Law

Next parliamentary test for UK assisted dying law

Lawmakers voted 330 to 275 in November in favour of allowing assisted dying in what would be the biggest social reform in a generation

UNICEF welcomes separate court for children

The decision is an important step towards protecting the rights and meeting the needs of every child who comes into contact with the law, the UN agency says

7 years in jail for soliciting sexual relationship with marriage promise

“The law was debated for about an hour. After that, this amendment was passed,” says Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam

Special tribunal to be formed for child rape trials

Cases of rape and cases where marriage was used as a lure for consent will be separated to speed up the trials of the former, says Law Advisor Asif Nazrul

Draft civil registration law in the works

The government is scoping for a way to ease hassles involving the acquisition of birth certificate, NID and passport

Criminalising Holocaust Denial in 1971

No tears for thousands of other Rajans