STRINGENT RECOVERY SYSTEM

Media reports sometimes claim that the law for recovery of non-performing loans (NPL) as crafted in the principal law in force in this regard, the Money Loan Court Act, 2003 (MLCA) is too soft towards the borrowers.
26 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Scoping a better strategy for Rohingya litigation

On 4 October 2018, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S.K. Kaul and K.M. Joseph dismissed an application to restrain the Government from taking steps to deport to Myanmar seven Rohingya refugees jailed in Assam.
29 October 2018, 18:00 PM

ICC and Myanmar: Impunity ended or extended?

The recent decision of the International Criminal Court's Pre-Trial Chamber recognising the Court's jurisdiction over Myanmar's alleged crimes against humanity has been hailed as breaking new ground in the Rohingya crisis and in the pursuit of international criminal justice more broadly.
17 September 2018, 18:00 PM

Assessing compensation in road accident cases

In Bangladesh, everyday serious accidents occur due to rough, speedy and reckless driving of bus and truck drivers.
6 August 2018, 18:00 PM

European General Data Protection Regulation

The European Union (EU) has adopted the unified law General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for all EU member states to ensure protection of personal data or information of an individual within the EU. By repealing the previous Data Protection Directive of 1995, the GDPR came into force on 25 May 2018 with the aim to take the data protection issues to a different level as it has introduced stricter regulatory obligations, wider territorial scope and hefty fine for non-compliance.
18 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Independent directors and good corporate governance

The appointment of independent directors is essential for listed companies in order to ensure good corporate governance. One of the main reasons behind appointing independent directors is to ensure objectivity so that they can evaluate the performance and wellbeing of a company without having any conflict of interest or undue influence.
11 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Can Artificial Intelligence claim IP-ownership?

Today we use many services or products even without noticing that these are Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated, as for example, auto pilot system in airplanes, spam filters in emails, plagiarism checker softwares, etc.
28 May 2018, 18:00 PM

WOMEN'S RIGHT TO POST-DIVORCE matrimonial compensation

We all are aware of the fact that our society has a prescribed set of stereotyped gender roles to the effect that men are the bread-
22 May 2018, 18:00 PM

Amend the law to stop excessive sand mining

Sand is an important natural resource of our country. Proper use of sand after extraction from the quarry can contribute to economic growth and help in reducing poverty as it can create the employment opportunity to some extent.
5 March 2018, 18:00 PM

Enforcement of contract in Bangladesh

Enforcement of Contract' is a very important regime of the Ease of Doing Business Ranking of the World Bank held every year. In 2018,
19 February 2018, 18:00 PM

PLATFORM FOR TORT LAW

Threatening and causing of physical injury, incidents of medical negligence, malpractice by lawyers, defamation by libel or slander,
5 February 2018, 18:00 PM

Laws governing us in the outer space

Considering the recently heard-of luxury trips to the moon by business tycoons, and with the earth looking forward to send manned
22 January 2018, 18:00 PM

POST WAR JUSTICE INITIATIVE

In 2010, the government resumed the post war justice out of a commitment to end the culture of denial and impunity. It was assumed that - many (if not all) of the perpetrators - will be brought to justice.
8 January 2018, 18:00 PM

'Judicial divorce' as exit

Present Muslim divorce Laws in Bangladesh allow husbands to pronounce divorce unilaterally. The only restriction imposed on this unilateral exercise of power is to serve notice to the wife according to section 7 of the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance
25 December 2017, 18:00 PM

7TH MARCH SPEECH and Preamble of our Constitution

The historic speech of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the 7th March, 1971 was
13 November 2017, 18:00 PM

From Transition to Transformation

Choices of transitional justice mechanisms have to be sensitive to the practical limits of justice in a society transitioning from military
30 October 2017, 18:00 PM

To make village courts effective

In rural Bangladesh, conflict management has been apparent over the years. The Village Courts Act of 2006, which replaced and updated the Village Courts Act of 1976, provides for the establishment of a court in every Union Council.
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM

Judging apex judges by parliamentarians

The 16th Amendment to the Constitution of Bangladesh in 2014 removed the power to impeach apex court judges from the Supreme
17 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Framing a social enterprise law

BRAC and Grameen - Bangladesh is home to two of the world's largest social enterprises. Undisputed as this fact is, it is curious that
12 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Towards a sustainable criminal justice system

Given that economic sufferings of the justice seeking people are immense in our country, the time demands a sustainable criminal
29 May 2017, 18:00 PM