Following the recent mass uprising in Bangladesh in July, the interim government has placed its primary emphasis on judicial accountability. Although there were initial discussions about the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission at the policy-making level, no concrete progress has been made since then. Yet, in the deeply polarized and divided political landscape […]
A total of 1,073 government officials, including law enforcement, border security personnel and justice sector actors, were trained to effectively identify, investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases. About 2,683 stakeholders, including judges, government prosecutors, Anti-Trafficking Committee (CTC) members and law students enhanced their knowledge and skills to effectively implement the PSHT Act (Prevention and Suppression […]
On December 12 last year, shortly after Friday prayers, Usman Hadi, who was in a rickshaw on Calvert Road, Purana Paltan, Dhaka, was shot by assailants. After shooting him in the head the attackers fled on a motorcycle. Seriously injured Osman Hadi was sent to Singapore for treatment, where he died six days later. Although […]
Economist Professor Rehman Sobhan addressed a dialogue, ‘The National Human Rights Commission Ordinance, 2025: Expectations from the new Parliament’, where Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed also participated. The event was held at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in the capital on March 11, 2026prothom hello
Barrister Mir Ahmed bin Qasem Arman, who himself was forcibly disappeared for eight years from August 2016 to August 2024 and later won a seat in Dhaka-14 as a Jamaat-e-Islami candidate, said enforced disappearance cases at the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT) should proceed without political interference. He said there should be “full disclosure” under the […]
Despite the provision to dispose of cases within a maximum of 150 days, hearing of hundreds of cases filed by workers is pending for years in the two labor courts of Chattogram. According to lawyers, there is a provision to complete the hearing of cases filed in the trial court within 60 days. However, the […]
Whether prosecuting the masterminds of the hallmark loan scam will help reduce corruption in the financial sector depends on the overall stance of the government. If loan scams continue one after another in the banking sector, one or two trials will not improve the situation. To top it all, the hearing of the Hallmark loan […]
In their statement, the Ministers recognized the Secretariat's technology-driven justice solutions and its work on artificial intelligence as important interventions in improving access to legal information and transforming justice delivery in today's complex world. The Secretariat also produced a number of papers in the field of energy and extraction, including a carbon tax model law […]
Meanwhile, three other suspects were acquitted due to insufficient evidence. These are- 70 year old Hasan Ali Chaudhary, 64 year old Syedatul Mahmood alias Shaheen and Mantu Mandal. The incident took place on 25 July 1989 on Siddeshwari Road, Dhaka, when Sagira Morshed was shot in a brutal attack while she was on her way […]
The image of the country is not tarnished by what Khadijatul Kubra said, but rather when she is put in jail for the 'crime' of speaking. The honorable judge, who quashed the two cases against Khadija, not only delivered justice but also raised the image of the court and to some extent the country. 3. […]
