Academic and Reference Books

The land question is a politically emotive yet constitutionally forgotten issue in Bangladesh. In this seminal work, the author examines the major land laws of Bangladesh and presents a thorough story of land law politics as a central thrust to the colonial and post-colonial enterprise. The author shows how the land enactments in a developing post-colonial jurisdiction like Bangladesh have gone towards the disadvantage of the peasants and suggests what further role the law can play in addressing their poverty.

This book is an attempt to examine the dynamics of neo-liberal development model in Bangladesh with special focus on global institutions, energy, industrial growth and workers’ rights, on GDP growth and environment. The book is divided into six parts. First part investigates organic links between global institutions (GIs) representing global monopoly capitalism and the peripheral state, the process of constructing this development path. Second part focuses on natural resources, energy and power. An alternative model for power generation is also discussed.

The book is the first of its kind empirical study of terrorists based in Bangladesh focusing on the process of radicalization they underwent, the motivations they fostered, the ideology they held and pursued along with youth vulnerabilities which lead them to the path of violence adoption. It has been written based on the data collected from 51 terrorist suspects, 14 family members, 11 Law enforcement officials and 15 experts of various disciplines along with secondary data.