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A Critical Review on ‘The Idea of Justice’ by Amartya Sen: A Contemporary Development in Jurisprudence

Globally respected and acclaimed Nobel laureate, Amartya Sen wrote on justice issues in his remarkable theoretical classic The Idea of Justice (Harvard University Press, 2009) and this work is now widely acknowledged to have had an immense significance in the development of contemporary jurisprudence. By taking considerable help from Indian philosophical ideas, this venerable professor […]
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‘Human Rights Defenders Manual’: Protecting the Right to Defend Human Rights

Being one of the fundamental normative standards, the idea of human rights has been strengthening human civilization, years after years, to secure a dignified life for each individual irrespective of any difference or distinction in the society. The protection and promotion of human rights is now an immensely significant issue of concern to international community. […]
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Book Review: ‘Prevention of Pollution of the Marine Environment from Vessels: The Potential and Limits of the International Maritime Organisation,’ by Saiful Karim

The book under review is a recent contribution to the marine environmental law and policy by a young scholar of Bangladeshi origin, who is currently teaching at Queensland University of Technology Law School, Australia. Today, we live in an increasingly risky world in which sources of threat to our lives and livelihood reside not only […]
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Towards a Bangladesh Model BIT: The Chevron Dues and the Case for Reform

In April 2025, Bangladesh’s state-owned gas company Petrobangla cleared all of Chevron’s outstanding gas bills from previous years. Within days of this payment, Petrobangla formally urged Chevron to resume work on the stalled $65 million Jalalabad compressor project. Petrobangla Chairman told the press, ‘…we have already cleared all outstanding arrear payments of Chevron Bangladesh.’ Chevron […]
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The 15th Amendment Case before the High Court Division: An Analytical Perspective

Background On 17 December 2024, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) delivered a historic judgment regarding the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act No. XIV of 2011). The 15th Amendment removed the Non-Party Caretaker Government (NPCG) system for conducting general elections and made numerous other constitutional changes. This write-up […]
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