Previously Hindu widows would only get rights to their husbands’ homesteads The High Court has pronounced a verdict to the effect that Hindu widows in the country are entitled to shares in all the properties of their husbands and not just their homesteads. A single High Court bench of Justice Miftah Uddin Choudhury passed the...Read More

Hindu widows will get the shares in all the properties of the husband, not just the homestead, the High Court has said in a judgment. The court said the Hindu Women’s Rights to Property Act 1937 will dictate the inheritance of the assets. Barrister Syed Nafiul Islam, one of the lawyers in a related case,...Read More

Sub-clause (f) of article 66 (2) of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladeshprovides that a person shall be disqualified for election as or for being a Member of Parliamentwho holds any office of profit in the service of the Republic other than an office which isdeclared by law not to be disqualified its...Read More

The word “technocrat” stands for an expert in science, engineering, etc. who has a lot ofpower in politics and/or industry. The term “technocracy” is derived from the Greekword “tekhne” meaning skill and “kratos” meaning power. So the technocracy is systemof government where decision maker is selected on the basis of their expertise andpower in their...Read More

Like many other disasters, corporate manslaughter has now become a common phenomenon inBangladesh. Since inception of its financial advancement through industrial and semi- industrialentrepreneurship by using cheap labour force, Bangladesh has been paying its value at the cost ofhundreds and thousands of lives employed in those sectors, specially, of workers. Loss of lives infactories and...Read More