BLAST, along with Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) and an alleged victim of unsafe blood transfusion, filed a writ petition challenging the failure of the Government to implement the provisions of the Safe Blood Transfusion Act, 2002 and the Rules thereof and to prevent the operation of unregistered blood transfusion centres.
BLAST, along with another human rights organization, filed a writ petition on 03.12.2008 challenging the establishment and operation of an industrial unit, Al-tech Aluminum Industry, in a residential area in Gazipur, which had allegedly caused widespread environmental pollution and had been operating without obtaining the required Environmental Clearance Certificate and without installation of an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP).
On 09.11.2008, BLAST, along with another human rights organization, filed a writ petition challenging an invitation for bids for health services issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare inviting sealed proposals from eligible countries only in English.
BLAST, along with another human rights organization, filed a writ petition on 25.08.2008 challenging the inaction of the Government and failure to establish Labour Tribunals and Labour Appellate Tribunals in Export Processing Zones (EPZ) under Sections 55 and 59 of EPZ Workers Association and Industrial Relations Act, 2004.
BLAST, along with the Occupational Safety Health and Environment Trust (OSHE), filed a writ petition challenging the inaction and omission on the part of the respondents to secure compliance with legal provisions regarding safety and security of construction workers as provided in the Bangladesh National Building Construction Code, 2006, leading to serious injuries and deaths of construction workers in the workplace.
BLAST filed a writ petition challenging the continued inaction by the concerned authorities, in particular the Ministry of Environment, to address the discharge of untreated industrial waste into Dholai Beel, Bongshi River and the Dholai Canal by factories in and around the Savar Export Processing Zone (EPZ), causing serious environmental degradation, loss of habitat to flora and fauna, environmental pollution and health risks to those living in areas surrounding the Savar EPZ.
A. K. Rezaul Karim, a member of the Ahmaddiya Muslim Jamat Bangladesh along with BLAST, Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Kormojibi Nari, Jatiya Ainjibi Parishad, Nijera Kori Sammilita Samajik Andolon, and Odhikar, filed a writ petition challenging an order passed by the Ministry of Home Affairs purporting to forfeit publications of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat and to prohibit publication, sale, distribution and preservation of the same under Section 99A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.
