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Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Photo: BSS

Report against Hasina, others in Meghna-Gomti Bridge toll scam case Dec 10

The ACC on 12 October 2025 filed the case against 17, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.  

People react after Britain's parliament voted in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying in London, Britain. Photo: Reuters

UK lawmakers to make fresh attempt to legalise assisted dying

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She was accused of theft. Did that give them the right to chain and drag her?

Friends and family applaud Jeffery Young and Maureen Onyelobi as they receive their Juris Doctor degrees during a ceremony at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee, in Shakopee, Minnesota, US, 8 June 2026. Shannon Loehrke, Communications Director for the Minnesota Department of Corrections Photo: REUTERS

They earned law degrees in prison. Now comes the next test

Three bills tabled on property rights, enforced disappearance and human rights

Three bills tabled on property rights, enforced disappearance and human rights

Participants pose for a photograph at a roundtable on the draft National Human Rights Commission and Enforced Disappearance Prevention laws at BDBL Bhaban in Dhaka today. Photo: Courtesy

Law enforcement agencies cannot investigate their own rights abuses: Rights advocates

The TikTok app icon on a smartphone in this illustration taken October 27, 2025. Photo: Reuters

TikTok settling three teen social media lawsuits ahead of trial

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Cabinet clears life-term jail for enforced disappearances

Illustration: TBS

Draft law proposes death, life imprisonment for enforced disappearances

Labour rights experts and stakeholders attend a discussion on proposed amendments to the Bangladesh Labour Rules, 2015, organised by the Solidarity Center at a hotel in Dhaka yesterday. Photo: Courtesy

Experts seek stronger workplace safeguards through changes to labour rules

Parliament. File Photo/UNB

Parliament passes law allowing death penalty for drug crimes in cyberspace

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President urges law reporters to uphold professionalism, ethical standards

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Understanding legal philosophy key to ensuring justice: Former CJ Refat Ahmed