Is it obligatory to cast vote?

Dear Sir, I am a voter and this general election will be my first opportunity to cast vote. However, I would like to know whether it is obligatory to cast vote for every citizen in Bangladesh.
24 December 2018

UN COP 24 Climate Summit

This year's UN climate talks produced important steps forward in putting the landmark accord into practice. At the inauguration of the summit, UN chief warned that failure to agree would be 'suicidal' after 'rogue nations' block major scientific report.
24 December 2018

International arbitration of FDI disputes

Facing FDI nationalisation in the 1960s-1970s, foreign investors were reluctant to invest without strict protection. Many Third World states felt the stultifying economic effect of reduced FDI and accepted investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) under private international law as the binding FDI protection.
24 December 2018

SDG Lab holds workshop at Jahangirnagar University

With the aim of comprehending and working together towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals, SDG Lab, an initiative of five Chevening Scholars in Bangladesh
22 December 2018

Campaigning for parliamentary election legally

Parliamentary election is one one of the most fundamental pillars of democracy in Bangladesh. And election campaigning is an important aspect of parliamentary election.
19 December 2018

Law quotations

Law quotations
17 December 2018

Legal Analysis on Pornography

Beautiful beaches have a natural trap called 'Quicksand'. When a person walks over it, he sinks down and it pushes the water out creating a vacuum effect that captivate the victim tighter and tighter giving almost no way to rescue.
17 December 2018

Punishment in Educational Institutions

Children are very precious to their parents. However, in reality, parents and teachers who act in loco parentis continue to punish children with corporal and psychological torture
17 December 2018

Towards a better labour law – Recent amendments to Bangladesh Labour Act 2006

The Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 (the “Act”) has recently been amended by the Government of Bangladesh. Overall, it is notable that the rights of workers have been expanded, but the amendments do not focus solely on workers' rights.
17 December 2018

BLAST holds National Conference on Rape Law Reform

On 8th December 2018, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) held a National Conference on Rape Law Reform at CIRDP International Conference Centre,
17 December 2018

Discussion on ‘Legal Academia and Pro-bono Culture’ held at DU

The Centre for Advanced Legal Studies (CALS), University of Dhaka (DU), in collaboration with iProbono, hosted a Discussion Session on ‘Legal Academia
12 December 2018

DIU Law Department observes Int’l Human Rights day

The Department of Law, Daffodil International University (DIU) celebrated the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 2018, at the 71 Milonayoton of its campus.
12 December 2018

SEVENTY YEARS OF UDHR : The fight for human dignity

This year, Human rights day will mark the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR, 1948), the core
10 December 2018

Artificial Intelligence through the lens of Human Rights

Nowadays, individuals carry out most of their actions with the help of technologies with or without knowing the consequences
10 December 2018

SDGs for better protection of Human Rights

The SDGs are built upon the success of the MDGs and they came into force officially on 1 January, 2016. There are 17 Sustainable
10 December 2018

The constitutional reality of Right to Vote

Democracy is believed to be one of the most successful political ideas in the present world. Democracy lets people speak their minds
10 December 2018

CO2 emissions on rise after 3 years

A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) shows that global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose again during 2017.
3 December 2018

Defining the extent of 'Office of Profit'

Article 66 of the Bangladesh Constitution expressly enumerates number of disqualifications to become a member of the parliament or to compete for the respective election.
3 December 2018

BITs of Bangladesh

Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) contractualise agreed upon legal obligations for the safest possible protection to each other's foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the parties' territories.
3 December 2018

Judges can be friends with lawyers in Facebook

The Supreme Court (SC) of Florida, USA has ruled by a 4:3 majority that it is okay for judges to be friends in Facebook with the attorneys appearing before them and Facebook friendship as such is not a sufficient ground for disqualifying the judge from considering the matter in question on the ground of likelihood of bias.
26 November 2018