Marriage is a promise and a legal relationship that creates rights and obligations between a couple. While months are spent on wedding planning, little consideration is given into planning the legal and financial obligations of the partners.
During the colonial times, vagrancy laws were widely enacted in many European colonies, including the British Raj. In the erstwhile Bengal, the Raj enacted the Vagrancy Act, 1943 (Bengal Act), which specifically dealt with the issue of begging as an issue of vagrancy. I
Tech-facilitated intimate partner violence (TF-IPV) is the act of threatening, stalking or abusing a current or former partner through the misuse or abuse of technology.
A case was recently filed under the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 after a manipulated image of a female faculty member of the University of Dhaka had been posted on the internet with derogatory captions and remarks.
Article 95(1) of the Constitution of Bangladesh mandated the President to consult the Chief Justice (CJ) when appointing Supreme Court (SC) judges.
For decades, Bangladesh’s digital network has operated under the constant threat of arbitrary executive interferences. Access to the internet could be severed without notice or remedy whenever there emerged any political tension within the country.
Bangladesh has entered a new phase in its digital governance story with two Ordinances, namely, The Personal Data Protection Ordinance 2025 (PDPO) and the National Data Management Ordinance 2025 (NDMO). Their appearance, almost devoid of public discussion, invites reflection: are we witnessing the long-delayed codification of digital rights, or the rise of a data-centric State?
A “guardian” is someone who takes care of a child, looks after the child’s property, or both, according to Section 4(2) of the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890. However, under Muslim law, guardianship is divided into two types based on function: Waliyat alal Nafs and Waliyat alal Mal.
The S Alam group has recently lodged an arbitration claim against Bangladesh at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). This event is significant for our investment law regime. The claim was made under one of our older Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with Singapore from 2004.
The recent Farmgate tragedy, in which a man lost his life after being struck by a bearing pad falling from the Metrorail infrastructure, comes as a timely reminder of how public safety is too often sacrificed to negligence.
Around the world, many people are forced to leave their houses, country of origin and cross borders to find dignity and safety from conflict, persecution and gross violation of human rights.
In our country, land-related disputes and fraudulent practices have become very common. Such fraudulent practices not only deprive individuals of their legitimate ownership of property but also erode public confidence in the legal and administrative system. Safeguarding the people against such activities are therefore both a legal and ethical imperative.
