LAW WATCH
Can a company have both a ‘Managing Director’ and a ‘Chief Executive Officer’?
It is customary for companies to have either a Managing Director (MD) or a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). But can a company have both MD and CEO posts hold by two separate individuals?
Rights Watch / Observation on the draft National Pension Authority Act
The government has published the draft National Pension Authority Act, 2022 and proposed a self-contributory pension scheme for citizens within age ranging from 18 to 50 years having National Identity Card (NID) and living in home or abroad.
Law Watch / Implementing UNGPs to hold the industries accountable for environmental damage
The economy of Bangladesh has seen tremendous growth in the recent past that helped the country graduate from LDC to middle income country.
Law Watch / Legal annotations regarding virtual company meetings during pandemic
With the pandemic, almost every type of functionary came to a standstill except the very essential ones. But as life must go on, the humankind has found ways to carry on with life.
Law Watch / Implementing the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security
In 2019, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Bangladesh, in collaboration with the UN Women Bangladesh country office, published the National Action Plan (NAP) on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 2019-2022.
Claim for total loss under marine insurance policy
International trade largely depends upon the shipping industry. Around ninety percent of traded goods are transported around the world through sea.
Rights Watch / Protecting trade secrets while franchising a business
Franchising can be a good model to expand a business of the franchisor by granting license to franchisees. Generally, this gives a franchisee an access to use the knowledge, processes, ‘know-hows’ and trademarks of the franchisor and sell a branded product or service under their goodwill and name.
Law Watch / MLM on digital platforms: Legality and efficient enforcement of law
Generally, Multi-level Marketing (MLM) refers to a business scheme where a company’s revenue derives from selling the products or services of a company where the participants or workforce of that company achieve their earnings through a pyramid scheme.
Compensation for the crime victims
With the increasing emphasis on human rights and notion of restorative justice, awarding compensation to crime victims is being utilised in furtherance of more effective and compassionate criminal justice in
Rohingya genocide & the politics of terminologies
Rohingyas are now the world's most persecuted community. World powers and rights advocates however struggle hard in finding an appropriate terminology for the persecution.
Why a dispassionate & thorough investigation is required
Many may say that the way the out-going Chief Justice Sinha has resigned from his office may have saved our highest court from a
Secularism and the virtue of tolerance
Secularism, as one of our fundamental state policies, was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly. The Assembly was of the
An untold odyssey of prisoners
No one would deny the need for punishments as a consequence of offences. Thereby, the compromise of certain rights in case of
Curbing malicious prosecutions
The object of criminal justice system is to punish the wrongdoer and thereby to ensure justice for the victim. When any person comes
Strengthening labour adjudication
At present, Labour Courts in Bangladesh are functioning under the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006. According to this Act, the Labour
Biopic and new film policy
Film is often defined as a form of language. It is a form of language which is an essence of inspiration to some and to some it is a
Discipline of Judges in the grab of the Executive
The independence of the Judiciary is one of the basic structures of our Constitution. The development of democratic
How far the use of ‘Bangla’ in the Court of Bangladesh?
Speaking in mother tongue and making the use of mother tongue in all levels thereby turns to be as of the fundamental right of a nation. There is a long history of thousand years behind the establishment of ‘Bangla’ language.