Under Bangladesh’s taxation law, payment of zakat only operates as a deduction to taxable income instead of reducing the tax liability.

Resolving a case in our country often takes years due to excessive case backlogs, shortage of judges and procedural delays.

Bangladesh has long sought to attract higher levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) to support industrialisation, export diversification, and economic transformation.

The mutilated body of Ramisa Akter, an 8-year-old child raped, murdered and beheaded, was recently found in the capital of Bangladesh whose Constitution promises right to life, equality, and protection to every citizen.

After the final hearing of the writ petition of Mohammad Saddam Hossen v Bangladesh (2025) case, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) directed the establishment of a separate secretariat for the Supreme Court within three months.

On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) unanimously delivered a landmark advisory opinion concerning the states’ obligations relating to climate change.

Child marriage is a harmful social vice that impinges on an array of rights of a child and disproportionately impacts girlchildren in particular.

The National Human Rights Commission Act 2009 was enacted to establish an independent National Human Rights Commission for the protection, promotion, and effective enforcement of human rights in Bangladesh in accordance with its constitutional and international obligations.

‘Reform’ was a magic word pronounced innumerable times during the interim government’s time, yet the actual efficacy, urgency, and process of bringing those reforms still remain a matter of debate.

The Land Survey Tribunal (and Appellate Tribunal) is constituted under Chapter XVIIA of the State Acquisition and Tenancy Act 1950 (SAT Act).

The South Asian region continues to be an epicentre of the displacement crisis and refugee movement.

A university-level youth network comprising approximately 150 students from both public and private universities has been launched on 2 May 2026 to strengthen awareness and collective action against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) in Bangladesh.

On 3 January 2026, the United States (US) captured and detained Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, with charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation, and weapons possession.

I have been working at an IT firm in Chittagong for about one and a half years. Recently, after receiving a better job offer, I have decided to resign.

By June 2025, Bangladesh had seen an exponential rise in defaulted loans, marking the highest level since 2000. During the general election this year, the surge gave birth to a public concern regarding the eligibility of election candidates with allegations of loan default.

The statistics on mental health situation is alarmingly critical in Bangladesh. According to the WHO’s Special Initiative Country Report, 18.7% of adults and 12.6% of children in the country are at risk of mental illness, while approximately 92.3% of adults with mental disorders do not receive necessary treatment.

Recently, a writ petition with the High Court Division of the Supreme Court has been filed seeking a permanent ban on “Mangal Shobhajatra” held on Pahela Baishakh.

Legal access to justice continues to be a problem for many, especially for the marginalised, underprivileged, and those who suffer social exclusion.

Following the United States-Israel war on Iran which started on 28 February 2026, one legal term has made headlines on several financial newspapers: ‘force majeure’.

Visual Pollution is an emerging environmental problem of modern urbanisation.