Strengthening labour adjudication

At present, Labour Courts in Bangladesh are functioning under the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006. According to this Act, the Labour
24 April 2017

Enforcement of IPRs

The present world is witnessing increased attention on the issues concerning Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in the policy making at
24 April 2017

Legal framework for Samaritans

On 30 March 2016, the Supreme Court of India presided over by the Hon'ble Justice V. Gopala Gowda and Hon'ble Justice Arun Mishra
17 April 2017

Supporting farmers in the north-east

Flash flood of the north-east was the prime news published in The Daily Star on 14 March 2017. Front-page news titled 'Havoc in
17 April 2017

Your Advocate

This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a
17 April 2017

TRIPS to deal with access to medicine

On 23 January 2017, an amendment to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement)
17 April 2017

Draft Rules on the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2016

Under the delusional conception of decreasing child marriages with the aid of the controversial 'exceptional clause', draft Rules have
10 April 2017

Biopic and new film policy

Film is often defined as a form of language. It is a form of language which is an essence of inspiration to some and to some it is a
10 April 2017

Seminar on law making process

Organised by Bangladesh Law Digest (BDLD), a seminar on 'Law Making Process of Bangladesh' was held on 4 April 2017 at the
10 April 2017

Standing by the unheard

Family, companion and sometimes shadow, these are the various positions that these four legged furry animals hold in our hearts.
10 April 2017

The ghost of ‘special circumstance’ provision

Recently on 27 February 2017, the National Parliament of Bangladesh has newly enacted the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 repealing the Child Marriage Restraint Act of 1929.
8 April 2017

Discipline of Judges in the grab of the Executive

The independence of the Judiciary is one of the basic structures of our Constitution. The development of democratic
3 April 2017

Remembering the Rwanda Genocide

Recognising the importance of combating impunity for all violations that constitute the crime of genocide, the
3 April 2017

Methods of demerger

Demerger is a form of corporate restructuring in which an entity's business operations are divided into one or more
3 April 2017

LIABILITY FOR CORPORATE CRIMES

In recent years, the liability for crimes committed by companies has been a matter of intense scrutiny in many
3 April 2017

Jessup journey: The beginning

When a dream can be lived, anything seems to be pacifying. If it is for a moot loving law student, only Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition (JESSUP) thrives golden dream.
3 April 2017

Lecture on ‘The Role of International Law in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’

Department of Law, University of Dhaka organised a lecture on ‘The Role of International Law in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’ on 29 March 2017 in the Seminar Hall, Nabab Nawab Ali Choudhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka.
30 March 2017

Towards independence

Theme of the 2017 World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) is “Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination”. The theme is line with the spirit of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) which recognises the right of persons with disabilities to independence of person and to individual autonomy (article 3).
27 March 2017

Bringing discipline in road transport sector

There was a timely piece on bus fare published in The Daily Star on 12 March 2017 titled, “Bus fare not fair”. The piece rightly
27 March 2017

YOUR ADVOCATE

I am 23 years old, student of a private university and living in student hostels. For the past one month, a man identifying himself as
27 March 2017