Constitution Executive COURTS AND JUDICIARY Legislative Legal Guides General Sources (includes LC Portals: Bangladesh)

CONSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES

• Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh (as modified up to 17th May 2004) (Bangladesh Government) in English
• International Constitutional Law: Bangladesh Index (Universität Bern Institut für Öffentliches Recht) background information only

EXECUTIVE ARM

• Government
• Prime Minister's Office

COURTS AND JUDICIARY

• COURTS: Supreme Court

LEGISLATIVE

• OFFICIAL GAZETTE: Bangladesh Gazette
• PARLIAMENT: Bangladesh Jatiyo Sangsad (Legislative Information Center)
• Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act 1980 (Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority)
• Guide to Investment in Bangladesh (Bangladesh Government) Includes general summaries of investments laws and regulations
• Heidelberg Bangladesh Law Translation Project (Heidelberg University, South Asia Institute) includes English translations of selected laws from 1985 to 1995.
• Intellectual Property: Bangladesh (IndiaIP.com)
• NATLEX: Bangladesh (International Labour Organisation) database of national laws on labor, social security and related human rights
• SAARC Law Bangladesh

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LEGAL GUIDES AND MISCELLANEOUS

• GUIDE: Multinational Reference (Law )
• Multinational Collections Database: Bangladesh (Law ) provides bibliographic information on materials in our reference collection
• Bangladesh Links: Dispute Resolution and Legal Development (Peacemakers Trust)
• FindLaw: Bangladesh
• ForIntLaw: Bangladesh (Washburn University Law Library)
• Islamic Family Law: Bangladesh (Emory University Law School)
• JURIST: Bangladesh (University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
• World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries: Bangladesh (Germany Bundestag)
• World Law Index: Bangladesh (Australasian Legal Information Institute)
• World Legal Materials from Asia: Bangladesh (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• WWW-VL Islamic Law: Bangladesh (University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies)

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GENERAL SOURCES

• Country Study: Bangladesh () September 1988
• Portals to the World: Bangladesh () 
• Background Notes: Bangladesh (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: Bangladesh (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• Consular Information Sheet: Bangladesh (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Information: Bangladesh (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Country Profile of Bangladesh (U.S. Dept. of Labor) from By the Sweat and Toil of Children: The Use of Child Labor in American Imports: A Report to Congress, Vol. I, pp. 27-35; July 15, 1994
• Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices, 1993-2001 (U.S. Dept. of State) see selected reports listed under South Asia
• Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bangladesh (U.S. Dept. of State)
• Embassy of Bangladesh, Washington
• Governments on the WWW: Bangladesh (Gunnar Anzinger)
• Human Rights in Bangladesh (Amnesty International)
• International Religious Freedom Annual Reports: Bangladesh (U.S. Dept. of State)
• National Library of Bangladesh - information
• NEWS: BBC World South Asia
• Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN
• U.S. Embassy, Dhaka (U.S. Dept. of State)
• World Factbook: Bangladesh (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
• World Hunger: Bangladesh (World Food Programme)
• WWW DIRECTORIES / PORTALS: Bangladesh (Google);Bangladesh (Yahoo); WWW-VL Asian Studies: Bangladesh (University of Texas, Austin)

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