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
Symposium on food safety and budgetary allocation for law ministry held at BILIA
Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs (BILIA) held a symposium on “Significance of Proper Date Labelling of Manufacturing Food and Review of Budget for Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs” at the BILIA Auditorium on June 2, 2018.
11 June 2018
Proactive judiciary is needed to deliver environmental justice
Law Desk (LD): Do you think Bangladesh has been successful to comply with its international treaty-obligations concerning the protection of environment?
11 June 2018
What is actually the basic feature doctrine?
Anwar Hossain Chowdhury & Others v Bangladesh (1989) BLD (SPL) 1 (hereinafter '8th Amendment Case') marks the beginning of judicial review of constitutional amendment in Bangladesh. The 8th Amendment Case set forth the famous basic feature doctrine which laid down a test for determining substantive compatibility of any constitutional amendment vis-à-vis the Constitution (see Kawser Ahmed,
4 June 2018
History of World Environment Day
Every year on June 5, World Environment Day is observed around the world. With the ever-increasing process of industrialisation and development, planet earth keeps on being more and more vulnerable. The idea is therefore to create awareness among people regarding the protection and preservation of the surrounding environment. The date coincides with the first day of a landmark Conference.
4 June 2018
Cyber bullying
I am a college student. In social media I have been facing a few problems since the very beginning. In the public groups and pages, I often face harassment by unknown users and strangers in the comment section. I wanted to know if there is any legal solution to my problem.
4 June 2018
On reform of Companies Act 1994
The beginning of last month saw the first of its kind “Corporate and Commercial Law Conference 2018” in Bangladesh organised by Think Legal Bangladesh, an online legal resource platform. One of the panel discussions on "Company Law: The need for reforming the Companies Act, 1994” focused on high level concerns with the Companies Act and possible reform. The discussion was moderated by Barrister
4 June 2018
Road deaths and injuries: The role of tort law
Bangladesh is hardly any stranger to road deaths and injuries but this past month has been particularly poignant since certain road injuries and subsequent deaths in Dhaka have garnered nationwide attention due to their tragic and gruesome nature.
28 May 2018
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
Investigation into Israeli forces
Nearly 60 Palestinians were killed at mass border protests on Monday, 21 May because of Israeli firing into Hamas-ruled Gaza.
28 May 2018
REVIEW OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
This essay seeks to discuss briefly two fundamental issues concerned with judicial review of constitutional amendment in Bangladesh,
28 May 2018
IHL mooting competition held at UAP
University of Asia Pacific Moot Court Club (UAPMCC) organised the 2nd Inter Semester Moot Court Completion on the issues of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) for the students of Department of Law and Human Rights, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), on May 11 and 12, 2018.
24 May 2018
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
Human Rights in the Wonderland
Human rights are neither gifts nor can be learnt overnight. From the dawn of civilisation, different communities nourished the human
22 May 2018
An appraisal of Electricity Act
The Electricity Act, 1910 has been repealed on 12th February 2018 by re-enacting the Electricity Act 2018 for ensuring better supply
22 May 2018
Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of the
22 May 2018
Workshop on Mooting Organised by DUMCS at University of Dhaka
Dhaka University Moot Court Society (DUMCS), the pioneering mooting institution of the country, organised a two-day long workshop on mooting titled ‘A Study in Mooting’ for the students of Department of Law, University of Dhaka on May 13 and 14, 2018.
16 May 2018
Third Law Faculty open discussion held
The Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka (DU), with a view to imparting knowledge on various multidisciplinary issues and subjects outside the realm of law and legal studies, initiated an interdisciplinary lecture series, the ‘Law Faculty Open Discussion’ in early 2017. This series attracts tertiary level students from all disciplines as well as young professionals with its unorthodox choice of topic
15 May 2018
Treating animals with dignity
Around October of last year, netizens of Dhaka discovered a deed of utmost inhumanity: two dogs and their puppies were first beaten
14 May 2018
Your Advocate
This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a
14 May 2018
Living together in peace
In 1997, the General Assembly proclaimed the year 2000 as the “International Year for a Culture of Peace”. In 1998, it proclaimed the
14 May 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