Khandaker Farzana Rahman is a Lecturer at the Department of Criminology, University of Dhaka. Her research interest includes

I work in a private Bank in Dhaka. Reguarly I notice that the footpath adjacent to my office is occupied by hawkers, tea stalls, iron workshops and garages.

ON 20 February 2017, the cabinet gave a go-ahead to the proposed Animal Welfare Bill. Apparently this nod of approval seems to be pro-bono; however, from a less legally critical perspective, it really is.

Enacted in 2013, the Maintenance of the Parents Act has already considered to be one of the contemporary and progressive laws in Bangladesh. The law is very precise having only nine sections and comprises legal provisions for maintaining parents.

Shoppers of retail stores would have noticed that many of these stores insist on a policy of not taking photographs within the store.

In continuance of the initiative taken by Think Legal Bangladesh Lecture Series, the 7th lecture was delivered by Hon’ble Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif, Judge of the High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 25th February 2017 at the EMK Center, Dhanmondi.

Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) organised a symposium on “Jurisprudence of Evidence in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Regime: National and International Perspectives” on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at its auditorium.

The quintessence of human rights is volunteering, the endeavour that tempts folks to exert effort for renovating the lives of their ill-fated counterpart in the society.

International Environmental Law and the Global South is a brilliant compendium of writings on international environmental law from a

An amendment to the TRIPS Agreement entered into force on Monday, 23 January 2017 securing for poor countries a legal pathway to

Many readers came across the news published in The Daily Star on January 19, 2016 as it appeared in the page 5, entitled, “Under-18

Lord Wilberforce commented, “any determination of disputable fact may, the law recognises, be imperfect: the law aims at

Children charged with crimes should be given lifelong anonymity to reduce reoffending rates, the UK government-commissioned review has recommended.

A few weeks ago, I saw the photo of the newly sculpted Lady Justice in our Supreme Court Premises, Dhaka. There is something

On 28 September 2016, ignoring the veto of the then US President Barack Obama , both houses of the US Congress enacted the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA).

This is the second consecutive time that the President has constituted a Search Committee to find some suitable candidates for the

The 6th Lecture in the Think Legal Bangladesh Lecture Series was delivered by Hon'ble Justice Naima Haider, Hon'ble Judge of the High

Due to our busy daily life, we are now-a-days relying on growing online business. Products and services like dress, shoes, food,

I had the privilege of perusing an article titled 'To introduce the principle of finality: An urge of a judge' written by Mr. Sekander Zulker Nayeen, a learned Joint District Judge of Bangladesh Judicial Service which was published in the Law & Our Rights of The Daily Star on 24 January 2017.

The definition of accessibility refers to the abilities and opportunities to reach desired goods, services, activities and destinations.