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.
The Arbitration Act 2001 (the “Arbitration Act”) was enacted with the spirit of recognising and dealing with, inter alia, aspects of international commercial arbitration.
With a view to promoting environmental consciousness to restore rcosystem, ACTIONISTS arranged a webinar on 12 June, 2021. The topic of the webinar was "Implementing Corporate Environmental Accountability in Bangladesh: Challenges and Way Forward".
Dhaka University Law and Politics Review (DULPR) hosted a panel discussion titled 'Looking Back at 50: Environmental Rhetoric to Reality in Bangladesh' on the occasion of the World Environment Day 2021. The discussion was hosted by Shahrima Tanjin Arni, Editor in Chief, DULPR.
Recently, three UK students named Adetola Stephanie Onamade (23), Marina Tricks (20) and Jerry Amokwandoh (22), have sued the UK government for their action and/or inaction to effectively and convincingly act on the climate crisis.
The global report on environmental rule of law (2019) reflects a sorrow state of enforcement of laws in Bangladesh despite the two hundred pieces of legislation that the country has on environment.
The global report on environmental rule of law (2019) reflects a sorrow state of enforcement of laws in Bangladesh despite the two hundred pieces of legislation that the country has on environment.
COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the worldwide economy, causing slowdown of business activities and economic contractions.
Air pollution is an atmospheric condition in which certain substances are present in abnormal concentrations.
A small number of pharmaceutical companies with the support of developed country governments invested billions of dollars in research and development of COVID-19 vaccines, related medicines, and technologies including mRNA, DNA, RNA, viral vector, protein subunit and testing materials along with their production and distribution.
Bangladesh made headlines across the world due to the arrest of Rozina Islam, a prominent investigative journalist. She was arrested after the Health Ministry filed a complaint against her under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, allegedly for taking pictures of so-called classified official documents, according to news reports.
