ELDER ABUSE

BANGLADESH'S elderly population is increasing rapidly.
6 April 2015

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30 March 2015

Build the culture of 'responsible reading'

IN today's free world freedom of press is the heart of social and political interaction.
30 March 2015

UN calls to end modern slavery

AS the international community gathers to commemorate the millions of victims exploited by slavery and the transatlantic slave trade
30 March 2015

Endorsing anti-trafficking law

IN this present era human trafficking, a worst form of human degradation extends its malevolent drives more than ever to confine the human souls and their physical movement.
30 March 2015

Time to use WTO multilateral forum

THE US suspended Bangladesh from its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) scheme on 27 June 2013, following concerns over poor labour conditions particularly after the horrific collapse of Rana Plaza.
30 March 2015

India court scraps online arrest law

India's Supreme Court strikes down a controversial law which allows police to arrest people for comments on social networks and other internet sites
24 March 2015

Access To Safe Drinking Water

Clean water is essential to human growth, economic growth for a country and sustainability of that country. Without water, life could
23 March 2015

Rights of working women

At present times women employees can be seen in almost every establishments. They work in industries, shops, factories, companies
23 March 2015

BDLR To foster legal scholarship

Bangladesh Law Review (BDLR), an online law journal based on http://bdlawreview.org/, started its journey on 21 February 2015. The
23 March 2015

Seeking to set aside a decree's outcome

Section 41(1) of the Artha Rin Adalat Ain, 2003 (ARAA) provides that either party to a suit filed under the ARAA who may be aggrieved
23 March 2015

To deal with medical negligence

EVERY doctor has professional, legal and moral duty towards his patients. It is their duty to extend medical assistance to save the life of patients.
16 March 2015

Cheque Dishonour

We are a service provider company and we receive cheque payments from many of our customers. One of our clients is not paying us regularly.
16 March 2015

Our right as consumers

The Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh mentions about the States duty to ensure the rights of consumers...
16 March 2015

In search of Dumbledore

FOR the cover of the latest edition of his popular book called Constitutional Law of Bangladesh, Mr. Mahmudul Islam, who is a former Attorney General of Bangladesh, chose a tastefully grim and grey picture of the Supreme Court building taken against the backdrop of an overcast sky.
16 March 2015

CYBER CRIMES

DEFINITIONS of most crimes committed in worldwide real space are gender neutral although a significant number of crimes are committed mostly against women.
9 March 2015

Women should speak up against any abuse

Compared to the other countries, good number of laws exist in Bangladesh, specifically addressing violence against woman .
9 March 2015

Dower is our right, dowry is prohibitted

DESPITE of woman's participation in the socio-economic and political development, woman has less access to enjoy their money, especially in their property rights.
9 March 2015

Preventing VAW beyond Law

VIOLENCE against women (VAW) is marked as misdeed committed against the female members of the family, colleagues at office, and classmates in the educational institution and so on.
9 March 2015

Let's not go against the flow

ON the month of February The article “Status of 'Bangla' in legal arena” was a timely publication in the same page. The author Dr. Nahid Ferdousi, rightly observed the dilemma of using mother language in all official procedure of Apex Court. Her appeal to respect the martyrs of the Language Movement is morally legitimate, concerns for the interest of uneducated litigants in understanding the reasoning behind judgment does not necessarily go amiss.
2 March 2015