YOUR ADVOCATE
Rights of the minority shareholders
This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a renowned law firm, namely, ‘Legal Counsel’, which has expertise mainly in commercial law, family law, labour law, land law, constitutional law, criminal law, and IPR.
Your Advocate / Formation and functions of a Collective Bargaining Agent
This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a renowned law firm, namely, ‘Legal Counsel’, which has expertise mainly in commercial law, family law, labor law, land law, constitutional law, criminal law, and IPR.
Your Advocate / Pandemic, retrenchment and labour law
Due to the ongoing pandemic the business operation of our company has been substantially reduced. Recently, the company authority has informed us that they no longer need some members of staff (mostly in non-management departments) as they have nothing to do at this moment.
Your Advocate / Understanding the gratuity scheme
I work in the Human Resource Department of a reputed multinational company. I am not very sure about the gratuity scheme and associated income tax benefits, as I hear different opinions from within my peer group. We would appreciate if you can enlighten us on the matter.
Your Advocate / On salary taxation
We have formed a new Company and just started recruiting employees. Now, we are determining their salary scales. As we know that in order to ascertain pay scale of an employee, tax issues need to be taken into account. So, it would be a great help if you provide us with the general ideas about the important components that we need to be cognisant of in order to determine the salary structure.
Your Advocate / Quarantine and its legal enforcement
Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) has been declared as an internal public health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO) which has infected millions of people worldwide.
On possessing kangaroo hides
This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh.
Your Advocate / On interfaith marriage
One of my Muslim friends is in love with a Hindu girl for quite a long time. Now they have decided to marry each other. Their family members do not want them to be married. They are adults and have already left their parents’ houses. Can they marry as they belong to two separate religions?
On laws relating to alcohol consumption
Currently the Government of Bangladesh has been very strict in controlling the consumption of alcohol. So, I was wondering as to what extent alcohol consumption is permissible under Bangladeshi law.
Service of notices by registered post
I am a tenant of a commercial plot in Tejgaon, I have recently received a notice of termination of my lease from my landlord through registered post. However, upon reading the notice, I found out that the notice was issued one month ago but I received it just recently
Legal remedy for email hacks
This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a renowned law firm, namely, ‘Legal Counsel’, which has expertise mainly in commercial law, corporate law, family law, employment and
Legal protection of intellectual creations
I study computer science and engineering in DUET. I am in the final year of my bachelors. Last semester of the final year, I designed a robot which can speak in four different languages (Bangla, English, French and Spanish) through automation. The unique feature of this robot is that
Your Advocate
This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a renowned law firm, namely, ‘Legal Counsel’, which has expertise mainly in commercial law, corporate law, family law,
YOUR ADVOCATE
I am an employee of a private company for last 26 years. My age is 57 years. Recently, because of some internal issues, my employer
Is it obligatory to cast vote?
Dear Sir, I am a voter and this general election will be my first opportunity to cast vote. However, I would like to know whether it is obligatory to cast vote for every citizen in Bangladesh.
Your Advocate
This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a
Your Advocate
This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar Khan Joy, Advocate, Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He is the head of the chambers of a renowned law firm,
Cyber bullying
I am a college student. In social media I have been facing a few problems since the very beginning. In the public groups and pages, I often face harassment by unknown users and strangers in the comment section. I wanted to know if there is any legal solution to my problem.