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BDLD (Bangladesh Law Digest) is a legal research and publication platform supporting law students/law graduates through structured research training, editorial guidance, and professional exposure.

Bangladesh Law Digest (BDLD) is the premier online law journal and legal archive in Bangladesh, managed by a dedicated editorial board from the University

of Dhaka. BDLD serves as a vital bridge between academic theory and professional practice, providing lawyers, Bar Council examinees, and legal researchers with free, open access to Bare Acts, Supreme Court verdicts, and critical case law analysis. We are committed to developing the legal research and writing skills of the next generation while offering a neutral platform for practitioners to debate new legislation and law reforms. From in-depth legal articles to real-time law news, BDLD is the trusted, accessible hub for the Bangladeshi legal community. Anyone can write in the BDLD magazine but the writing should have a minimum quality standard and a relevancy with legal issues as well.

๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐”๐’๐ƒ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ. The Gambling Prevention Act 2026 (G...
09/08/2026

๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐”๐’๐ƒ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ง๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ ๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ. The Gambling Prevention Act 2026 (GPA 2026) aims to cut this financial drain.

Our latest doctrinal analysis by Md. Ziaur Rahman audits the new statute. The Act establishes strict penalties and new trial forums, including the Cyber Tribunal. However, it embeds severe operational loopholes. We expose extraterritorial limits, data privacy risks within the NID-MFS linking system, and the absence of judicial oversight for digital blacklists.

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๐๐ƒ๐‹๐ƒ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ (๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ โ„Ž ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐ท๐‘–๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก) is open for submissions for ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ, ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ. We invite legal research from academ...
26/07/2026

๐๐ƒ๐‹๐ƒ ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ (๐ต๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ โ„Ž ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐ท๐‘–๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก) is open for submissions for ๐•๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ, ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐Ÿ. We invite legal research from academics, lawyers, judges, and students.

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- ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ: ๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜‹๐˜–๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ

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๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‹๐ƒ๐‚ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—. ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ?That question drove our ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ...
18/07/2026

๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐‹๐ƒ๐‚ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—. ๐–๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ?

That question drove our ๐„๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐‹๐š๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ƒ๐‹๐ƒ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐Œ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, held yesterday with Mohammad Abu Saleh.

Global trade is worth $40 trillion. Bangladesh's share is less than 0.4%, and the preferences that share depends on expire with graduation.

๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐ž'๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ: when our industries have faced trade disputes abroad, they could not find a single local lawyer equipped to take the case. Not one firm in the country handles international trade disputes.

Mr. Saleh spent three years as a Law Officer at the WTO and now advises member states and the World Bank, so he has seen from the inside who shows up to these disputes prepared, and who doesn't.

๐‡๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž: research capacity comes first. The lawyers, the negotiators, and the policy influence all grow out of it.

๐€๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ. The rules for digital trade and AI are being negotiated right now. Researchers from developing nations can still shape them.

He closed with an offer, not a plea: he will collaborate with any member serious about trade law research, and he is sharing his own published papers to help people start.

Formatting OSCOLA citations correctly is one of the most tedious parts of legal writing, and one of the easiest places t...
14/07/2026

Formatting OSCOLA citations correctly is one of the most tedious parts of legal writing, and one of the easiest places to lose marks or credibility over a small error.

Bangladesh Law Digest (BDLD) just launched a free tool to fix that: the ๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐Ÿฑ๐˜๐—ต ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ (๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ).

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๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก'๐ฌ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐?Mahmudur Rahman Saidy, Assistant Professor of Public Administration ...
08/07/2026

๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ก'๐ฌ ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐?

Mahmudur Rahman Saidy, Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the University of Chittagong, argues it may not be. In his latest analysis, he finds the Implementation Order bypasses Article 80, exceeds Article 93, and conflicts with the basic structure doctrine under Article 7B. Given that past constitutional amendments were struck down by the courts, he warns this one faces the same fate.

The views expressed are solely the author's own.

Read the full analysis: https://bdlawdigest.org/july-charter-constitutional-crossroads.html

๐๐ƒ๐‹๐ƒ ๐’๐„๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: ๐‚๐Ž๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐ˆ๐ˆ ๐ˆ๐๐€๐”๐†๐”๐‘๐€๐‹ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐‹๐„๐“๐„๐ƒThe Bangladesh Law Digest (BDLD) has successfully executed the...
27/06/2026

๐๐ƒ๐‹๐ƒ ๐’๐„๐’๐’๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: ๐‚๐Ž๐‡๐Ž๐‘๐“ ๐ˆ๐ˆ ๐ˆ๐๐€๐”๐†๐”๐‘๐€๐‹ ๐‹๐„๐‚๐“๐”๐‘๐„ ๐‚๐Ž๐Œ๐๐‹๐„๐“๐„๐ƒ

The Bangladesh Law Digest (BDLD) has successfully executed the inaugural session of the Legal Research Professional Certificate program for Cohort II.

The session focused on Legal Research and Publication Strategy, establishing the critical baseline requirements for our incoming researchers and advocates.

๐†๐”๐„๐’๐“ ๐’๐๐„๐€๐Š๐„๐‘ ๐๐‘๐Ž๐…๐ˆ๐‹๐„

The lecture was led by Dr. Md. Riaduzzaman, Associate Professor at the Department of Law, Daffodil International University. Dr. Riaduzzaman brought extensive academic authority and legal expertise to our cohort:

- Ph.D. in Law (University of Dhaka), featuring specialized doctoral research on the Constitutional Right to Data Protection.
- LL.B. (University of London).
- LL.M. and LL.B. (University of Dhaka).

The immediate feedback from our active members confirms that the session was highly engaging, interactive, and informative. The operational methodologies and publication frameworks provided during this session are now standard directives for all upcoming research drafts.

We extend our gratitude to Dr. Riaduzzaman for his time and direct contribution to the academic development of our members.

๐”๐‘๐†๐„๐๐“ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“The BDLD Legal Research Membership is at 93% capacity. Only 7 seats remain.Acad...
13/06/2026

๐”๐‘๐†๐„๐๐“ ๐”๐๐ƒ๐€๐“๐„: ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
The BDLD Legal Research Membership is at 93% capacity. Only 7 seats remain.

Academic degrees are standard. Verifiable research credentials distinguish candidates for competitive LLM scholarships and UN/NGO positions. If your CV lacks proven research output, you operate at a disadvantage.

This membership provides the exact operational framework to build a compelling professional record. Members secure:
โ€ข Lifetime Professional Certification: Instantly verifiable for global selections.
โ€ข Official Institutional Reference Letters: Formatted precisely for international application portals.
โ€ข Citable Publication Opportunities: Build an academic record on our ISSN-registered platform.
โ€ข Advanced Training: Master complex research methodologies.

We strictly enforce our 100-seat limit to maintain instructional standards and peer review quality. The portal closes permanently on June 15, or as soon as the final 7 seats are claimed. No extensions. No exceptions.

Secure your seat here: https://bdlawdigest.org/bdld-legal-research-membership

๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ The BDLD Legal Research Professional Certificate Program (2026) ...
06/06/2026

๐Ž๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐’๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ 

The BDLD Legal Research Professional Certificate Program (2026) will close its application portal once the final 14 seats are claimed. We strictly enforce a 100-seat limit to maintain the standard of instruction and peer review.

Law students and junior advocates require verifiable credentials to advance. This membership provides the exact operational framework demanded by international institutions.

Members receive:
โ€ข Professional Certification: A lifetime verified credential for LLM and UN/NGO applications.
โ€ข Publication Opportunities: Merit-based publishing on our ISSN-registered platform.
โ€ข Advanced Training: Rigorous instruction in research methodologies and legal drafting.
โ€ข Verified References: Official institutional letters required to pass stringent background checks.

Applications operate on a strict first-come, first-served basis. The portal shuts down automatically at capacity. No extensions.

Secure one of the final seats: https://bdlawdigest.org/bdld-legal-research-membership

Defaulted loans in Bangladeshโ€™s banking sector now stand at approximately BDT 5.45 trillion. This scale of financial ind...
05/06/2026

Defaulted loans in Bangladeshโ€™s banking sector now stand at approximately BDT 5.45 trillion. This scale of financial indiscipline directly threatens state governance.

Statutory law dictates a strict penalty for debt evasion: electoral disqualification.

In our latest BDLD publication, Advocate Md. Nafis Anowar Santo examines the legal mechanisms barring loan defaulters from public office. Under Article 12(1)(l) of the Representation of the People Order 1972, active financial default guarantees immediate disqualification from parliamentary elections. The Appellate Division consistently enforces this standard.

The analysis details the uniform application of these disqualification principles across all tiers of local and national government.

Read the full legal analysis: https://bdlawdigest.org/bank-loan-defaulters-electoral-eligibility-bangladesh.html

Section 497 of the Penal Code 1860 enforces a clear legal vacuum. It penalizes only men for adultery while systematicall...
30/05/2026

Section 497 of the Penal Code 1860 enforces a clear legal vacuum. It penalizes only men for adultery while systematically denying women any statutory remedy.

This framework directly violates the equality guarantees under Articles 27 and 28 of the Bangladesh Constitution. It also contravenes Bangladesh's binding obligations under CEDAW.

In our latest BDLD publication, Kanak Kanti Karmakar examines the structural gender bias embedded in this colonial-era statute.

The analysis exposes three core operational failures:

- The statutory exclusion of wives as aggrieved parties.

- The direct conflict with constitutional fundamental rights.

- Comparative jurisprudence, including the Supreme Court of India's ruling in the Joseph Shine case.

Penal codes must align with constitutional realities. The legislature must reform this provision to distribute accountability and legal standing equally.

Read the full legal analysis by Kanak Kanti Karmakar here: https://bdlawdigest.org/section-497-penal-code-bangladesh-adultery-law.html

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