NGOs have been proliferating at both national and international levels because of their role in formulating and shaping the policy of a state as wtell as their humanitarian contributions through aid and other services. Bangladesh, being no exception to that, has also been swayed by the massive expansion of NGOs. According to the NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh, as of 2020, a total of 2543 NGOs are currently operating in Bangladesh comprising of both local and international NGOs. However, an automatic functioning of an NGO-like entity does not lead to the attaining the status of an NGO in Bangladesh.  It is also important that such an entity is duly registered. In this regard, Foreign Donations (Voluntary Activities) Regulations Act, 2016 (FDRA) is the primary legal instrument detailing the process for the registration of an NGO.

Copyright refers to a bulk of exclusive rights of the author or creator of any literature, dramatic, artistic, and musical works, cinematographic and different recordings, etc. Copyright can be identified with the help of the copyright sign, 'C' enclosed in a circle. To protect the rights of copyright in Bangladesh introduced by the Copyright Act 2000, the following steps are to be followed in order to register copyright. 

In view of the end of the year, this write-up comprises notable pronouncements made by the High Court Division (HCD) and the Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) of Bangladesh in 2022.

2022 has been a busy year with a plethora of new legislations enacted. The Jatiyo Sangsad ( ”Parliament”) enacted a total of 21 legislations and amendments regulating different sectors. A notable few have been discussed below for the readers.

In our country, unusual price hike for essential commodities has been used as a magic wand by the business class. They exploit the situation

Arbitration has emerged as the pre-eminent mode of dispute resolution in domestic and international trade. Its absence could jeopardise the

In comparison with more known forms of pollution, the concept of sight pollution is relatively unconventional. But its impact on the environment is neither negligible nor unknown.

The Asiatic Society of Bangladesh organised the 18th edition of Barrister Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Memorial Lecture on 8th December 2022 both

UNODC, in collaboration with  iProbono- a non-profit organisation working to promote social justice,

Department of Law, East West University organised the 3rd Intra-Department Moot Court Competition, 2022 from 25-27th November 2022.

The concept of ‘good governance’ has two aspects. The first aspect is related to the form of the government which is best represented by

A right is a claim that we are justified in making. Based on the principle of respect for individuals, human rights are standards that recognise,

Sumaiya Khair is a Professor of Law at the University of Dhaka, where she served as Head of the Department of Law from 2009-2011. She has a PhD from

Distinguished lecture on “Constitutional Amendment and Dismemberment in South Asia” by Professor Richard Albert was held on 30 November, 2022 at the University of Dhaka on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Constitution of Bangladesh.

A regional workshop and a task force Meeting on ‘Global Asylum Governance and Bangladesh’s Refugee Policies: Lessons from Rohingya Refugee Management’ under ASILE Project was held on November 30 - December 1, 2022 at Hotel Lake Castle, Gulshan-2, Dhaka.

The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) was driven by three thematic targets this year. First, to identify the countries which lead greenhouse emissions reductions. Secondly, to

The High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has recently opined that imprisonment of a person in a cheque dishonour case under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 is tantamount to the deprivation of the right to personal

Centre for Peace and Justice at BRAC University and Faculty of Law at University of Oslo jointly organised a research seminar on the International Refugee Regime and Non-signatory States on Tuesday, 29 November, at BRAC Centre Inn. Based in Oslo University’s Faculty of Law, Professor of International Migration Law Maja Janmyr and Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. M Sanjeeb Hossain presented respectively.

Right to Information is one of the internationally recognised human rights. In 2009, we made a Right to Information Act to empower the

In recent years, Bangladesh has achieved rapid economic growth and expects to become a middle-income country by 2021. The contribution