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.
Changing a company’s name and its legal consequences
This week Your Advocate is Barrister Omar H. Khan, Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He heads the chambers of the renowned law firm ‘Legal Counsel,’ a full-service corporate practice in Bangladesh with extensive expertise in commercial, family, labour, land, constitutional and criminal law, as well as dispute resolution.
24 June 2026
Judicial Review of Treaty-Making
The Bangladesh-United States Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (the ART) was signed on 9 February 2026 and, pursuant to Article 6.6, will come into force within 60 days after both parties have exchanged written notifications of ratification.
24 June 2026
Facebook’s theatre of sophistication
It was one of those easy evenings: my friend and I sprawled on the bed, gossiping in that unhurried way only comfort allows.
24 June 2026
Closing the Gap: Strengthening Women’s Voice In National and Local Elections
BALLOT Project, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and The Daily Star jointly held a roundtable on April 26, 2026.
23 June 2026
Ethical use of artificial intelligence in Bangladeshi news media
Media Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) and The Daily Star, with support from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), held a roundtable on April 06, 2026.
22 June 2026
Old clothes, new stories
Currently in Dhaka’s shopping scene, the trending word is pre‑loved -- a positive, stylish term for second‑hand, used, or vintage clothing. You could call it the polished cousin of the hand‑me‑downs we grew up with.
21 June 2026
Boro is conquering the saline south-west
Rice cultivation is expanding across many coastal districts as farmers adapt to rising soil salinity
20 June 2026
The untold lives of Sadarghat’s boatmen
The Buriganga holds unimaginable history, many stories, and so much more. It was never calm from the very beginning.
19 June 2026
Centre For Advanced Legal Studies (CALS) publishes research report on ‘Legal Representation in Death Penalty Cases in Bangladesh’
The Centre for Advanced Legal Studies (CALS), Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka, in association with the Death Penalty Project (DPP), launched a research report titled ‘Legal Representation in Death Penalty Cases in Bangladesh: An Empirical and Conceptual Analysis’ on 10 June 2026 at the Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka.
18 June 2026
Living Vicariously through Equality Law
There lies a charm in equality. As an idea, it gives a sense of fulfilment, at least when it is articulated: we are all equal.
17 June 2026
Mediation in criminal cases
Five years ago, the backlog of mediation in Bangladesh covering civil, commercial, banking, family and labour matters stood at about three million cases.
17 June 2026
Celebrating art, artists and cultural exchange
For 22 years, Galleri Kaya has remained a familiar and influential presence in Bangladesh’s art community. What began as a gallery has gradually evolved into something larger:
15 June 2026
From ‘basket case’ to billion-dollar borrower
Bangladesh once relied heavily on foreign aid but gradually reduced its dependence on donor support
13 June 2026
Living between Google maps and gut feeling in Dhaka
If you try to make sense of Dhaka traffic using only logic and Google Maps, you will very quickly realise that the city has no particular interest in cooperating with either of them.
13 June 2026
Tax law, zakat, and public welfare
Under Bangladesh’s taxation law, payment of zakat only operates as a deduction to taxable income instead of reducing the tax liability.
10 June 2026
Committal magistracy as solution to protracted trials?
Resolving a case in our country often takes years due to excessive case backlogs, shortage of judges and procedural delays.
10 June 2026
The need for coordinated investment governance framework in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has long sought to attract higher levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) to support industrialisation, export diversification, and economic transformation.
10 June 2026
Old Dhaka’s Narinda wasn't always called Narinda!
Our city dates back to pre-Mughal times; and Narinda, with this mosque, is a testament to that.
8 June 2026
Where rape happens: Inside homes, among familiar faces
Most rape incidents in Bangladesh do not happen in dark alleys or isolated streets. They occur in places people trust the most -- inside homes.
8 June 2026
From mangoes to lotkon: The generosity of Jyaishtha in Dhaka
My story today is of Jyaishtha, the second month of the Bangla calendar, sweetly tucked between May and June, and lovingly nicknamed mishti mash -- the sweet month. It is a season not just of fruit, but of affection, abundance, and the kind of cordiality that defines Bengali summer.
8 June 2026