Constitution-making is invariably an “elitist” chore, as scholars rightly call it “equitable elite bargaining.”
The Cyber Ordinance Ordinance has to be judged on its own merit and based only on its seemingly “better” provisions.
Our parliament, on the other hand, drafted a self-defeating provision, Article 7B, by declaring one-third of the text of the constitution as unamendable through the usual constitutional amendment process.
Perhaps, in both catering to and exploiting such complexities, the language of authority in Bangladesh has been of compulsion, uncritical submission, and exertion of force.
The “interim” government will have to operate beyond the constitutional scheme as the current one does not endorse an interim
History shows how the “woman question”, “indigenous question”, “transgender question”, and “disabled question” get subsumed in the midst of dominant voices
The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) recently went on to evict 87 families in the Miranzilla sweeper colony.
The protests against US policies staunchly supporting Israel give us purpose and meaning in the face of adversities.
Law Desk (LD): Last year was eventful. The enactment of the Child Marriage Act widened a new dimension of discourse on conceptualising the fate of the women (specially girl children) in Bangladesh. Please share your thoughts and observation on it.
In the post World War I era, self-determination emerged as a purely political concept and not as a norm of international law.
A High Court Division (HCD) bench comprising of Justice Quazi Reza-Ul Hoque and Justice Mohammad Ullah, has issued a suo motu
Secularism, as one of our fundamental state policies, was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly. The Assembly was of the
Hon'ble Chief Justice, made it clear that unlike what is alleged, the judiciary is not beyond scrutiny and supervision.
The indictment hearing of the sensational Banani rape case is scheduled to begin on 9th July, 2017. This in turn marks an official
Bangladesh accepted changes for the Muslim majority through the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance 1961 which it inherited after it
Under the delusional conception of decreasing child marriages with the aid of the controversial 'exceptional clause', draft Rules have
Section 155(4) of the Evidence Act, 1872 allows evidence of the victim's immoral character to be offered by the defence. The rationale
