From previous issue... It is not sensible to allow all information to be disclosed in public.  This may cause threat to safety and security of the people and country. For this obvious reason, section 7 of the Act has laid down some restrictions on the production of some information to

The Information Commission was established following the formation of the Act on Right to Information. This Act was enacted in 2009 with effect from October 2008 (except some sections e.g. 8, 24 & 25). This Act was enacted to make provisions for for ensuring free flow of information and

January 28, 2012- The Election Commission could not update the electoral rolls since last two years. Therefore,   the new commission will have to carry out this task, said the sources. The commission has the record of only eight crore and 60 lac voters whereas it will be at least 9

Violation of human rights in the Indo-Bangla frontier areas is not a new trend which in many times has affected the bilateral relations between these two neighbors. Violation of every norm which were to be followed in the border areas are challenged by the BSF. Human rights of the people

17 December 2011- A paliamentray subcommittee will scrutize the laws on Contempt of Court of some other countries before finalize the bill for the coutry. banglanews24.com 18 December 2011- The High Court has adjourned the hearing the of the petition filed against the appoint of

The human rights world report criticized the government of Bangladesh for its failure to protect human rights of the people which is also a deviation from its significant parliamentary mandate by the election of 2008. Violation of human rights continues with impunity. The report

When a customer accused Persona for setting CC camera in service area of the beauty parlor, it rang alarm bell. Although setting CC camera has become a common practice in superstore and big shops, there is hardly a piece of law regulating the process. As a result, threat to privacy

Our proclamation of independence is one of the main legal instruments for our war of liberation. We have formally started our journey as an independent state by that proclamation. In the dark night of 25 March, 1971, when the Pakistani occupation forces started their so-called

The annual program of the Human Rights Summer School orgainzed by The Empowerment through Law of the Common People (ELCOP) has begun from December 19 in the PROSHIKA centre of Koitta, Manikgonj. ELCOP has been organizing this program since 2000 which is unique and first of its kind.

Election Commission for a democratic country is one of the most important organs of the state which direct the way the country will follow for its future democracy. Every democratic country has formed an election commission to be guided by it. But to make it effective and purposeful, the

After 7th Parliament elections in 2001, Bangladesh Nationalist Party gained a majority, largely on the basis of their law and order and national security policies within Bangladesh.  In 2003, the government established the Rapid Action Battalion, an elite `anti-crime` unit composed of

Britain`s highest court for the first time convened behind closed doors -- in a case involving an Iranian bank -- just one week after the Supreme Court decided it had the power to sit in secret. The panel of nine justices decided Thursday that a secret hearing was "absolutely necessary"

WHEN Myanmar’s newly installed president and former soldier, Thein Sein, kick-started the country’s political transition two years ago, he hoped to usher in a clean and steady advance towards some sort of orderly democracy. Now, however, things are starting to turn out rather

Speakers at a seminar in Southeast University underscored the need for arbitration for reducing the backlogs of commercial cases in Bangladesh. Arbitration has been overwhelmingly popular around the world because it helps to lessen undue delay and cost of commercial suits apart from

The concept of sustainable development is inseparably linked to the concept of environmental justice, generational obligation. It is because the acts we do and do not- have the affect on the lives of the future generation. It is worldwide acceptable that the people of today has obligation

Bangladesh, a developing country, though holding quite a small area is flooded with uncountable problems. Among these, eve-teasing, recently has become the burning issue for the country because of its adverse effects on women, especially to the teenage girls. Eve teasing has remained a

IN 1961 Israel kidnapped Adolf Eichmann from Argentina and put him on trial for crimes committed 20 years earlier. Eichmann had been secretary at the Nazis’ Wannsee conference that led to the Holocaust. His trial in Jerusalem was a model of meticulous process. The prosecutor was

Extra judicial killing is one kind of offense. Any peaceful man does not expect extra judicial killing. In our country extra judicial killing is occurred by our law enforcing agencies. That is legalized by our government. But this is not right because every person have some fundamental

Right to life and personal liberty are the most appreciated and vital fundamental human rights around which other rights of the individual rotate. Article 31 is the famous provision of the Constitution of Bangladesh and occupies a unique place as a fundamental right. It guarantees right

The rape and murder of a girl on December 16, 2012, in New Delhi by criminals including a person a few months short of 18 years has triggered a debate about the law relating to criminal responsibility of juvenile offenders in India.As per the provisions of the Juvenile Justice(Care and