When talking about women’s right to work, it is not sufficient to only discuss the participation of women in the labour market. It is also equally important to ensure that no woman, irrespective of reproductive choices, gets discriminated against.

Mohammad Golam Sarwar, a Chevening & Commonwealth Scholar and an Assistant Professor of Law (on study leave) at the University of Dhaka, is currently pursuing his Doctoral Research on climate crisis and alternative development at SOAS University of London.

This year, the 22nd  Human Rights Summer School (HRSS) has been organised by Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) in Proshika HRDC, Manikganj from 17th to 28th October 2023.

A group of labour leaders of Bangladesh today complained to the visiting delegation of the European Union that the amended labour law is not worker-friendly as many anti-labour provisions have been incorporated.

The Digital Security Act 2018 (DSA) is set to be replaced with a new (and arguably, different) statute— the Cyber Security Act 2023 (CSA). This write-up attempts to find out whether the most controversial aspects of the DSA have been adequately addressed by the proposed bill.

A comprehensive book on Bangladesh Constitution titled as “The Constitutional Law of Bangladesh: Progression and Transformation at its 50th Anniversary” has been published from Springer Nature (Singapore).

Under article 102(1) of the Bangladesh Constitution, the High Court Division on the application of any person aggrieved, may give such directions or orders to any person or authority, including any person performing any function in connection with the affairs of the Republic, for the enforcement of any of the fundamental rights conferred in this Constitution.

Dr. Kamal Hossain is a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court and the senior-most lawyer in the country. He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1970.

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to take necessary steps to reserve seats for overseas citizens in parliament to ensure equal treatment for them

Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ), BRAC University, in collaboration with ActionAid Bangladesh, organised a Research Findings Dissemination event on Legal and Regulatory Framework Affecting the Enabling Environment for Grassroots Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Monday, 30 October 2023 in Dhaka.

The Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), organised the 6th Intra-Department Moot Court Competition on 13 and 14 October 2023.

The Dhaka University Moot Court Society (DUMCS) has once again won the championship title at the Bangladesh national rounds of the 14th Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition 2023. This marks two consecutive years of unparalleled success for the institution.

The Bank Company (Amendment) Act 2023 was passed on 21 June 2023, with certain significant changes.

Non-performing loans refer to the status of the loans extended by banks and financial institutions that borrowers are not repaying as per the agreed-upon terms.

Marriage is considered to be a sacrament or samskara according to Hindu shastra.

According to a report published by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in 2020, the number of female-owned SMEs in Bangladesh was 2.8 million, which is around 24.6% of the total number of SMEs in the country.

Third-Party Funding is funding process by which a third-party financer lends capital to a party in a suit in exchange for a percentage share of the probable award on the outcome of the case.

Faculty of Law, University of Chittagong organised the inaugural edition of the National Law Conference. The first of its kind event commenced on 16 September and continued for two days at the premises of the University of Chittagong with Law in a Changing World as its theme.

Three people have been sued under the Digital Security Act in Sylhet for allegedly sharing derogatory posts on social media defaming the prime minister, Awami League, and its affiliated organisations

A felicitation programme for the newly enrolled advocates, graduating from Dhaka International University (DIU), organised by the Department of Law, DIU was held on 9 September at the moot court of DIU’s permanent campus.