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...
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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...
Elderly man, daughter-in-law found dead in Bogura
An old man and his daughter-in-law were allegedly strangled to death at their home at Dupchanchia in Bogura on Tuesday night...
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...
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...
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鈥檚 further development project...
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...
Law student in India 鈥榞angrape鈥� 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...
Jabed, Mission to lead Law Reporters Forum
NTV special correspondent Hasan Jabed has been elected president, and 抖阴精品 senior staff correspondent Moneruzzaman Mission has been re-elected general secretary of the Law Reporters Forum, a professional association of...
Former England fast bowler David Lawrence dead at 61
David 'Syd' Lawrence, the first British-born black cricketer to play for England, has died at the age of 61, it was announced Sunday.
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...
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.
Govt to change legal aid law to appoint special mediator
The interim government is set to amend the Legal Aid Services Act 2000 this month to create the post of special mediator, to be filled by retired district judges or specially trained lawyers...
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...
Writer first to die under Italy fast-track assisted suicide law
A writer suffering from Parkinson鈥檚 disease has become the first to die through medically assisted suicide under a fast-track regional law in Italy, campaigners said Wednesday...
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...
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.
Legal flaws, decentralisation fuel banking scams: Saddat
Centralised operations, diversified revenue models, and disciplined governance are vital for the recovery of Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector, said Kimiwa Saddat, Managing Director (current charge) of Community Bank Bangladesh PLC...
International law and Israel鈥檚 reign of terror in Gaza
AS THE world watches, one of history鈥檚 greatest crimes has taken form.聽 Inaction, complicity and silence in the face of genocide have caused profound suffering to the Palestinian people.聽 No final reckoning or redress would be equivalent to the scale and magnitude of Israel鈥檚 depraved criminality...
1,744 more netted in ongoing countrywide operation in Bangladesh
In the nationwide ongoing operation to uphold the law and order, 1,744 more were arrested across Bangladesh in the past 24 hours...