The writer is Professor of Law, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
The heinous tragedy and torment of Gaza continues unabated. The outrage of international public opinion, overwhelming support of states in the UN General Assembly, unprecedented Security Council binding resolution, and the Secretary-General’s repeated warning of an apocalyptic situation warranting immediate cease-fire and uninterrupted access of humanitarian assistance have so far gone unheeded in this world order.
Few postwar world order crises have solicited world attention and concern as alarmingly as has the ongoing genocidal mass killings and wanton devastation in Gaza by Israel.
Civilian atrocities committed during the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971 seemingly bear the hallmarks of the crime of genocide prohibited and punished under the UN Genocide Convention, 1948.
Bangladesh enacted and implemented its Constitution in 1972 featuring parliamentary democracy. Since then, the constitutional rule of law has had a turbulent journey.
The conflict between political correctness and incorrectness is as old as the history of political discourse itself.
The UN General Assembly emergency session adopted a resolution against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine on 2 March 2022. It was adopted by 141 votes of total 193 members with 5 negative votes and 35 abstentions of which Bangladesh was one.
The UN General Assembly emergency session adopted a resolution against Russia’s aggression in Ukraine on 2 March 2022. It was adopted
The ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine once again has solicited world attention to the international legal order that has repeatedly been fractured by powerful states in the post-cold war era.
Australia and Bangladesh have concluded the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on 15 September 2021 to boost their trade and
Once again Bangladesh has recently witnessed communal violence in different districts during the Durga puja (worship of the Mother Goddess) of the people with Hindu religious faith, a fundamental religious right duly recognised and embodied in the Constitution of Bangladesh.
Few recent matters have solicited the attention and concern of many in Bangladesh and abroad as intensely as has the current state of its higher education.
The present COVID-stricken world has been experiencing the devastating impact of this pandemic on human lives, livelihood, and economies with no confirmed end in sight.
The present COVID-stricken world has been experiencing the devastating impact of this pandemic on human lives, livelihood, and economies with
Bangabandhu delivered an immortal speech on 7 March 1971 amid a deepening political crisis in then East Pakistan. The crisis engineered by the Pakistan ruling military oligarchy, which sought to deny by bullets what the Bangalees achieved through ballots, the first ever general election held in Pakistan in 1970.
Bangabandhu delivered an immortal speech on 7 March 1971 amid a deepening political crisis in then East Pakistan.
The widespread violence against Rohingya Muslims causing civilian deaths, rapes, and forced deportation to Bangladesh has been
In his recent statement, the Chief Election Commissioner of Bangladesh 'personally believed army should be deployed in the upcoming
The tension between the two principal organs of the government of Bangladesh, the judiciary and the executive, is not too far to be perceivable.