Law Opinion / Judicial Independence and the Quest for Institutional Autonomy in Bangladesh
23 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Reviewing the Views / The implications of using AI in adjudicating legal cases
9 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Interview / The law addresses a long-standing social problem concerning daughters’ shares in their parents' property
16 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Interview / The protection of elderly parents is both a social and legal concern
16 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Your Advocate / Rights and remedies of elderly parents
9 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Review / Revisiting the administrative tribunal law
9 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Views / Reserving seats for women on public transport
2 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Vision / The case for recognising curative petition in Bangladesh
2 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Rights Watch / Workers’ rights and remedies against unjustified terminations
26 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Review / Protecting Bangladesh’s ecological heritage through law
26 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
BLAST holds expert consultation seminar on pre-trial barriers faced by rape victims
On 28 July 2018, Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) hosted a seminar titled “Addressing Procedural and Pre-Trial Barriers to Seeking Justice for Rape” in CIRDAP Auditorium
9 August 2018
Induction Ceremony for SALF EC held at the Daily Star Center
The induction ceremony for the newly elected Executive Committee of South Asian Lawyers’ Forum (SALF) took place on 4 August 2018 at the Daily Star Center.
9 August 2018
Accident insurance payment in US-Bangla plane crash
Only few months back, a seventy-six seat Bombardier plane operated by US-Bangla Airlines crashed in Kathmandu, Nepal with seventy-one passengers on board, including four crew members. Fifty people died and the rest were injured. Of those died, twenty-seven were Bangladeshis (including all four crew members), twenty Nepalese, and one Chinese.
9 August 2018
Judicial activism for constitutional torts
On 9 August 2018, the Appellate Division upheld a High Court verdict that ordered Bangladesh Railway and Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence to pay Tk 10 lakh each as compensation to the parents of Zihad, a four-year boy who died after falling into a shaft.
6 August 2018
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
Has the Bankruptcy Act, 1997 lived up to its expectation?
In ancient Roman society, bankrupt/insolvent persons were considered as criminals and with sovereign assent they were cut into pieces and threw away in the sea, their wives and children used to be sold as slaves.
6 August 2018
National Justice Audit launching event held at BICC
On 29 July, at Bangabandhu International Convention Center, National Justice Audit Bangladesh Launching Event took place.
31 July 2018
War crimes probe against Israel
On 25 July, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), appointed a three-member legal panel to conduct a war crimes probe into alleged Israeli human rights violation on the Gaza border that began on March 30.
30 July 2018
ASSESSING TORT CLAIMS: Relevance of Catherine Masud case
Underdeveloped tort law has been a growing concern for the legal system of Bangladesh for many years.
30 July 2018
Anti-dumping duties on Jute
Though Bangladesh has many success stories in international trade market, nevertheless huge negative trade balance is still a matter of great concern.
30 July 2018
Legal remedies for professional negligence of lawyers
Seeking remedies for professional negligence is a relatively less explored area in Bangladesh.
30 July 2018
Trafficking of children and young people
The World Day against Trafficking in Persons is an annual event held on July 30th of every year.
23 July 2018
Medical negligence and duty of care
With the front pages of newspapers increasingly reporting incidents of deaths and injuries arising out of road traffic and workplace accidents, dialogues on the urgent need for a dynamic tort regime have taken centre-stage.
23 July 2018
Anti-Generic Learning and Rebellious Lawyering
The Book Launching Ceremony of 'Anti- Generic Learning and Rebellious Lawyering: Reflections on Legal Education in Bangladesh',
23 July 2018
Innocent until proven guilty
Afew days back while reading the book “Sapiens” by Yuval Noah Harari, I stumbled upon an information which seems harmless in plain sight but in fact is quite gargantuan in the consequence it ensues.
23 July 2018
To ensure right to safe food
Recently in a research, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) has found that 75% of pasteurised
16 July 2018
Consumer protection and medical services
The purpose of consumer protection legislation and policy is to create a known, accessible, and speedy system of redress and
16 July 2018
'Legal Stories of Life': Celebration of Your Advocate
The book 'Legal Stories of Life' is a compilation of Barrister Omar H. Khan's write-ups published in The Daily Star's popular 'Your
16 July 2018
Eastern University hosts Moot Competition
An International Environmental Law Moot Court Competition 2018 was held in Eastern University from 12th to 14th July 2018. The
16 July 2018
Family planning is a human right
This year, World Population Day (11 July) marks the 50th anniversary of the 1968 International Conference on Human Rights, where family planning was, for the first time, globally affirmed to be a human right.
9 July 2018
Seven parties including NCP, BJP, AB party failed to submit poll expenses to EC
26 June 2026
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National Election 2026
2026 Bangladesh elections 'a democratic milestone': Commonwealth Observer Group
15 June 2026
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National Election 2026
EC gives 21 candidates until June 14 to file election expenditure reports
24 May 2026
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National Election 2026
Local govt polls ‘challenging’, but no lack of effort: CEC
21 May 2026
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National Election 2026