Md. Rizwanul Islam

The Non-Lower or Non-Subordinate Judiciary of Bangladesh

Recently, this writer happened to have invited a friend, a judicial officer, to deliver a guest lecture on the functioning of our ‘lower judiciary’.

Improving Access to and Increasing Engagement with Judgments

In general, the research conducted by the legal academe in Bangladesh has not engaged with judgments as much as is the case in some other jurisdictions.

The hazards of (extensive) trial by bureaucrats

The recent apparently appalling arrest of Dhaka Tribune journalist, Mr Ariful Islam has been the talk of the town.

Protection of the identity of victims in judgements

Provisions designed for the protection of the identity of victims of crimes and witnesses in one form or another can be gleaned in many legal systems of today.

The myth of tough punishments and crime prevention

It has been somewhat fashionable in our country to demand tough punishments as a prevention tool for crimes that society abhors. In view of the apparently increasing rate of rape, some observers have demanded capital punishment for perpetrators of rape. Even

Some traffic laws & scant regard for the mass

In the current era of indirect democracy, it is accepted that the laws and policies would be made, not by the people themselves but by their representatives.

A preposterous directive on the apprentice lawyers

The delay in the advocate enrolment examination has already fermented deep frustration among many aspiring lawyers rightfully

Restraining Coaching business or teachers?

On 7 February 2019, the High Court Division (HCD) delivered a judgment on the legality of a policy promulgated by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2012 on limiting the involvement of teachers in the coaching business.

January 26, 2024
January 26, 2024

The Non-Lower or Non-Subordinate Judiciary of Bangladesh

Recently, this writer happened to have invited a friend, a judicial officer, to deliver a guest lecture on the functioning of our ‘lower judiciary’.

July 22, 2022
July 22, 2022

Improving Access to and Increasing Engagement with Judgments

In general, the research conducted by the legal academe in Bangladesh has not engaged with judgments as much as is the case in some other jurisdictions.

March 17, 2020
March 17, 2020

The hazards of (extensive) trial by bureaucrats

The recent apparently appalling arrest of Dhaka Tribune journalist, Mr Ariful Islam has been the talk of the town.

October 29, 2019
October 29, 2019

Protection of the identity of victims in judgements

Provisions designed for the protection of the identity of victims of crimes and witnesses in one form or another can be gleaned in many legal systems of today.

September 10, 2019
September 10, 2019

The myth of tough punishments and crime prevention

It has been somewhat fashionable in our country to demand tough punishments as a prevention tool for crimes that society abhors. In view of the apparently increasing rate of rape, some observers have demanded capital punishment for perpetrators of rape. Even

July 16, 2019
July 16, 2019

Some traffic laws & scant regard for the mass

In the current era of indirect democracy, it is accepted that the laws and policies would be made, not by the people themselves but by their representatives.

May 14, 2019
May 14, 2019

A preposterous directive on the apprentice lawyers

The delay in the advocate enrolment examination has already fermented deep frustration among many aspiring lawyers rightfully

February 12, 2019
February 12, 2019

Restraining Coaching business or teachers?

On 7 February 2019, the High Court Division (HCD) delivered a judgment on the legality of a policy promulgated by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in 2012 on limiting the involvement of teachers in the coaching business.

January 29, 2019
January 29, 2019

The over-use of NIDs in Bangladesh

Recently, the policymakers have circulated the idea of the compulsory use of national identity card (NIDs) for purchasing something as

November 27, 2018
November 27, 2018

STRINGENT RECOVERY SYSTEM

Media reports sometimes claim that the law for recovery of non-performing loans (NPL) as crafted in the principal law in force in this regard, the Money Loan Court Act, 2003 (MLCA) is too soft towards the borrowers.

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