Journalists held protest rallies across the country on Saturday to press their 39-point demand, including the implementation of the 鈥楴o Wage Board, No Media鈥� policy, the formulation of a journalist protection law, the introduction of...
IN ALMOST every authoritarian regime, law enforcement becomes the ruler鈥檚 weapon and later, the people鈥檚 target of blame. Dictators rely on the police to silence opposition, intimidate citizens, and protect their own power. The same officers who once swore to uphold the law are ordered instead to break it 鈥� raiding homes at night, detaining activists, and crushing and...
Religious and political leaders, scholars and activists said on Saturday that dialogues between different communities needed for unity and the government should impartially control law and order of the state...
The Election Commission sat in a views-exchange with different law enforcement agencies and intelligences in a bid to conduct the 13th parliamentary election in free, participatory and fair manners...
Speakers at a human chain and street rally in front of the National Museum on Sunday called for the immediate amendment to the tobacco control law to safeguard public health and prevent tobacco companies from influencing government policy...
Senior district judge Liaquet Ali Molla, who was serving as an acting secretary of the Law and Justice Division, has been appointed the division鈥檚 secretary.
Sonali Bank PLC on Monday signed a tri-party memorandum of understanding with Law and Justice Division and Bangladesh Supreme Court, said a press release...
The joint forces on Sunday conducted a raid at the house of former Awami League lawmaker Haji Mohammad Salim at Azimpur in Dhaka...
The interim government decided to prepare a list of extortionists across the country and launch a nationwide coordinated drive comprising five state agencies to combat extortion ahead of the upcoming general elections.
Justice sector experts on Wednesday called for raising public awareness to strengthen village courts for resolving minor disputes at the local level.
East Timor鈥檚 parliament has bowed to public pressure and dropped a plan to buy SUVs for lawmakers in one of southeast Asia鈥檚 poorest nations, but sceptical protesters returned to the streets on Wednesday...
In the ongoing countrywide crackdown against the criminals to maintain law and order, the police have arrested 1,598 more crime suspects in the past 24 hours...
TRADEMARK is regarded as the primary method by which the products of one entity are distinguished from those of others. However, in today鈥檚 global trade, a trademark serves four purposes. It provides source identification, ensures product authenticity, advertises the product and shapes consumer perception. Trademark law plays a crucial role in protecting an...
THE home adviser to the interim government finally admitting that the country鈥檚 law and order situation has deteriorated is a positive step, particularly as the government has so far persisted in denying any such decline. The adviser made the admission on September 7 while addressing the media. In his speech, he stated that there had been a 鈥榮light deterioration in law...
Trade union leaders and labour rights activists on Monday urged the government to ensure labour rights and protection for informal sector workers, who make up the majority of Bangladesh鈥檚 workforce but remain outside the scope of the labour law...
Home adviser Lieutenant General (retired) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday acknowledged that the country鈥檚 law and order situation has seen a slight deterioration.
Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class action lawsuit over allegedly using pirated books to train its artificial intelligence models, according to court documents filed Friday.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh hosted a seminar on 鈥楥hanges in the Income Tax, VAT and Custom Laws through Finance Ordinance 2025鈥� on Wednesday on a zoom platform...
Green activists and local people at a discussion on Wednesday blamed industries for polluting water, air and soil in Narayanganj and spreading pollution-related diseases...
IN 2013, the tragic Rana Plaza incident shook the whole country, killing thousands of workers. The tragedy turned the lives of thousands of families upside down. Structural cracks in the building were discovered the day before the incident, but factory owners made their workers come for work. Section 61 of the Labour Act, 2006, instructs that when a building is required...
A SINGLE district police memo tells the story. The language of 鈥榩ermission first,鈥� the stress on 鈥榦rders,鈥� the presumption that authority flows in one direction: these are not quirks of one officer on one day. They are the reflexes of a legal order built to govern subjects rather than to serve citizens. Much of Bangladesh鈥檚 day-to-day criminal justice still runs on statutes...
South Korea鈥檚 parliament on Monday passed a revision to a corporate law that will make boards at major companies more accountable to shareholders, as the government promotes reform to lift undervalued equities...
The Bangladesh Bar Council on Saturday suspended the license of Patuakhali lawyer Md Ruhul Amin Shikder as preliminary findings confirmed his attempt to bribe a judge to secure bail for an accused in a rape case.
THE plunder of stones in Sylhet is now replicated at the Rangpani tourist spot in Jaintapur and the River Lobha in Kanaighat, where politically influential quarters are blamed for lifting boulders under the cover of expired auction permits. People allege that large stones are hauled away unhindered while sporadic drives are under way. The allegations come even as a major...
The government is going ahead with the initiative of January 2024 to enact a law to ensure road safety amid frequent fatal road accidents...
AS BANGLADESH moves deeper into the digital age, the internet has become both a playground and a battleground for the country鈥檚 young users. A recent study by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University found that 59 per cent of rural children aged 11 to 17 who access the internet had faced cyber harassment or digital abuse 鈥� ranging from online...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday said that the Election Commission was preparing for the next national polls in an appropriate manner, though concerns remained over the law and order situation...
The justice department reached an agreement on Friday with Washington authorities over control of the US capital鈥檚 police department after president Donald Trump placed it under federal government control to tackle violent crime...
THE interim government鈥檚 continued failure in restoring law and order is expressed in the fear of people living in Gazipur. In the first week of August, at least three people were murdered in the district, including the brutal murder of a journalist on August 7. Police recorded at least 104 murder incidents in the industrial district in January-July. In January-June, the Police...
Stressing the government鈥檚 ongoing efforts to recover illegal arms and improve the law-and-order situation, home affairs adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday said that the nationwide special drive would continue until the national election.
