The Competition Commission (CC), Bangladesh in a suo moto rule warned Viqarunnisa Noon school (VNS) authorities and imposed a financial penalty of Tk 79,897 on Chowdhury Enterprise for a contract to supply uniforms to students of VNS by violating section 15 (1) of Competition Act 2012. This clause prohibits the collusion for purchase, sell, and bid manipulation etc.

Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Its economy has been growing steadily at the rate of above 6.5% on average over a decade and thus has transformed the country into a land of opportunities.

It was not Islam that had initiated polygamy rather polygamy was the widespread customary practice in pre-Islamic Arabia which continued in the later ages by distorting the actual revelation of the Quran.

It is the general practice in our country that a person convicted under Section 302 of Penal Code, 1860 with death penalty is not considered for bail. The moot question is whether there is any legal bar upon granting bail to the death sentenced convict appellant.

It was not Islam that had initiated polygamy rather polygamy was the widespread customary practice in pre-Islamic Arabia which continued in the later ages by distorting the actual revelation of the Quran.

On Tuesday, 30 March 2020 the webinar on the UN Draft Resolution on Business and Human Rights was jointly organised by International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) and Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI).

In the 2019 case, Southern Solar Power Ltd and another v Bangladesh Power Development Board and others [(2019) 2 LNJ] the High Court Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (HCD) held, “the Constitution of Bangladesh empowers the High Court Division to declare any law to be void, this Court is competent to make observations about any law, including what ought to be in the Act.

The 2021 theme for International Women’s Day is “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”.

Law Desk (LD): How would you evaluate the growth of commercial laws in Bangladesh since Independence?

Third IPIRA Conference was held virtually from March 24 to 27, 2021.

Bangladesh has proudly graduated from the LDC and now SDG or Ease of Doing Businesses are the beacons or lighthouses Bangladesh is proceeding towards.

On Wednesday, March 17, a fire incident took place in the ICU of Dhaka Medical College Hospital. Three of the ICU patients died after being relocated.

The establishment of the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh (ICTBD) in 2010 created high hopes that justice for the 1971 genocide might finally eventuate.

On Friday, 12 March 2021, Liberation War Museum, Bangladesh organised an online global conference titled ‘Global Virtual Conference on Commemorating Past Genocides and Learning to Prevent Atrocity Crimes’.

Constitutionally it seems Bangladesh accolades unlimited freedom of thought and conscience and it muzzles any sort of pre-censorship on freedom of speech and expression with some reasonable restrictions considering the security of state, communal and religious harmony, decency or morality and public order etc.

Of late, a video of a madrasa teacher beating up an eight-year-old student mercilessly in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila got viral and stirred the whole nation. Such incidents go on to show how corporal punishment happens to be pervasive in some educational institutions, and how often the same is justified on grounds of ‘amending’ the students.

Law Desk (LD): What is your opinion regarding the growth of Muslim personal laws since independence of Bangladesh?

The Digital Security Act (DSA) was enacted in the year 2018 purportedly replacing the controversial Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 (as amended in 2013).

Bangabandhu delivered an immortal speech on 7 March 1971 amid a deepening political crisis in then East Pakistan. The crisis engineered by the Pakistan ruling military oligarchy, which sought to deny by bullets what the Bangalees achieved through ballots, the first ever general election held in Pakistan in 1970.

Every year on March 8, some of us celebrate the International Women’s Day by wearing purple while some celebrate by harassing women in public