Author: Muhammad Omar Faruque

Muhammad Omar Faruque is an LLM candidate at University of Dhaka. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Dhaka Law Review. After winning record number of inter-university Debating Championships representing his university, he has been teaching advanced debating skills and adjudicating in different universities. He was Champion of 11th National Henry Dunant Memorial Moot Court Competition and was one of the semifinalists of South-Asian round. His team won best research prizes from regional and Asia-pacific rounds of International Humanitarian Law moot. Mr. Faruque conducted research on human rights issues under the supervision of South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (SAILS). He can be reached at [email protected].

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Towards a Bangladesh Model BIT: The Chevron Dues and the Case for Reform

In April 2025, Bangladesh’s state-owned gas company Petrobangla cleared all of Chevron’s outstanding gas bills from previous years. Within days of this payment, Petrobangla formally urged Chevron to resume work on the stalled $65 million Jalalabad compressor project. Petrobangla Chairman told the press, ‘…we have already cleared all outstanding arrear payments of Chevron Bangladesh.’ Chevron […]
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The 15th Amendment Case before the High Court Division: An Analytical Perspective

Background On 17 December 2024, the High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh (SCOB) delivered a historic judgment regarding the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 2011 (Act No. XIV of 2011). The 15th Amendment removed the Non-Party Caretaker Government (NPCG) system for conducting general elections and made numerous other constitutional changes. This write-up […]
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