With a view to promoting environmental consciousness to restore rcosystem, ACTIONISTS arranged a webinar on 12 June, 2021. The topic of the webinar was "Implementing Corporate Environmental Accountability in Bangladesh: Challenges and Way Forward".

Dhaka University Law and Politics Review (DULPR) hosted a panel discussion titled 'Looking Back at 50: Environmental Rhetoric to Reality in Bangladesh' on the occasion of the World Environment Day 2021. The discussion was hosted by Shahrima Tanjin Arni, Editor in Chief, DULPR.

Recently, three UK students named Adetola Stephanie Onamade (23), Marina Tricks (20) and Jerry Amokwandoh (22), have sued the UK government for their action and/or inaction to effectively and convincingly act on the climate crisis.

The global report on environmental rule of law (2019) reflects a sorrow state of enforcement of laws in Bangladesh despite the two hundred pieces of legislation that the country has on environment.

The global report on environmental rule of law (2019) reflects a sorrow state of enforcement of laws in Bangladesh despite the two hundred pieces of legislation that the country has on environment.

COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the worldwide economy, causing slowdown of business activities and economic contractions.

Air pollution is an atmospheric condition in which certain substances are present in abnormal concentrations.

A small number of pharmaceutical companies with the support of developed country governments invested billions of dollars in research and development of COVID-19 vaccines, related medicines, and technologies including mRNA, DNA, RNA, viral vector, protein subunit and testing materials along with their production and distribution.

The Official Secrets Act, 1923 (OSA) – a nearly 100-year-old colonial legislation – has recently garnered much attention following the arrest of journalist Rozina Islam.

Bangladesh made headlines across the world due to the arrest of Rozina Islam, a prominent investigative journalist. She was arrested after the Health Ministry filed a complaint against her under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, allegedly for taking pictures of so-called classified official documents, according to news reports.

The Bangladesh parliament has enacted the Public Interest Information Disclosure (Provide Protection) Act (popularly referred as the Whistleblower Protection Act) to guarantee legal protection to the whistleblowers back in 2011.

Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report issued on 22 May to coincide with the International Day for Biological Diversity.

The Academy of Law and Policy (ALAP), in collaboration with The Daily Star, in its 7th webinar, on 7th May 2021, discussed the adequacy and effectiveness of the company law reforms of 2020 and the need for further reform of the Companies Act, 1994 and rules framed thereunder.

A 2019 research paper titled “Assessing informed consent practices during normal vaginal delivery and immediate postpartum care in tertiary-level hospitals of Bangladesh,” (hereinafter, the research paper) divulged the absence of informed consent in normal vaginal delivery (hereafter referred to as NVD) and post-partum care in the tertiary level hospitals of Bangladesh.

Polygamy implies the practice of getting married to more than one spouse at the same time. As per paragraph 255 of Mulla’s Principles of Mahomedan Law, a Mahomedan may have as many as four wives at the same time but not more (Baillie, 30, 154 (fourth class). It is admitted that the above interpretation originated from the Holy Quran (An-Nisa” 3rd verse of the fourth surah) where it has been proclaimed “If you fear that, you will not deal fairly with orphan girls you may marry whichever other woman seems good to you, two, three or four. If you fear that you cannot be equitable to them, then marry only one. (Quoted from the book “The Quran, translated in English by M.A.S. Abdel Haleem)

The Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka organised a webinar titled 'Celebration of World Intellectual Property Day' for the observance of World IP Day.

The present COVID-stricken world has been experiencing the devastating impact of this pandemic on human lives, livelihood, and economies with

Reportedly, a good number of trees including medicinal plants has been cut down as part of a project ‘to enhance the beauty and greenery’ of Suhrawardy Udyan by the Public Works Department.

One Stop Service (OSS) is one of the most popular service-oriented concepts in the world in order to make the government more efficient,

Reportedly, a good number of trees including medicinal plants has been cut down as part of a project ‘to enhance the beauty and greenery’ of