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The Warrant of Precedence has not been amended till now although over five years have already passed since the Supreme Court released a full verdict in this regard. Even the authorities concerned have not taken any initiative till now to begin the process of amending the Warrant of Precedence ...
Foreign traders are going to get the opportunity of forming joint-trade bodies in Bangladesh.The government has taken an initiative to enact a fresh ‘Trade Organizations Act’ that will provide the opportunity for foreign traders. A provision creating the opportunity for the formatio...
National,Front Page
The draft law prepared over the formation of the Election Commission (EC) titled ‘Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner Appointment Act, 2022’ is going to be placed in the current 16th session of the 11th Parliament. However, the government doesn’t want to dela...
The University Grants Commission (UGC) plans to close the opportunity of direct admission in a master’s course in all the universities and introduce open competition for admission. The regulatory body has proposed the formulation of an integrated policy to introduce open competition in the mas...
The country’s 68 jails (prisons) are currently holding inmates almost double their capacity. These prisons of Bangladesh, however, hold the highest proportion of pre-trial detainees among the South Asian countries. Most of the prisoners are deprived of due rights and facilities due to var...
The proposed amendments to the ‘Jatiya Muktijoddha Council Act-2020’, which incorporated a provision to enable the council to recommend the government to publish the list of Razakars and other anti-liberation elements, have been pending for about two years. The Liberation War Affair...
The government is planning to set up environment court in every district in Bangladesh. The provision was mentioned in the initial draft of the ‘Environment Court Act, 2010 (Amendment)-2021’.The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has prepared the draft. It was uploaded on...
The government is planning to bring another amendment to the tobacco control law aiming to shun loopholes from the existing law and make it time befitting. The government plans to amend the law following repeated calls from experts and anti-tobacco activists who have been saying that the law ha...
The government has taken an initiative to set up an institute on tourism and hospitality management named after Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB) is implementing the initiative. The BTB has completed the necessary preparations to launch the in...
The government is moving forward to enact the ‘Primary Education Board Act, 2021’ to implement the plan of constituting a separate education board in order to administrate the Primary Education Terminal Examination (PETE).The Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) has prepared a draft of...
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Handwritten ledgers, daily books, cashbooks and other documents in banking transactions are almost over, as digitalisation has brought significant change in the banking activities and services. The banking transaction and other activities are now preserved electronically in devices instead of b...
The government is planning to set up a registrar office in the country to issue and cancel patents of any technological innovation.The plan will be implemented after updating the century-old patent law. The government has designed two fresh laws in this regard.One of the proposed laws the ‘Ban...
The government has banned the sale of all types of tobacco products within 100 meters of the educational institutions in Bangladesh. Licensing system has also been introduced for the sale of tobacco products and the license must be renewed every year through payment of fees as fixed by the loca...
The Environment, Forest and Climate Change ministry has recently prepared the draft of the ‘Air Pollution Control Rules, 2021’ with the objective of preventing, controlling and reducing air pollution to protect the environment and public health. The Rules were drafted as per Section...
With the advent of winter, the dust pollution in Dhaka city starts deteriorating sharply, posing a serious threat to public health.However, the dust pollution reaches an alarming stage in the city before the onset of winter this year. Its level is much higher than at any time in the past.At this mom...
The government has already prepared a fresh law to bring discipline on the highways in the country and check road accidents.The proposed law has already been scrutinised by the parliamentary standing committee on Road Transport and Bridges Ministry.The ‘Highways Bill, 2021’ was placed in...
About 17 percent of the adult population and 13.6 percent of children in Bangladesh suffer from various mental disorders. Covid-19 situation brings more negative impact on mental health. It is a non-communicable disease. The risk of the disease can be reduced through health promotion infrastructure ...
The death references of lots of death-row convicts in various cases, especially murder cases, are pending in the High Court and Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.Appeals filed by many of the death-row convicts are also pending for hearing.According to the High Court and prisons sources, nearly...
Thousands of cases have piled up in both the Appellate and High Court divisions of the Supreme Court because of the shortage of judges, while more than 39 lakh cases are also pending in the lower courts across the county.The pending cases have increased further due to the Covid-19 pandemic situation...
Special courts set up to dispose of the human trafficking cases within a short time and without any hassle have on the other hand, added to sufferings of the victims with delay and hassle in settling the cases as well. Law experts and persons or officials concerned have suggested setting up of speci...
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