Interactive / A Bank Held Hostage
DGFI ran the pickups. The central bank signed off. A board meeting in a hotel. Everyone did their job and a bank was taken over
A roadmap to amending the National Human Rights Commission Act 2009
16 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
The National Human Rights Commission Act 2009 was enacted to establish an independent National Human Rights Commission for the protection, promotion, and effective enforcement of human rights in Bangladesh in accordance with its constitutional and international obligations.
Youth network launched to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling
4 May 2026, 21:52 PM
Law & Our Rights
A university-level youth network comprising approximately 150 students from both public and private universities has been launched on 2 May 2026 to strengthen awareness and collective action against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) in Bangladesh.
Law Review / Reimagining legal aid in Bangladesh
22 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Legal access to justice continues to be a problem for many, especially for the marginalised, underprivileged, and those who suffer social exclusion.
Court Corridor / The writ on banning “Mangal Shobhajatra”
22 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law Letter / On mental health rights protection in Bangladesh
22 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law and War / Iran crisis and the nuances of enforcing force majeure clause
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law Review / Our animal protection laws
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law Letter / Regulating “visual pollution”
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law Review / A review of the Commercial Court Ordinance 2026
1 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Rights Watch / Joli No’udim Hittei?- “Why shouldn’t I resist?”
1 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law and Economics / On Competition Law and price-fixing
1 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Law & Our Rights
Law Views / Bail in our Criminal Justice System
25 March 2026, 00:43 AM
Law & Our Rights
Court Corridor / Is a Title Suit Barred during pendency of RoR preparation?
25 March 2026, 00:34 AM
Law & Our Rights
Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary / Sanctuary in name, settlement in reality
Like every other day, farmer Abul Kalam was carrying water in two tin jars from an artesian tube well to his betel leaf garden.
Pahela Baishakh Alpona: When Dhaka turns into a canvas
Now that the hullabaloo of Pahela Baishakh is over, the festival colours have yet to fade.
20 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Can wind power emerge as a pillar in the energy mix?
From early pilot schemes in Feni and Kutubdia to Sirajganj initiatives, Bangladesh’s wind power is maturing
18 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Bed Tea: A quiet ritual across time
In 1930s colonial Dhaka, bed tea was the first act of waking life.
18 April 2026, 00:00 AM
‘Ostad, bamey plastic, daine tesla’: Decoding Dhaka’s bus talk
You must be reading the heading and thinking -- since when did Bangladesh quietly enter the Tesla-importing business, and more importantly, what does any of that have to do with Dhaka traffic?
15 April 2026, 03:09 AM
Shakyamuni’s Biju Mela brings the hills to Dhaka
Biju, Boisu, Sangrai, Bihu, Shangkran, and Bishu are different versions of a festival celebrating the New Year and the arrival of spring in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Each indigenous community has its own name for it in their dialect, and together they are often grouped under the umbrella term Boisabi.
13 April 2026, 01:54 AM
Aam tel and the Bengali palate
My first encounter with the word “aam tel’” wasn’t in my own kitchen, but through the West Bengal series “Indubala’s Bhaater Hotel”.
11 April 2026, 04:11 AM
Is WTO losing its way?
As major powers increasingly bypass multilateral rules, the WTO’s future hinges on whether political will can keep pace with geopolitical change
11 April 2026, 00:48 AM
Regulating “visual pollution”
Visual Pollution is an emerging environmental problem of modern urbanisation.
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Our animal protection laws
In a couple of recent decisions, our courts have taken a strict stance for animal protection.
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Iran crisis and the nuances of enforcing force majeure clause
Following the United States-Israel war on Iran which started on 28 February 2026, one legal term has made headlines on several financial newspapers: ‘force majeure’.
10 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Aquarium Park: Where the city meets the wild
At the centre of the capital, a new kind of park is quietly emerging. Nestled in Agargaon, adjacent to the Bangladesh Air Force Museum and the Agargaon Metro Station gate, it features a glass tunnel aquarium, a bird aviary, a koi pond, and a waterfall.
8 April 2026, 01:33 AM
Punashcha Dhaka: Revisiting the city’s social and cultural past
Dhaka has always been a city that returns to itself. Every alley, riverbank, and ruin seems to hold another story waiting to be rediscovered.
6 April 2026, 02:57 AM
Next 180 days will be challenging for the newly elected government
A roundtable titled “Looking into Bangladesh’s Development: Priorities for the Newly Elected Government in the Short to Medium Term” was held on March 4, 2026, at the BRAC Center, Dhaka.
5 April 2026, 01:45 AM
Sunflowers and beyond Witnessing CROSSROAD
By sheer stroke of chance, I stepped into the exhibition space of Galleri Kaya in Uttara and managed to take a quick look at the group art exhibition titled “CROSSROAD … not a project”.
4 April 2026, 03:54 AM
Out of the tea gardens
Bangladesh’s tea estate workers remain among the country’s most deprived, but new generations are breaking those barriers
4 April 2026, 00:55 AM
You want an empty Dhaka, but can it survive without people?
“Go back to where you came from, leave us alone,” I bet that line made you angry. It’s one of those lines you hear from certain elitists across the world, and, ironically, even in Dhaka.
1 April 2026, 01:26 AM
On Competition Law and price-fixing
Outside the commonly understood media connotation of the term, a ‘cartel’ in economics refers to market participants that conspire together to establish market dominance, often by creating a monopoly or oligopoly.
1 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Joli No’udim Hittei?- “Why shouldn’t I resist?”
Even after half a century since the birth of Bangladesh, the state has yet to ensure and sustainably implement the rights of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Bangladesh.
1 April 2026, 00:00 AM
A review of the Commercial Court Ordinance 2026
The Commercial Court Ordinance 2026 (the Ordinance) marked a significant milestone in the commercial justice system of Bangladesh.
1 April 2026, 00:00 AM
In defence of a criminal defence lawyer
In recent times, we have seen an alarming phenomenon in our country: criminal defence lawyers in sensational cases are often painted as villains by many.
4 March 2026, 00:00 AM