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Stalemate with regard to the MP’s vacation of seat upon foreign court’s conviction
Of late a sitting-member of the current parliament named Mr. Shahid Islam alias Papul has been arrested in Kuwait on charges of human trafficking and money laundering.
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Human rights violations against student protesters
Civil society groups Front Line Defenders, CIVICUS and South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) have jointly published a report highlighting the use of excessive force, arbitrary arrests and allegations of torture and ill-treatment by the Bangladesh security forces during student protests.
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Preventing pharmaceutical malpractice
Infodemic and alluring false drugs’ promise to cure pandemic COVID-19 are compounding the ongoing public health crisis gradually.
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Budget 2020-21: A fiscal law perspective
The proposed budget of 5 lac 68 thousand crore for 2020-21 fiscal year is a robust one. It is now called the budget of ‘economic recovery’ and ‘not of emotion or high ambition’, but the reality of the budgetary scheme is totally different as ‘development’ has been reiterated again even during this difficult time of handling Covid-19 pandemic.
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Discharge from cases of Anti-Corruption Commission
Sub-section (3) of the section 6 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1958 provides that the provision of Chapter XX of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1898, shall apply to trial of cases under the Act, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act.
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Live webinar on ‘Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond’ organized by UNODC
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a live webinar on “Criminal Justice Responses to Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Times of COVID-19 and Beyond” on Thursday, 11 June , 2020.
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Unjust power leads to oppression against minority communities
The oppression against minority communities is nothing serious than a pandemic like Covid-19. The exception being that oppression has managed to plague the world for a lot longer.
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E-Judiciary project proposed for reducing time and costs
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed the implementation of an E-Judiciary project to reduce time and costs for litigants in the country.
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Regulating marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction
June 8 has been marked as World Ocean Day by United Nations. This year’s theme ‘Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean’ is indication of proper management and regulation of ocean resources.
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Farmers’ rights in plant variety protection law of Bangladesh
The legal framework, particularly premised on the intellectual property standards for the protec-tion of new plant varieties triggers formidable challenges for farmers’ rights, traditional farming, farmers’ traditional knowledge.
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The legal framework on biodiversity conservation
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic reminds us the fact that if we destroy biodiversity, we actually collapse the system that supports human life to exist.
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Covid-19: Time to introduce virtual ADR
Considering the emergency circumstances that has emerged from COVID-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh judiciary has lately started to conduct
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Children’s right to environmental protection
Right to safe environment is a prerequisite to ensure right to life as it is closely related with the standard of life, health and overall development
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Copyright protection of software and other digital products
In tech industry, producing and marketing software may generate revenue in billion though Bangladesh is yet to accrue such benefit.
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Dhaka Law Review hosts webinar on access to COVID-19 treatment and intellectual property rights
Dhaka Law Review hosted a webinar on May 22, 2020 titled ‘Will Intellectual Property Rights Hinder Access to COVID-19 Treatment?’ The
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Promoting local innovation for public health
With the coronavirus crisis going on, the world is undergoing rapid transformation and multidimensional changes in the discourse of global politics
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Covid-19 and State’s obligation to safeguard human rights
With the outbreak of the Covid-19 and the declaration of a global pandemic, nations worldwide have taken unprecedented and unconventional
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To protect rights of the consumers during pandemic
In a country like Bangladesh, we often see businessmen illegally making profits by using various techniques of syndicate during specific
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UQEEL holds the first-ever lawyers’ virtual entertainment show in Bangladesh
A group of 15 lawyers was amassed to put up the online performance to cheer up and entertain the viewers to overcome the stressful lockdown times during the COVID-19 crisis by showcasing their performances.
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Abortion – offence or a right?
Bangladesh does not recognise ‘abortion’ as a right rather considers the same as an offence under the garb of the term ‘miscarriage’.
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World No Tobacco Day: Can Bangladesh be tobacco-free by 2040?
Bangladesh aims to become a tobacco-free country by 2040. The goal was officially set in 2016 when the head of the Government on the World No Tobacco Day announced that making the country free from tobacco can be pertinent to achieve sustainable development.
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To ensure effective operation of Virtual Courts
Bangladesh ushered in a new era in its judicial system last week with the enactment of the ‘Usage of Information and Communication Technology by Court Ordinance, 2020’ (the Ordinance).
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Releasing prisoners: An act of justice, not mercy
Since the Covid-19 crisis has hit us hard, we have been expressing much concern for people affected across the board, leaving out detainees in prison.
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Enforcing One Stop Service Rule 2020 to attract foreign investment
The Covid-19 pandemic is changing the world rapidly. New economic and corporate chemistries are ossifying to supplement the future needs.
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DUCSU LPR organises webinar on the NIKO Arbitration 2020
Dhaka University Central Students Union Law and Politics Review (DUCSU LPR) organised a webinar titled ‘The NIKO Arbitration 2020: Political &
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Urge to ensure access to justice for all
School of Law, Brac University, organised the Webinar ‘Access to Justice during Covid-19: South Asian perspective and practice’ on May 17, 2020.
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COVID-19: The feasibility of making China legally responsible
The ongoing crisis of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak has acquired a multidimensional nature and has been wrecking the world economy,
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Virtual Courts in Bangladesh: Prospects and challenges
In the context of coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh has started its journey of conducting judicial proceedings through virtual courts on 12 May 2020.
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Making Corporate Social Responsibility mandatory
Government funding cannot alone contain the fallout, economic and otherwise, from the pandemic. Private sector contribution is imperative towards
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Arbitrations in Bangladesh during COVID-19 pandemic
Apart from the colossal health and economic crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic directly resulted in access to justice becoming non-existent in Bangladesh due to the closure of Courts from 26th March, 2020. On 9th May, 2020 the Hon’ble President promulgated an Ordinance that paves the way for virtual operation of the judiciary.
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