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Law News / Fighting disinformation

While addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 28, 2022, Mechelle Bachelet, the UN human rights chief, raised an important point on the rise in disinformation across societies, remarking that systemic inequality has helped fuel a rise in the deliberate spreading of falsehoods.

For Your Information / Consumer redress in e-commerce transactions

Digital commerce platform Evaly was noted amongst customers for its frequent, and generous discounts and cashback offers. However, complaints eventually started piling up regarding delay in delivery as well as non-delivery of products. Owing to the diverse catalogue of products offered on evaly, the losses incurred by consumers are also varying from small to rather significant amounts.

Law Event / LWM organises virtual discussion on ‘The Judicial Process of Bangabandhu Murder Case and Its Verdict’

In continuation of the series of events organised by the Liberation War Museum (LWM) on the occasion of the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a virtual discussion titled ‘The Judicial Process of Bangabandhu Murder Case and Its Verdict’ was held on the last evening of the mournful August.

Law Opinion / AI-enhanced Legal Professionals in Bangladesh The time is now

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is perhaps one of the most hyped-up terminologies in this version of the digital era and is no longer alien to the people at large.

Reviewing the Views / Hashem Foods fire Determining the liability of regulators

A virtual dialogue on Industrial Safety of the RMG Sector during the Post-Accord-Alliance Period on 11 July 2021 was organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Bangladesh.

DU Wins 2nd Professor Shah Alam Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, BRACU emerges as the runner-up

The 2nd Professor Shah Alam Constitutional Law Virtual Moot Court Competition organised by Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) was held from 24-27 June. A total of 26 teams representing different universities of Bangladesh have participated in this virtual moot court competition.

Society can’t be protected from crimes by death sentences: Chief Justice

Society cannot be free of crimes by only handing out rigorous punishment like death sentence and life imprisonment, Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain said today.

Family demands safe return of missing JU student

The family of a Jahangirnagar University student who has been missing for about a week has demanded for his safe return.

HC seeks trial court judge’s explanation on granting bail to suspended DIG prisons

The High Court sought explanation today from a trial court judge regarding their decision to grant ad-interim bail to Partha Gopal Banik, a suspended deputy inspector general (prisons) of Sylhet division, in a case filed over the recovery of Tk 80 lakh from his residence in Dhaka.

Court orders to freeze 8 bank accounts of Sayeed Khokon, family members

A Dhaka court has ordered to freeze eight bank accounts of former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sayeed Khokon and three of his family members -- wife Farhana Alam, sister Shahana Hanif and mother Fatema Hanif -- as a part of investigation into allegation of “amassing illegal wealth”.

All High Court orders of ad-interim bail extended for 4 weeks

All ad-interim orders delivered by the High Court including the ones regarding bails have been extended for the next four weeks because of the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

Major (retd) Sinha murder: 15 accused including Liaqat Ali, Pradeep indicted

A Cox’s Bazar court framed charges against 15 accused, including suspended inspector Liaqat Ali and former officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station Pradeep Kumar Das, in a case filed over Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder.

Court fixes August 10 for holding charge framing hearing in 11 cases against Khaleda

A Dhaka court today fixed August 10 for hearing on charge framing against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in 11 cases including a sedition case.

Kadamtali triple murder: Another accused confesses

Shafiqul Islam Arono, an accused in the triple murder case of Kadamtali, yesterday confessed to a magistrate that he was involved in killing his parents-in-law and sister-in-law.

Plea seeks HC directive to stop TikTok, Likee, Bigo Live, PUBG and FreeFire

A writ petition was filed with the High Court today seeking its directive on the government to immediately stop all kinds of online games and apps like TikTok, Likee, Bigo Live, PUBG and FreeFire from social media to save children and adolescents from social degradation.

Major (retd) Sinha murder: Accused surrenders before court, sent to jail

An accused in Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan murder case has surrendered before a Cox’s Bazar court and was sent to jail today.

Kadamtali triple murder: Accused confesses to magistrate

Mehjabin Islam Moon, an accused in the triple murder case of Kadamtali, today confessed to a magistrate that she was involved in killing her parents and sister.

Plan to hit PM's residence with aircraft in 2017: HC rejects bail for suspended co-pilot

The High Court today rejected a bail petition filed by suspended Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ co-pilot, Sabbir Enam, in a case filed for planning to hit the residence of the prime minister with an aircraft in 2017.

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