Court Watch 2004

Report on Research on Speedy Tribunal Act 2002

Published: 30 December 2004

Bangladesh is a poor state in South Asia, ridden with innumerable problems. The pressure of population, terrorism, poverty, and corruption are some of the problems that are clouding the lives of the people of this country even 33 years after Liberation. The absence of good governance and its negative influence has made this nation to be recognized as the most ineffective nation, an identity that cannot be auspicious for a nation.

In a democratic system, the government has three wings, the executive, the legislative and the judiciary. If these wings of the government do not function properly, it means that there is not a sufficient level of democracy operating, or that the rule of law has not been established properly in the country.