Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) and others v. Bangladesh and others Writ Petition No. 6911 of 2005 (Gas Blow Out at Tengratila)

In a writ petition filed by BELA with two other human rights NGOs namely Ain-o Shalish Kendra (ASK) and Odhikar, challenging the legality of the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) between BAPEX and NIKO, a vacation bench of the High Court comprising Mr. Justice M. A. Rashid and Mr. Justice Md. Fazlur Rahman had issued a…

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BELA v. Bangladesh and others (Metro Makers/Modhumoti Model Town) (Writ Petition No.4604/04; CIVIL APPEAL NO.256 OF 2009)

On August 14, 2004, BELA filed a writ petition (No. 4604 of 2004) challenging the legality of project of Metro Makers Ltd. called Modhumoti Model Town that was filling up 550 acres of the sub-flood flow zone near Amin Bazar, Savar ignoring laws (the flood flow zone/ sub flood flow zone as identified in SPZ…

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Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v. Bangladesh and others (Writ Petition No.998/94; Civil Appeal No. 24/1995) (Case on Standing)

The petition was at first rejected by the court on the ground of standing of the organization. An appeal (Civil Appeal No. 24/1995; was preferred from that rejection where the core question was whether groups like BELA with dedicated and sincere record of activism can claim to have acquired sufficient interest to seek judicial redress…

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Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v. Bangladesh & others Writ Petition No. 92/1996 (right to life)

Right to Life This petition was filed by Dr. Farooque as a potential consumer seeking redress against the failure of the authorities in taking effective and efficacious measures in dealing with the consignment of 125 metric tons Skimmed Milk Powder which was imported to Bangladesh and was found by the Atomic Energy Commission to be…

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Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque v. Bangladesh & others : Writ Petition No. 891/1994 (Industrial Pollution Case)

In 1994 BELA filed this Writ Petition seeking relief against indiscriminate pollution of air, water, soil and the environment by 903 industries including the tanneries of Hazaribagh.  After hearing all the concerned parties and upon considering all relevant facts and laws, the Hon’ble Court vide judgment dated 15 July, 2001 directed the Director General, Directorate…

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āĻĒāϟāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻžāϞ⧟āϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž

āφāϜ (ā§Šā§§ āϜāĻžāύ⧁⧟āĻžāϰāĻŋ, ⧍ā§Ļā§¨ā§Š) āϚāĻŸā§āϟāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϟāĻŋ⧟āĻž āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ, āĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒ āχāωāύāĻŋ⧟āύ⧇āϰ āϚāϰāĻ•āĻžāύāĻžāχ, āĻšā§āϞāĻžāχāύ, āĻĒāĻžāϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāϏāĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ• āĻ­ā§‚-āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧋āϞāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ ⧍ā§Ŧ āύāϭ⧇āĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ ⧍ā§Ļ⧧⧝ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϖ⧇ āϰ⧀āϟ āĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻļāύ (āύāĻ‚ ā§Ēā§Ēā§Ļ/⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ģ) āĻ āϰāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻŽā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŦāĻžā§Ÿāύ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€āĻ—āĻŖ (āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš) āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āχ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϚāĻŸā§āϰāĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ…

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Letter to FIFA regarding Bangladesh Football Federation’s plan to build a training facility on protected forest land in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.

Letter to FIFAStatementsVideosPress ConferenceNews Coverage Letter to FIFA regarding Bangladesh Football Federation’s plan to build a training facility on protected forest land in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.   Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has recently announced its plans to establish a new residential training facility in the Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar District, in South-East Bangladesh on…

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āύ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāϕ⧋āύāĻž āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁⧟āĻž āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āφāĻļā§āϰ⧟āύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āύ⧟-āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϟ

āφāϜ ā§§ā§Ē āφāĻ—āĻˇā§āϟ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧍ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ– āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻœā§‡āϞāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāĻ•, āύ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāϕ⧋āύāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻ• āĻ…āĻŦ⧈āϧ āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāϚāĻžāϰ⧀ āωāĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āύ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰāϕ⧋āύāĻž āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁⧟āĻž āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻŦāϞāĻžāχāĻļāĻŋāĻŽā§āϞ āĻŽā§ŒāϜāĻžāϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧇āύ āĻŦ⧇āφāχāύ⧀ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧇āύ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāϞāĻžāχāĻļāĻŋāĻŽā§āϞ āĻŽāĻžāĻ āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ  āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻšāĻŦ⧇āύāĻž āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āϰ⧁āϞ āϜāĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻ•āχāϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇, āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāχāϕ⧋āĻ°ā§āϟ…

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āϖ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāϕ⧋āĻĒ āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āχāωāύāĻŋ⧟āύ⧇āϰ ā§Šā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāĻ•āϰ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋ āϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšā§āϕ⧁āĻŽ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ ā§§ā§Ļ āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖ

-āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋ- āϖ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāϕ⧋āĻĒ āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āχāωāύāĻŋ⧟āύ⧇āϰ ā§Šā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāĻ•āϰ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋ āϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšā§āϕ⧁āĻŽ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ ā§§ā§Ļ āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖ āφāϜ (ā§­ āϜ⧁āϞāĻžāχ, ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧍) āϖ⧁āϞāύāĻž āĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāϕ⧋āĻĒ āωāĻĒāĻœā§‡āϞāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āχāωāύāĻŋ⧟āύ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāύ-āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ ā§Šā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāĻ•āϰ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāĻŋ āϜāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšā§āϕ⧁āĻŽ āĻĻāĻ–āϞ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻŖā§€ā§Ÿ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§Ÿā§‡ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡…

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