Star Special / Rohingyas coming in through hidden hill routes
They quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban; local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints, find work
Reviewing the Views / The implications of using AI in adjudicating legal cases
9 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
In recent times, the vast expansion and regular use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, more specifically Large Language Model (LLM) chatbots, such as ChatGPT, have gained immense popularity due to their free availability.
Your Advocate / Rights and remedies of elderly parents
9 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
An elderly couple lives next door to us. Although both of their children are affluent, they do not visit their old parents or provide any sort of financial support. The couple is now very old and feeble, and they even struggle to manage daily household activities, such as buying medicines and arranging regular meals.
Law Review / Revisiting the administrative tribunal law
9 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
In administrative law, a ‘Tribunal’ is defined as an adjudicating authority that is neither a court nor an executive department.
Law Views / Reserving seats for women on public transport
2 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Vision / The case for recognising curative petition in Bangladesh
2 September 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Rights Watch / Workers’ rights and remedies against unjustified terminations
26 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Review / Protecting Bangladesh’s ecological heritage through law
26 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Views / How the built environment shapes the realities of human rights
19 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
For Your Information / When confessional statements may not lead to conviction
19 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Daily Life Blues / Remedies for excessive electricity bills
19 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Vision / The danger of using AI in legal submissions
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Views / Constitutional environmental rights in South Asia
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Law Opinion / Cyber-attacks and a state’s right to self-defence
12 August 2026
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Law & Our Rights
Sundarbans: The forest that protects, feeds and sustains
The first thing one notices at dawn in the Sundarbans is not the green forest cover, the muddy riverbank or the waves breaking on the shore.
Before the luxury: Origins of Dhaka’s Gulshan
At first impression, Gulshan is all about modernity — tall office buildings, luxurious apartments, trendy cafes, and the tag of being a neighbourhood for the rich! But keeping aside all that, there is another side of this swanky area which often gets overlooked: its history.
10 August 2026
Inside KHAR X: A first-timer at Bangladesh's cage-fighting night
Two weeks after the World Cup final, I was still refreshing old match clips at 2 AM waiting for the withdrawal to lift. It did not. Then an Instagram reel interrupted my scroll: fighters trading punches inside a cage, a caption promising KHAR X at FDC on 31 July. I tapped through without knowing what KHAR meant.
8 August 2026
The fall of an industrial city
Khulna’s industrial belt now lies largely abandoned, with its people leaving too
8 August 2026
Dhaka university memories
Dhaka means different things to different people. Some people loathe it for nuisances while others love it for some unexplained reason.
8 August 2026
Shishu Park: the missing piece of Shahbagh
I often catch myself, almost involuntarily, looking towards the spot where Shishu Park once stood whenever I pass through Shahbagh.
2 August 2026
Money talks: Now the machines are listening
Artificial intelligence is helping banks and financial institutions understand customers, manage risks and make faster decisions
1 August 2026
The sins of midnight shoppers
“Track your parcel” is the new‑age “You’ve got mail.” The beep of delivery updates has replaced the once‑iconic inbox ping of the early internet era.
30 July 2026
Understanding the 15th Amendment case
In 2024, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) repealed that part of the 15th constitutional Amendment that had eliminated the caretaker government system, which was introduced in 1996 through the 13th Amendment, and reversed by the 15th Amendment in 2011.
29 July 2026
An assessment of the new wetland law of Bangladesh
Our latest law on the protection of wetlands, ie, Bangladesh Haor and Wetland Conservation Act 2026 aims to change the regulatory landscape for tourism practices in the haors.
29 July 2026
Legal future of Bangladesh after the UNECE Water Treaty accession
On 20 June 2025, Bangladesh acceded to the 1992 UN Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (UNECE Water Convention).
29 July 2026
Preserving a living archive: How ‘Architectural Guide Dhaka’ documents a city in transition
Reading Architectural Guide Dhaka, authored by Architect and Assistant Professor Sayed Ahmed, I found myself thinking less about buildings as static structures and more as fragile records, stories that can disappear if no one chooses to document them.
28 July 2026
Topkhana Road: What’s in a name?
Travelling back to the British colonial era, Topkhana, Paltan, and the overall area was the cantonment of the East India Company. In fact, these were collectively called Guard Bazar.
27 July 2026
Dhaka in July: Frolic, fervour and full houses
Dhaka never ceases to amaze me with its spectrum of social life.
26 July 2026
Women built the RMG might. Now they are losing ground
Women once made up 80% of the garment workforce, that share has fallen below 55%
25 July 2026
Evidence to action: Economic and policy pathways for a safer lead-acid battery circular economy in Bangladesh
Initiated in 2023, the project ‘Development of Business Models and Policy Interventions to Reduce Informal Recycling of Lead Acid Batteries in Bangladesh’ addresses a critical global challenge, as lead poisoning affects 800 million children worldwide.
25 July 2026
Reconsidering Article 70 in our Constitution
Floor crossing generally refers to the act of elected Member of Parliaments (MP) to vote against their party’s position in parliament.
22 July 2026
What reforms do our parents’ maintenance law need?
In 2013, the Maintenance of Parents Act was passed in Parliament as a recognition of the corresponding obligation of the offspring towards their parents.
22 July 2026
Vinyl Madness: Bringing analogue music back to digital Dhaka
Some hidden sanctuaries in Dhaka never leave you the same. They make you feel as though you belong, where even strangers feel like home -- all connected through the shared wavelength of music.
22 July 2026
More than a place of prayer: Juma in Old Dhaka
Fridays in Old Dhaka begin with a distinctive rhythm, building toward Juma prayer. During Juma, the atmosphere becomes layered: sacred inside, restless outside.
19 July 2026
Rohingyas coming in through hidden hill routes
They quietly enter Bangladesh via remote forests in Bandarban; local trafficking networks help them evade security checkpoints, find work
18 July 2026