Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance 2025

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A Cross-Examination of the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 with Barrister Sara Hossain

DHLR: In your opinion, how significant is the recognition of the rape of adolescent boys in the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, through the definition of ‘বলাৎকার’ in aligning Bangladeshi law with contemporary understanding of sexual violence? Where, in your view, do the definition and its underlying framework still leave conceptual gaps? […]
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A Cross-Examination of the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance 2025 with Barrister Sara Hossain

DHLR: In your opinion, how significant is the recognition of the rape of adolescent boys in the Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance 2025, through the definition of ‘বলাৎকার’ in aligning Bangladeshi law with contemporary understanding of sexual violence? Where, in your view, do the definition and its underlying framework still leave conceptual gaps? […]
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Revisiting Essential Medicine Regulations in Bangladesh in the Context of 2026 Reforms

The 2026 modification of Bangladesh’s National Essential Medicines List expands to 295 essential medicines and applies price-control regulations to them. It is an important addition to the country’s pharmaceutical policy regime. In Bangladesh, where out-of-pocket medical expenses remain high, it is important to reanalyse the changes alongside relevant national and international drug pricing regulations for […]
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An Examination of the ‘Personal Data Protection Ordinance 2025’ with Dr Md Toriqul Islam

Q1. In your opinion, does the Constitution of Bangladesh (Article 43) recognise privacy in a limited way? Does Personal Data Protection Ordinance (PDPO) 2025 meaningfully expand that protection in practice, or does the broad exemption clause in section 24 [national security, defence, public order, public interest] neutralise it? Answer: Firstly, Article 43 of the Constitution […]
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Strengthening Domestic Climate Governance: Legal Lessons from the ICJ Advisory Opinion for Bangladesh’s Climate Justice and Accountability Framework

Introduction Bangladesh is a country highly vulnerable to sea-level rise, erratic monsoons, and extreme weather events. It is considered to be at the front line of the current global climate crisis. Being a core proponent of requesting the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on the matter, Dhaka took the world’s most existential challenge to […]
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