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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...

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Interim govt not working for people’s aspirations: discussion

Leaders of the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front on Monday alleged that the interim government was not working to fulfil the people’s aspirations rather showed its interest in signing foreign deals instead of restoring fully law and order in the country...

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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...

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Inclusive definition of ‘worker’ 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’s report offers insight into the changes that should be made to the existing legal framework...

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Govt’s problematic approach to deteriorating law and order

THE government’s 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 — or even simultaneously — especially in response to public criticism following violent crime...

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Govt to restore order before polls: CA’s press wing

The chief adviser’s 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...

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SC lawyers protest at HC decentralisation plan

Supreme Court lawyers on Monday protested against a move by 30 political parties to decentralise the High Court by establishing benches in divisional towns, warning that such a step threatens the unitary structure of the judiciary and violates the constitution...

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Tackling medical negligence

Tort law is a subset of civil law that addresses civil wrongs and enables people to pursue damages for injuries they have suffered as a result of the carelessness or conduct of others. Under Bangladeshi tort law, compensation measures are the main means of redress for victims of carelessness, including medical malpractice. It consists of special damages...

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BELA calls for immediate halt of project

As protests escalate over the uprooting of over 50 trees at Jahangirnagar University, the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association on Wednesday demanded an immediate halt to all environmentally destructive activities under the university’s further development project...

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Police seek to interrogate 4 under pornography law

The Muradnagar police in Cumilla on Monday produced the four people arrested under the Pornography Control Act over the rape of a Hindu woman and circulation of the video of the crime, asking for a seven-day remand for each...

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Law student in India ‘gangrape’ pre-planned

Three out of the four persons arrested in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a female student at a city-based law college had pre-planned the assault, a police officer said on Monday, Press Trust of India...

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Jabed, Mission to lead Law Reporters Forum

NTV special correspondent Hasan Jabed has been elected president, and ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· senior staff correspondent Moneruzzaman Mission has been re-elected general secretary of the Law Reporters Forum, a professional association of...

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Labour law to be amended by Nov: Sakhawat

Bangladesh will amend its labour law by November, introducing tougher penalties for child labour, said labour and employment adviser Brigadier General (retired) M Sakhawat Hossain on Wednesday...

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Manhunt underway after Minnesota lawmaker killed, another hurt

A manhunt was underway Saturday for a gunman who shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, killing one and her husband and wounding the other, in what the northern US state's governor said were politically motivated attacks.

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Mob, silence and rule of law

IN A country where electricity flickers, the price of essentials keeps flirting with the absurd and the news cycle changes faster than the weather, who really has the luxury of waiting for courtrooms, lawyers and the ponderous machinery of law? Yes, it is Bangladesh, where mob lynching appears to have emerged as the fastest-growing sector of our informal justice system...

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Land laws demand modern makeover

BANGLADESH, a nation intricately woven into the very fabric of its abundant rivers, is silently grappling with a crisis that demands urgent and decisive action: its woefully outdated land laws. While the current interim government is commendably embarking on a series of reforms, the critical issue of land administration, particularly concerning the constant ebb and flow...

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Jhenaidah AL leader Mintu granted bail in MP Anar abduction case

The High Court on Monday granted interim bail to Jhenaidah district Awami League general secretary Saidul Karim Mintu in connection with the abduction of Jhenaidah-4 lawmaker Anwarul Azim Anar, whose dismembered body was later allegedly recovered in Kolkata, India.

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Legal flaws, decentralisation fuel banking scams: Saddat

Centralised operations, diversified revenue models, and disciplined governance are vital for the recovery of Bangladesh’s banking sector, said Kimiwa Saddat, Managing Director (current charge) of Community Bank Bangladesh PLC...

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International law and Israel’s reign of terror in Gaza

AS THE world watches, one of history’s greatest crimes has taken form.  Inaction, complicity and silence in the face of genocide have caused profound suffering to the Palestinian people.  No final reckoning or redress would be equivalent to the scale and magnitude of Israel’s depraved criminality...

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Yunus asks forces to maintain security

Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday reviewed the country’s law and order in a meeting with advisers concerned, chiefs of the three armed forces and senior officials of the law enforcing agencies at his official residence Jamuna in the city...