buy single-use plastic bags or riding a bike to work.”

The judicial system is a powerful tool at the heart of women's rights enforcement, along with the lawyers that fight for the rights of their clients.

Since October 2014 the School of Law, BRAC University has engaged on a project entitled “Mapping of Knowledge on Projects

One in every 10 cigarettes consumed is illicit, making them cheaper and more accessible to people from low-income groups, as well as

Silvaster works in a gas station near La Brea, Los Angeles. This gas station is a place of regular police petrol from Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Most often, the petrol officer in charge send disguised employees into the store to see whether anyone is breaking

Generally street harassment means and includes unwanted comments, gestures, and actions forced on a stranger in a public place and

Although in the final sense, the ratio of this case strictly involves aspects relating to functions of the judiciary or judicial independence, the decision, nevertheless, carries a strong human rights message which we are eagerly waiting to see to be capitalised.

THE Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 1992 is the main international instrument providing a general framework for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilisation of genetic resources.

THE proverb goes, “bad news travel fast” and we have witnessed it regarding draft law on child marriage.

THE world is facing complex challenges regarding the future of sustainable energy which demand comprehensive and immediate solutions, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson declared on May 20 as he delivered remarks to the General Assembly's Global Energy Ministerial Meeting.

DHAKA, the capital of Bangladesh, is one of the densely populated cities in the world. Being an overcrowded city, Dhaka has a high level of noise pollution.

A new United Nations-backed report on the link between forests and food production and nutrition says that woodlands could be the key to ending hunger and will be intimately linked to the global fight against climate change.

SAFE motherhood means ensuring that all women receive the care they need to be safe and healthy throughout pregnancy and childbirth.

DOING legal research in an appropriate method is an indispensable research skill of any legal researcher.

Governments in South East Asia must act immediately to stop the unfolding humanitarian crisis.

Think Legal Bangladesh, an online legal resource platform based at www.thinklegalbangladesh.com, held the second Lecture in its Think Legal Lecture Series last Saturday, 9th May, 2015 at Dhanmondi's EMK Centre.

The protection of witnesses plays a key role in the successful functioning of the Court. But unfortunately in our country, the trend is such that the witnesses do not wish to come to the courts to give their statements and evidences as they feel unsafe.

Amidst of debate over the abolition of death penalty around the world, the higher judiciary in Bangladesh has come with a milestone judgement declaring mandatory death penalty unconstitutional.

Often people alleged that police is reluctant to take Ezahar or First Information Report (FIR) in police station for various reasons.