NSU holds seminar on IP law
The North South University law department celebrated 鈥榃orld Intellectual Property Day鈥� with a seminar on contemporary Intellectual Property Law at the NSU in Dhaka on Wednesday...
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Release of 11 pro-AL lawyers halted as SC stays bail orders
The jail authorities on Tuesday halted the release of 11 pro-Awami League lawyers after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court had stayed their bail in a case related to the July鈥揂ugust mass uprising.
Suborna, Apu Biswas, Nipun among 17 artistes sued
At least 17 artistes, including actress and former Awami League lawmaker for reserved seat Suborna Mustafa, and actresses Apu Biswas and Nipun Akter, have been named in a case of attempted murder committed during the July-August mass uprising in 2024...
Pro-BNP lawyers want Justice Khairul鈥檚 arrest
Pro-BNP lawyers on Sunday renewed their demand for the arrest of former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque and the removal of the judges loyal to the ousted Awami League regime from the Supreme Court and its subordinate courts...
Recovery of looted weapons should be a priority agenda
MORE than a thousand 鈥� 1,375 to be precise 鈥� of the 5,753 firearms that were looted during the August 2024 political changeover having still not been traced is said to have exposed law and order to a threat of worsening. Official data show that the police are yet to recover 2,57,849 ammunition of the 6,12,982 of various types that were looted that time. The government...
Ministries to publish list of politically motivated cases recommended for withdrawal
The Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs, within the next couple of days, will start publishing on website the list of politically motivated cases recommended by a ministry-level committee for withdrawal.
Human rights, use of force, and private defence
THE police, tasked with maintaining law and order, preventing crime, and protecting citizens, their role extends beyond traditional law enforcement to safeguarding fundamental human rights. In a democratic society, the police are not only enforcers of the law but also guardians of justice and equality. Upholding human rights lies at the core of modern policing, ensuring...
Responsive police
THE police station, as the frontline of law enforcement, serves as the primary point of contact between citizens and the police, often being the only accessible government institution for people in distress. Officers at this level are responsible not only for enforcing laws but also for addressing the immediate needs of individuals seeking assistance, making responsive...
Why labour laws ignore gig workers
In the bustling alleys of Dhaka, the winding roads of Chattogram and the fast-urbanising zones of Rajshahi and Sylhet, thousands of young workers 鈥� on bicycles, motorcycles or, even, on foot 鈥� move swiftly to deliver food, parcels and ride-hailing services. No single company employs them, but they work through digital platforms such as聽Pathao, Uber, Foodpanda...
130 students in US join federal lawsuit over revoked visas
More than 130 international students across the United States have joined a federal lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully cancelling their visas, jeopardising their legal status in the country, court documents show...
Thanks Iran, for refusing the bomb
COL Lawrence Wilkerson was the chief of staff of the US secretary of state Gen Colin Powell. He is today among the most vocal American critics of the US-sponsored war in Ukraine, the genocide of Palestinians by Israel and the US-Israeli plans to wage war on Iran...
Withdrawal of 7,184 politically motivated cases recommended:聽 adviser
Law affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday said that the law ministry had recommended the withdrawal of 7,184 politically-motivated cases filed during the tenure of the Awami League regime...
ICT allows interrogation of ex-AL MP in custody
The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday allowed the Investigation Agency to interrogate former Awami League lawmaker ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury in custody on April 16 in connection with the killing of six people during the July uprising in Chattogram...
Lawyer stabbed to death in Moulvibazar
A lawyer was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in Moulvibazar town Sunday night...
Britain says Israel鈥檚 detention of two UK MPs 鈥榰nacceptable鈥�
Britain鈥檚 foreign secretary David Lammy said Saturday it was 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� and deeply concerning that Israel had detained two UK lawmakers and denied them entry...
US lawmakers threaten new sanctions on Russia
A bipartisan group of US senators has proposed legislation that would slap sanctions on countries friendly to Russia if Moscow disrupts on-going negotiations to end the Ukraine war...
FROM REPRESSION TO REFORM: Reviving due process of law
WITHOUT due process of law, justice becomes arbitrary, the rule of law collapses, and authoritarianism takes hold. The staggering scale of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings under Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 16-year despotic rule stands as undeniable proof...
EX-MP for Kishoreganj-5 held in Meherpur
The police in a drive arrested former lawmaker for Kishoreganj-5 constituency (Bajitpur) Afzal Hossain from Meherpur district town on Monday....
Violence and law
THE root of violence is in the false sense of power that believes it can do anything because everything has been allowed in modern times and personal freedom has bordered on a sense of invincibility. This is the great illusion of our era, the belief that freedom is an unqualified licence rather than a structured privilege bound by moral and social obligations. We have to...
THE GAZA TRAGEDY: Violation of humanity, law and conscience
FOR the people of Gaza, this Ramadan has brought nothing but sorrow 鈥� a sorrow deeper than words can capture, especially during what should be a time of peace. The sounds of warplanes, the distant echoes of bombs, and the constant fear of death have turned what should be a month of spiritual renewal into one of grief and despair. For the people of Gaza...
Rights bodies for widening rape definition
The Rape Law Reform Coalition, a combine of 17 legal and rights organisations, on Wednesday suggested that amendments to the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000 should introduce a broader legal definition of rape to include all individuals to curb incidents of rape and violence against women...
Former AL MP Golap sued over Tk 68cr illegal assets
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against former Awami League lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Mia Golap on charges of amassing illegal wealth of Tk 68.76 crore...
Law and order in Rohingya camps should be prioritised
FREQUENT murders, abduction and torture in Rohingya camps suggest that the persecuted community, already faced with an uncertain future, is additionally burdened with fear of violence. The Thailand-based rights group Fortify Rights on March 18 in its research findings on law and order in the camps in Cox鈥檚 Bazar reported at least 219 Rohingya murders in 2021鈥�2024 and...
CTG LAWYER MURDER: Court orders interrogation at jail gate
A Chattogram court has ordered interrogation of Chandan Das and Rajib Bhattacharya, both accused in the murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif, at the jail gate...
Cultural activists demand removal of home adviser, improvement of law and order
Cultural activists on Tuesday demanded removal of homeadvisor and took steps for improvement of law and order of the country at a protest rally on the front of National Museum...
Mob justice is no justice
THE term 鈥榤ob justice鈥� has recently been widely discussed. It refers to a situation when a chaotic mob ignores the law or the judicial system, uses force and takes the law into its own hands to try the accused. It refers to the punishment of a person by an angry or chaotic mob without the intervention of the legal system or the law enforcement agencies. The recent...
Police should step up efforts to arrest July-August jailbreakers
THE failure of the law enforcement agencies to arrest almost none of more than 700 prisoners who escaped jails around the fall of the Awami League government, toppled on August 5, 2024 in a mass uprising, is gravely concerning. The prisons directorate at a press conference in Dhaka on March 10 said that the law enforcers could arrest only one of more than...
Can Gaza spark global reckoning?
INTERNATIONAL law is fighting for relevance. The outcome of this fight is likely to change the entire global political dynamics, which were shaped by World War II and sustained through the selective interpretation of the law by dominant countries...
Law to be amended to complete probe in rape cases in 15 days, trial in 90 days
Law adviser Asif Nazrul on Sunday said that the government took decision to amend concerned law to ensure quick trial in rape case...
Left parties express concern over law and order
Some left political parties including the Communist Party of Bangladesh on Wednesday expressed concern over failures of the interim government to control the law and order situation of the countries...