The National River Conservation Commission recently published the Draft National River Conservation Commission Act 2020 soliciting opinions on the Bill.

I work in the Human Recourse Department of a reputed multinational company. I am not very informed about the gratuity scheme and associated income tax benefits, as I hear different opinions from within my peer group. We would appreciate if you can enlighten us on the matter.

How problematic the constituency activities of our MPs may appear, parliament members’ constituency work is considered necessary in all types of representative democracies. Professor Philip Norton of the UK House of Lords has outlined at least seven aspects of the MPs’ constituency work.

Professor M Rafiqul Islam has been declared a Professor Emeritus of Macquarie University at its 498th Council Meeting held on 10 December, 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a significant threat to the migrant workers all around the world. Migrant workers from Bangladesh, among others, were one of the worst sufferers.

International Migrant Workers Rights Day is globally observed on 18 December. Migration is an impactful term drawing increasing attention across the world.

School of Law, BRAC University in collaboration with the Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs division, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh jointly organised the workshop titled ‘Legislative Research for Identification of Discriminatory Provisions in Existing Laws of Bangladesh’ held on 12 December, 2020 at BCDM Savar.

Sunset clause is a legal provision which provides for automatic disposition of any law or agency or government programme unless extended. It is considered as an important part of temporary legislation.

Moral policing is when someone imposes their subjective standards and ideas of ethics and morality on other people and prevents them from exercising their civil liberty.

NETZ Partnership for Development and Justice, along with it partner organisations We Can and DASCOH Foundation jointly organised a Policy Dialogue with relevant public authorities on the progress and obstacles of the implementation of law on 08 December at CIRDAP Auditorium, Dhaka under the project titled Strengthened Civil Society Protects and Promotes Women’s Rights supported by the European Union.

In Bangladesh, there is a prevalent common perception that unjust or unequal treatment results in discrimination. For example, the High Court Division in the HRPB v. Jatiyo Sangsad [67 DLR (2015) 191] held that section 32Ka of the Anti-Corruption Commission Act, 2004 was discriminatory because it created unjust classification (Para 26).

Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) and Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) jointly organised a seminar on case management on November 30, 2020 to generate knowledge about case management in the civil courts among the judicial officers of Bangladesh.

Health is a human right and not a privilege. Human rights are fundamentally linked to global health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 continues to grow at a rapid pace worldwide.

NETZ Partnership for Development and Justice, along with it partner organisations We Can and DASCOH Foundation jointly organised a Policy Dialogue with relevant public authorities

The Supreme Court (SC) on December 1 delivered its verdict in the review petition of the Ataur Mridha case (Criminal Review Petition 82/2017). In the short order, it sought to clear the confusion that arose following its verdict in 2017 on the tenure of life imprisonment.

Our country is far away from legislating provisions concerning menstrual leave.

Law Desk (LD): How would you evaluate the overall situation of human rights compliance in Bangladesh right now?

Punishment of rape has been the talk of the town for a while now and it has been this way rightfully; however, punishment alone will not suffice as a deterring factor of this heinous crime.

Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), is the only extensively hilly area in Bangladesh. Many indigenous communities have been living in this area from time immemorial.

The recent controversy in copyright law arose with the song ‘Juboti Radhe’, when one party claimed it to be their own lyrical composition whereas the other party claimed it to be a popular folk song.