Law Vision / Recognising a judicially enforceable right to education
13 December 2025, 18:00 PM
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Law Vision / The rise of tech-facilitated intimate partner violence in Bangladesh
25 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Law vision / Preventing land-related fraud through digitalisation
29 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Law Vision / Artificial Intelligence and the court
21 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Law vision / Regulating battery-run rickshaws
4 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Law Vision / Bangladesh’s Constitutional Crossroads: The Imperative of a New Charter
22 July 2025, 18:00 PM
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FDI in Bangladesh: A Supplement to BIDA’s recent Investment Summit
9 May 2025, 18:00 PM
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Law vision / Problems and Prospects of ADR in Bangladesh
27 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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Law Advocacy / Judges’ appointment in Bangladesh
6 February 2025, 18:00 PM
Law & Our Rights
LAW VISION / Rethinking our parliamentary accountability
15 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Law & Our Rights
Inability to repatriate export proceeds and legal remedies for exporters
In Bangladesh, most of the exporters have to rely on bank loan for procuring the raw materials essential for the production of the goods/articles to be exported.
9 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Employment Injury Protection Scheme: A new horizon to workers’ social protection
A study by ILO reveals that over 11,000 workers suffer fatal accidents and a further 24,500 die from work-related diseases across all sectors each year in Bangladesh.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Need for Sentencing Guidelines in Bangladesh
If an accused either pleads guilty or is found guilty by the court, he becomes an offender and is sentenced by the court. Generally, a criminal trial ends with a conviction or acquittal of an accused.
12 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Digital payment system to boost up the operation of virtual courts
The Covid-19 crisis has tremendously increased the use of internet and accelerated the digitalisation of many businesses and services through introducing teleworking and video conferencing in different sectors.
13 July 2020, 18:00 PM
COVID-19 and Default of Commercial Loans: Looking Ahead
The time we are living in is unprecedented, to say the least. While claims relating to health, social and political unrest are undeniable, the
4 May 2020, 18:00 PM
COVID-19 and force majeure: A Bangladeshi perspective
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China was first reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Country Office in China, on 31 December 2019.
13 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Membership in international sporting bodies and statehood
In the case of Reference re Secession of Quebec, the Supreme Court of Canada observes that “the viability of a would-be state in the international community depends, as a practical matter, upon recognition by other states”.
24 February 2020, 18:00 PM
Absence of adequate legal framework for e-cheques
The electronic form of cheques (e-cheques) and the system of cheque truncation are prevalent in most of the countries in the world. E-cheques and the system of cheque truncation have been introduced to reduce the physical movement of cheques and ensure safe and secure payments.
23 December 2019, 18:00 PM
On the settlement of land disputes in the CHT
Land crisis is arguably the main problem in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHTs) centering which many other problems have arisen over the years. From time immemorial, the CHT inhabitants have been complying with their traditional collective ownership principle coupled with customary rules and regulations for land management.
16 December 2019, 18:00 PM
Intellectual Property regime in the age of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) generated contents have been posing formidable challenges to the existing Intellectual Property (IP) regime.
11 November 2019, 18:00 PM
Institutional barriers in accessing civil justice system
Goal 16 of the SDGs pledges ‘ensuring access to justice for all’ as a target to be achieved. The term ‘all’ signifies everyone irrespective of their race, sex, color, language, religion, wealth, etc. In this article, I will not take a holistic approach to access to justice, but attempt to explore the likely institutional barriers that cause obstacles for the poverty ridden people in starting judicial proceedings before any civil court.
21 October 2019, 18:00 PM
Sexual offences against women: looking beyond the statutes
The society of Bangladesh has been particularly unsafe for women because of the rising rate of crimes against women in all spheres. According to Ain o Salish Kendro, 128 women were raped, 12 were killed after being raped, 26 were attempted to be raped and 2
16 September 2019, 18:00 PM
The legality of artificial intelligence weapons
There is no legal definition regarding artificial intelligence (AI) weapons, no treaties and national legislation define such autonomous weapons system (AWS). In 2013 the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) defined AWS which is the most cited definition till date. The
2 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Non-compete clause: Can employer impose restraint upon former employees?
Usually, employers use the post-employment restraint clauses or non-compete clauses to defend their business interests after an employee departs their company. Non-compete clause is notably added in the employment contract seeking to refrain an employee to
19 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Time to adopt intellectual property policy for universities
Bangladesh has continuously been ranking in poor position at global and regional innovations index. Despite the noticeable progress in many areas, including ICT sectors, the scenario of innovations and creativity remain dissatisfactory. What factors are possibly
29 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Understanding Bangladesh’s stand in global climate change battle
If human species somehow manage to survive the apocalyptic disaster of climate change, the Paris Agreement 2015 would be remembered as a remarkable achievement in the history of civilisation.
22 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Some traffic laws & scant regard for the mass
In the current era of indirect democracy, it is accepted that the laws and policies would be made, not by the people themselves but by their representatives.
15 July 2019, 18:00 PM
The role of civil justice in achieving SDGs
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came into force by a historic UN Summit with a view to mobilising efforts to end all forms of poverty, inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind.
17 June 2019, 18:00 PM
THE TRIAL OF 1971 GENOCIDE: Reflection on ICTBD
Yesterday marked the 3rd National Genocide Day of Bangladesh. On 25 March 1971 late night, the Pakistan Occupation Army started
25 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Shifting the paradigm of loan defaulter's liability
This is a crucial time in Bangladesh to find out the ways to reduce the default loan in the banking system, in a scenario where the amount of default loan is above 99 thousand crore taka only in 2018. All the stakeholders including the new Government of Bangladesh are searching ways to reduce this default loan. In this writing, I am trying to find out the way of reducing default loans through shifting the paradigm of liability of the defaulter from civil to criminal liability.
4 March 2019, 18:00 PM