With the New Year only a couple of months away, it may be the right time to think of some changes to our existing laws and/or enact some new laws in the coming year. Laws addressing rapeTo handle the increasing number of rapes, it has been argued by many scholars and/or academics of our country that massive changes must be made to the laws, especially s.375 of the Penal Code. Research by the Rape Law Reform Now coalition subsuming 17 leading NGOs of Bangladesh also shows some stellar reforms that may be made to the existing laws of our country. If their proposed reforms are taken into consideration, the rape laws in our country will have some significantly beneficial changes in the upcoming years. Cyber lawsAs for cyber laws, unfortunately, there still remain life-threatening crimes that are not addressed in statutes.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 12, 2020 20:15 UTC