While addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 28, 2022, Mechelle Bachelet, the UN human rights chief, raised an important point on the rise in disinformation across societies, remarking that systemic inequality has helped fuel a rise in the deliberate spreading of falsehoods.
Digital commerce platform Evaly was noted amongst customers for its frequent, and generous discounts and cashback offers. However, complaints eventually started piling up regarding delay in delivery as well as non-delivery of products. Owing to the diverse catalogue of products offered on evaly, the losses incurred by consumers are also varying from small to rather significant amounts.
In continuation of the series of events organised by the Liberation War Museum (LWM) on the occasion of the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a virtual discussion titled ‘The Judicial Process of Bangabandhu Murder Case and Its Verdict’ was held on the last evening of the mournful August.
Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is perhaps one of the most hyped-up terminologies in this version of the digital era and is no longer alien to the people at large.
A virtual dialogue on Industrial Safety of the RMG Sector during the Post-Accord-Alliance Period on 11 July 2021 was organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Bangladesh.
The 2nd Professor Shah Alam Constitutional Law Virtual Moot Court Competition organised by Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) was held from 24-27 June. A total of 26 teams representing different universities of Bangladesh have participated in this virtual moot court competition.
Society cannot be free of crimes by only handing out rigorous punishment like death sentence and life imprisonment, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain said today.
The family of a Jahangirnagar University student who has been missing for about a week has demanded for his safe return.
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has suspended all functions of the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court for today (Thursday), showing respect to Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President and Awami League lawmaker Abdul Matin Khasru.
Normal court functions will remain closed during the “strict restrictions” period to be enforced from tomorrow (April 14) to April 21.
The Supreme Court today directed a suspected member of banned militant group Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Chapainwabganj, Md Toufikul Islam alias doctor Toufik, to surrender before the trial court concerned in two weeks in connection with a case filed against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The Supreme Court administration has directed the jail authorities not to produce under-trial prisoners before the lower courts or tribunals concerned during case proceedings, including hearing of their bail petitions, till further order -- as a precaution to coronavirus situation.
Attorney General AM Amin Uddin today said the state will take necessary initiative for the Supreme Court's hearing on the 2017 review petition challenging its verdict which upheld the cancellation of the 16th constitutional amendment that restored parliament’s power to remove judges for incapacity or misconduct.
Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court formed 14 virtual courts today, which will function digitally to deal with bail petitions and other urgent matters between April 12 and 19.
A section of Supreme Court lawyers today placed a memorandum to the chief justice requesting him to form 35 virtual High Court benches for quickly disposing of cases and to provide relief to litigants and lawyers during the lockdown.
Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today said some of the Supreme Court verdicts are not being implemented properly even after initiating contempt of court proceedings, which is very “unfortunate”.
The Supreme Court today set April 19 for hearing a petition filed by Erfan Salim, son of Awami League MP Haji Md Salim, for vacating its stay order on the High Court bail order for him in a case filed over attacking a navy officer in October last year.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a leave-to-appeal petition with the Supreme Court, challenging the High Court verdict that emphasised formulation of a specific law or rules regarding imposing embargo on corruption suspects or accused leaving the country.
