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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

Speakers say the proposed laws could undermine accountability if law enforcement agencies are allowed to investigate allegations against themselves

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

Illustration: TBS

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

Photo: Collected

President urges law reporters to uphold professionalism, ethical standards

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

Parliamentary session on 7 April 2026. Photo: PID

Parliament passes Bangladesh Haor, Wetland Conservation Bill-2026

At a Cabinet meeting today (17 March) at the Secretariat, chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. Photo: PID

Cabinet approves law for FY25 supplementary and FY26 main budgets

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Cricket laws updated with 73 key changes, including bowled out rule

Danish troops were ordered by Denmark’s Defence Ministry to open fire, even without direct orders, if Greenland is invaded. Photo: REUTERS

Shoot first, ask questions later: Denmark’s oldest military order and its newest warning

File photo Supreme Court/TBS

A new chapter for judicial independence in Bangladesh