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.
To prosecute the offence of torture
Torture is prohibited in many international instruments. As for example, article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 and article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 prohibit torture and cruel or inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.
Symposium on “The Proposed Child Marriage Restraint Law in Bangladesh: Legal and social aspects”
In Bangladesh child marriages is one of the most common phenomenon and the existing law in the country has failed to eliminate child marriage.
The UN: Fostering or failing?
Challenges in implementing human rights through the UN mechanisms begin with the need to decide among competing priorities and strategically categorising the best use of its limited resourc
Regulating on-demand transport technology
Within days of Uber launching its operations in Dhaka, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) suspended its
Trademark dilution: The blurry arena
Symbols or words are traditionally trademarks when individuals or corporations use them for the purpose of identifying or differentiating their goods or services.
International law and WTO legal order
The particular uniqueness of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) makes it rational to consider that the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a particular system has escaped itself from the range of Public International Law (PIL)...
Mainstreaming biodiversity
22nd May has been observed as the International Biological Diversity day globally with the theme of 'Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods' with a view to increasing awareness of biodiversity issues.
Laws of 2015
Legislature passed seventeen Acts in 2015, some of which directly signal the progress towards achieving technological and scientific development goals as promised in the government's manifesto. Whereas in 2014, the Parliament was more inclined towards enacting laws which regulated various aspects of education and tourism, in 2015 there was an ascension in tendency of addressing emergency situations, such as, inimical use of formalin in food.
Insufficiency on witness protection
The protection of witnesses plays a key role in the successful functioning of the Court. But unfortunately in our country, the trend is such that the witnesses do not wish to come to the courts to give their statements and evidences as they feel unsafe.
Access To Safe Drinking Water
Clean water is essential to human growth, economic growth for a country and sustainability of that country. Without water, life could