The Agreement on Reciprocal Trade between the US and Bangladesh concluded on 9 February 2026 has become a cause of concern in Bangladesh.

Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) is a new form of, often cross-border, gender-based violence.

Women across the world begin their labour way before the formal workday starts, performing countless tasks that sustain both national economies and private households.

By the time you finish reading this introduction, a law will have been passed somewhere in the world that is technically legal but fundamentally unjust. For instance, if a bill mandating the execution of anyone who spits in a public space were to pass through the Bangladeshi Parliament, it would legally constitute a law, but it would be universally condemned as morally vicious. This leads us to understand interactions between law and morality.

In recent times, we have seen an alarming phenomenon in our country: criminal defence lawyers in sensational cases are often painted as villains by many.

Despite being part of a BDT 3500 crore industry, tea workers in Bangladesh face unsustainable wages, horrendous living conditions, and structural marginalisation.

In Bangladesh’s constitutional history, the ‘July Charter’ and the issuance of the July National Charter (Constitutional Reform) Implementation Order, 2025 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Order’) are not mere administrative measures.

Stay of criminal proceedings refers to the issue of not proceeding with a criminal case until a formal judicial order reopens it because the matter is sub-judice or pending in another court. The concept comes into play especially when there is a pending civil litigation on the same subject-matter because it entails a potential risk of contradictory judicial decisions.

Child labour in Bangladesh is typically associated with factories and hazardous industries.

The closing ceremony of the 2nd Bangladesh Qualifying Round of the Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition 2025-26 was held on 7 February 2026 at IUB.

Violent extremism undermines peace and security, human rights and sustainable development.

A shocking news story took Bangladesh by storm in October 2024 when thirteen-year-old Kolpana was rescued from her employer’s house.

As an emerging and prevalent trend, mandatory pre-litigation mediation has been introduced in many parts of the world including the USA, Italy, Australia, Germany, France and Norway.

Years after the mass exodus of Rohingya people from Myanmar, the crisis stands as one of the clearest examples of the global failure of justice.

The issue of climate justice in Bangladesh has long been relegated to the footnotes of constitutional discourse.

The unprecedented growth of digital innovations within the twenty-first century has significantly shaped the way governance, communication, and daily living are conducted.

The promulgation of the Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 2026 marks a significant step towards modernising the land and property registration system of Bangladesh.

The interim government has recently enacted the Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (the ‘Ordinance’) marking a significant step in strengthening Bangladesh’s tobacco control regime. The fresh ordinance redefines ‘tobacco’ and broadens the meaning of ‘tobacco products’ to include e-cigarettes, Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS), Heated Tobacco Product (HTP) and similar devices that have rapidly gained popularity, particularly among the younger users.

The recently published verdict of the High Court Division (HCD) on the legality of the polygamy provision in the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, 1961 (MFLO) has revived the age-old debate concerning wife’s consent to a subsequent marriage by the husband. The HCD has reaffirmed the existing law, citing section 6 of the MFLO as it is. However, the matter needs to be reframed, scrutinised more humanely, and in its context, women’s marital rights requires re-evaluation.

It was a wrongful release, says senior jail superintendent