1,598 more crime suspects held in countrywide crackdown in 24hrs
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...
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Challenges of trademark law
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...
Law and order needs more than reluctant admission
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...
Rights, protection for informal sector workers demanded
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 admits law, order deterioration
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 to pay $1.5b over pirated books
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.
Seminar on changes in Income Tax, VAT, Custom Laws held
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...
Rampant industrial pollution blamed for disease spread in N鈥檊anj
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...
Enforceability of labour law
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...
Why colonial-era laws still rule
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...
S Korea passes revised law to boost rights of shareholders
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...
Jamaat lawyer鈥檚 licencse suspended over bribery attempt
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.
Worrying law enforcement along stone quarry belts
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...
Yet another road safety law under way
The government is going ahead with the initiative of January 2024 to enact a law to ensure road safety amid frequent fatal road accidents...
Child safety demands stronger digital laws
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...
BNP concerned about law and order
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...
US capital settles lawsuit with Trump over police takeover
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...
No alternative to restoring law and order
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...
Special drive across Bangladesh to continue till polls: home adviser
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.
Workshop on customs, VAT laws held
A training workshop on 鈥楶ractical aspects on Customs and VAT related laws and regulations鈥� was held at the boardroom of the Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) in the capital on Saturday...
UK defends new online safety law after X criticism
The UK government on Saturday defended a new online safety law following harsh criticism from social network X, saying it was 鈥榙emonstrably false鈥� that it 鈥榗ompromises free speech鈥�...
Law ministry issues gazette of two rules
The president on Monday gave approval to the Bangladesh Judicial Service Formation Rules, 2025, that stated that 25 per cent officials in law and judiciary would be appointed outside from members of Bangladesh judicial service...
Interim govt not working for people鈥檚 aspirations: discussion
Leaders of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Monday alleged that the interim government was not working to fulfil the people鈥檚 aspirations rather showed its interest in signing foreign deals instead of restoring fully law and order in the country...
Bangladesh to align revised labour law
Bangladesh would revise Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 to align with international standards as part of efforts to eliminate child labour, said Labour and Employment Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman on Monday...
Inclusive definition of 鈥榳orker鈥� matters
IT HAS been more than two months since the Labour Reform Commission released its report, outlining the reformation of labour law in Bangladesh. Although the reform proposals have not yet been enacted into statutory law, the commission鈥檚 report offers insight into the changes that should be made to the existing legal framework...
Govt鈥檚 problematic approach to deteriorating law and order
THE government鈥檚 approach to the deteriorating law and order situation appears to be as chaotic and disjointed as the situation itself. The strategy, which consists largely of special drives and operations, is problematic on several counts. The launch of one special drive after another 鈥� or even simultaneously 鈥� especially in response to public criticism following violent crime...
Juba Dal to organise nationwide protests over law, order
Jatiyatabadi Juba Dal, the youth wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, will hold demonstrations across the country, including in Dhaka, on Thursday to protest against the worsening law and order situation.
Bangladesh interim govt launches combing operation to arrest criminals
Bangladesh interim government has launched combing operation across the country from on Sunday in the backdrop of deteriorating law and order in different parts of the country.
Govt to restore order before polls: CA鈥檚 press wing
The chief adviser鈥檚 deputy press secretary, Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad Majumder, on Saturday said that the government had already instructed the law enforcement agencies to improve the law and order situation ahead of the upcoming national election...
US Supreme Court blocks Florida immigration law
The US Supreme Court blocked Florida on Wednesday from enforcing a law that would make it a crime for undocumented migrants to enter the southern state...