Bangladesh or People’s Republic
of Bangladesh is the Sovereign country in South Asia and it is forming the
largest and eastern portion the ethno- linguistic region of Bengal. The Country
having situated at apex of the Bay of Bengal, is 8th most populated
country in the world and its rank in population in Asia is 5th. You
can view here the legal system including the basic law, Constitution, the
Constitutional Status of Islam and law, Government, Parliament, Court System,
law reform, Legal research, etc. at http://www.nyulawglobal.org/globalex/Bangladesh.html
You can also view and learn about
the constitution, executive, legislative, judicial and also legal guide and
general guide of the Bangladeshi legal system at http://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations/bangladesh.php
The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh:
The basic law of the land of
Bangladesh is the Constitution of Bangladesh which is also considered as the
supreme law of the country. The Constitution for the country was adopted in the
year 1972 and it is establishing the unitary state and a Westminster form of
unicameral parliamentary democracy. The Constitution was originally written
(handwritten) in the Bangla language, and its English version of the
constitution can be viewed and downloaded at http://hrlibrary.umn.edu/research/bangladesh-constitution.pdf
Below mentioned links are useful for reading and
downloading the material on legal system:
Code of
Conduct for Judges: http://www.unafei.or.jp/english/pdf/RS_No80/No80_31PA_Hossain.pdf
Protection
of Victims of power abuse: http://www.unafei.or.jp/english/pdf/RS_No70/No70_13PA_Ullah.pdf
Defense
rights: http://defensewiki.ibj.org/index.php/Bangladesh
Business
Policy: http://open_jicareport.jica.go.jp/pdf/12150629.pdf
Legal Aid
and Services: http://southasiainstitute.harvard.edu/website/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Bangladesh-Legal-Aid-and-Services-Trust.pdf
Decent Work
Country Program: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/program/dwcp/download/bangladesh.pdf
Acquisition
of Waste land Act, 1950: http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/print_sections_all.php?id=234
Agricultural
Labor (Minimum Wages) law: http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/print_sections_all.php?id=666
Telecommunication
law: http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/treg/Documentation/Bangladesh/BTRC-TelecomLaw2001.pdf
Code of
Civil Procedure: http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/print_sections_all.php?id=86
Contract
Law: http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/print_sections_all.php?id=26
Dowry Prohibition
law: http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/print_sections_all.php?id=607
Labour law: http://www.ilo.org/dyn/travail/docs/352/A%20Handbook%20on%20the%20Bangladesh%20Labour%20Act%202006.pdf
Law on
Domestic Violence: http://mowca.portal.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/mowca.portal.gov.bd/page/203db6dc_7c82_4aa0_98a6_8672334b235c/Domestic%20Violence%20Act%20English.pdf
Muslim
Marriages and Divorce Act: http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/print_sections_all.php?id=476
Money
laundering prevention policy: https://www.imolin.org/doc/amlid/Bangladesh/Bangladesh_Guidence_Notes_on_Prevention_of_Money_Laundering.pdf
Rights of
Person with Disability: http://www.apcdfoundation.org/?q=system/files/Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20Rights%20and%20Protection%20Act%202013_0.pdf
Tobacco
Control policy: http://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org/legislation/country/bangladesh/laws/desc
Law on
Prevention of Corruption: http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/print_sections_all.php?id=217
General
Clauses law: http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/pdf/73___.pdf
Environment
Conservation law: http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/bgd42272.pdf
Noise
Pollution control: http://envfor.nic.in/downloads/public-information/noise-pollution-rules-en.pdf
Disaster
Management law: http://emi-megacities.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Disaster-Mgt-Act-2012-English.pdf
Enemy
Property law: http://www.hafsite.org/sites/default/files/Legal_Analysis_Enemy_Property_Act_Bangladesh.pdf
Right to
Information law: http://www.caluniv.ac.in/global-mdia-journal/WINTER%202010%20DOCUMENTS/Document%202.pdf
Competition
law: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCOMPLEGALDB/Resources/ComPolandLawBangladesh.pdf
Practice for
Fire Safety in Building law: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTCOMPLEGALDB/Resources/ComPolandLawBangladesh.pdf
Overseas
Employment and Migrant law: https://www.jitco.or.jp/send_law/pdf/bangladesh_f01.pdf
Download legal eBooks and Articles:
Legal System
of Bangladesh: https://resource.ogrlegal.com/legal-system-bangladesh/
Institutional
Framework for Legal and Judicial Training in South Asia: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTLAWJUSTICE/Resources/LDWP2_LegalJudicialTraining.pdf
Criminal
Justice system: https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/Report_eng.pdf
(Download) The
Structure of Judicial System in Bangladesh: https://www.scribd.com/doc/35613789/The-Structure-of-Judicial-System-in-Bangladesh
Juvenile
Justice in South Asia: http://www.unicef.org/rosa/Juvenile_Justice_in_South_Asia.pdf
Corruption
in Judiciary: http://www.u4.no/publications/overview-of-corruption-within-the-justice-sector-and-law-enforcement-agencies-in-bangladesh/downloadasset/2800
Independence
of Judiciary: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238114298_Separation_of_Judiciary_and_Judicial_Independence_in_Bangladesh
Download Tax
laws at: http://www.nbr.gov.bd/act.php?lan=eng
Links for Department in Bangladesh:
Government
of Bangladesh: www.bangladesh.gov.bd/index.php?lang=en
Buildings
Department: www.bd.gov.hk/english/
British
Council at Bangladesh: www.britishcouncil.org.bd
Forest Department:
http://www.bforest.gov.bd/
Bangladesh
Bank: https://www.bb.org.bd/
Ministry of
Finance: www.mof.gov.bd/
Ministry of
Foreign Affairs: www.mofa.gov.bd/
National
Board of Revenue: http://www.nbr.gov.bd/act.php?lan=eng
Department
of Inspection for Factories and Establishments: www.dife.gov.bd/
News: www.thedailystar.net/