The judiciary of Bangladesh is heavily loaded with negative tags including of high backlogs, severe delays, huge costs, corruptions, inconsistency, absence of transparency, less conviction of perpetrators and so forth.
Recently, after numerous reports of horrifying rape incidents had gone viral, few fundamental thought-provoking issues became the discussion points of the country.
A common feature of almost every democratic Constitution in the world is the inclusion of detailed provisions concerning proclamation of emergency to overcome an imminent threat to the life of nation by war, external aggression, armed rebellion, internal disturbances, natural catastrophes, and economic breakdown.
Global observance of the International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8 every year sheds light on gender equality, women’s rights, and the challenges faced by women worldwide.
Freedom of thought is known as one of the foundations of a democratic society. Article 39(1) of our Constitution guarantees the right to freedom of thought without any exception, pointing towards its absoluteness.
A common scenario prevalent in Bangladesh is replicating foreign or local brand clothes and accessories and selling them at a lower price in the market. In fact, if any design or product becomes popular or viral on social media, many local designers try to replicate that design.
The Constitution Reform Commission’s recently published report has reignited debate about Bangladesh’s democratic future.
My understanding of the term ‘Human Rights’ is that they are inalienable birthrights of a human wherever he/she is born in the world and that the state is obligated to ensure, protect, and respect such rights.
Bangladesh universities, public and private, run their LLB (Hons) programme pursuant to a judicially determined and imposed admission limit of 50 students per semester.
The current state of higher education in Bangladesh is at crossroads, often deemed to be falling short of expected standard of research outcomes and new knowledge creation.
A prospectus is a document that gives details of a company’s activities and aims to persuade the public to invest in their company.
As a riverine country, Bangladesh has a long history of shipbuilding. Chattogram which is known as the port city of Bangladesh, has been involved in building of ships since the Mughal empire and with the flow of time, the tradition continues.
Imagine a human rights violation that suffers impunity inside the country, but that can be held accountable by an international body of some sort. Examples could be custodial torture, or enforced disappearances, or extra-judicial killings – all of which have abysmal track records of getting justice at Bangladesh’s courts.
Democratic society is based on consent. Sexual relationship must be consensual. Otherwise, it amounts to a crime according to section 375 of the Penal Code, 1860. The question of consent is raised in defence of the accused and therefore the onus probandi (burden of proof) rests on the accused, although the general principle is that the onus is on the prosecution.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) under the framework of the Global Action against Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants-Bangladesh (GLO.ACT-Bangladesh) organised an online workshop on engaging university students with UNODC Education for Justice trafficking in persons (TIP) and smuggling of migrants (SOM) modules on Friday,
Swedwatch, a Sweden based non-profit organisation, organised a four day long online training programme on business, human rights and environment for youth in Bangladesh.
On 8 October 2021, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged states to take steps to implement the right to healthy environment.
Even though Bangladesh claims to be a digitally progressive country, the cases of cyber harassment are continuously on the rise. In the view of recent public outcry against cyber harassment, people need to be made aware of the relevant laws to protect themselves.
