Looking back at 50: Environmental rhetoric to realty in Bangladesh
Dhaka University Law and Politics Review (DULPR) hosted a panel discussion titled Looking Back at 50: Environmental Rhetoric to Reality in Bangladesh on the occasion of the World Environment Day 2021. The discussion was hosted by Shahrima Tanjin Arni, Editor in Chief, DULPR.
Justice Md Ashraful Kamal, Honourable Judge of the High Court Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh presided the discussion as the Chief Guest and Dr. A.S.M. Maksud Kamal, Professor and Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic) of University of Dhaka joined as the Guest of Honour.
The distinguished panel consisted of Mr. Mohammad Sulaiman Haider, Director (Planning) of Department of Environment, Mr. Arif M. Faisal, Programme Specialist (Nature, climate and energy) at UNDP Bangladesh and Mohammad Golam Sarwar, Assistant Professor of Law at University of Dhaka.
Sara Khatun,
Programme Manager, NETZ
Our project began in 2018 with an aim to strengthen the grassroots civil society so that they can actively enhance their operational space and direct it towards the protection of human rights and prevent violence based on gender and other identities. This project has been implementing in partnership with WE CAN, DASCOH Foundation, and NETZ with the financial assistance of the European Union. Bangladesh has various laws to promote women s rights and prevent violence against women but there is a gap in implementation. Through this project, we have organised 3,200 civil society actors in 128 groups and arranged regular dialogues with 1,600 representatives from 44 public authorities; training has been provided to 160 marriage registrars and 40 female police officers on Child Marriage Restraint Act (CMRA) and Domestic Violence Protection Act (DVA). So far, 1,501 gender-based violence (GBV) cases have been reported by the CSOs and addressed with co
BSEC dissolves 6th errant listed company’s board
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The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) yesterday dissolved the board of Emerald Oil and formed a new one in a bid to improve its performance.
The listed edible oil producer is the sixth company whose boards were created anew as per a decision taken by the regulator earlier.
The previous five companies were C&A Textiles, Ring Shine Textiles, United Airways, Familytex (BD) and Alhaj Textile Mills.
The BSEC last year decided to bring about the change if any company remained in losses for at least two years, or if company sponsors fail to hold at least 30 per cent of shares jointly.
Proper implementation of law is needed to stop child marriage and domestic violence
NETZ Partnership for Development and Justice, along with it partner organisations We Can and DASCOH Foundation jointly organised a Policy Dialogue with relevant public authorities on the progress and obstacles of the implementation law on 08 December at CIRDAP Auditorium, Dhaka under the project titled Strengthened Civil Society Protects and Promotes Women s Rights financial supported by the European Union. Representatives from the relevant government ministries, local governments and academicians and regional and local CSO members joined the policy dialogue.
The meeting shared the findings and recommendations of a study entitled Domestic Violence and Child Marriage: An Inter-locked Tragedy in Women and Girls Life in Bangladesh conducted by Rabeya Rawshan, Senior Consultant and Mohammad Golam Sarwar, Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Dhaka. The study has consulted local and regional civ