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.
BLAST, along with a convict under the Nari o Shishu Nirjatan (Bishesh Bidhan) Ain, 1995, Alamgir Hossain, filed a writ petition challenging the judgment and order of sentence and conviction passed by the Nari o Shishu Nirjatan Daman Bishesh Adalat (Suppression of Violence Against Women and Children Tribunal), Comilla.
BLAST filed a writ petition challenging Section 4 of the Gram Sarkar Ain, 2003 [Village Government Act, 2003] as being inconsistent with the Constitution. Section 27 of the Act replaced the ‘Gram Parishad’ established under the স্থানীয় সরকার (গ্রাম সরকার) আইন, ১৯৯৭ [Local Government (Village Government), 1997] by the ‘Gram Sarkar’.
BLAST filed a writ petition challenging the failure of the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) to take legal action against the Members of the Fifth and Seventh Parliaments respecting non-payment of arrears of telephone bills amounting to crores of takas. The Members of Parliament drew their allowances in accordance with the provisions of the Members of Parliament (Salaries and Allowances) Order, 1973 and received monthly allowances for telephone bills, but had reportedly not repaid their dues.
On undertaking laboratory tests which revealed that salt produced by eight manufacturers of iodized salt did not contain the required level of iodine as stipulated under law, and given that lack of adequate iodine was known to affect the normal physical and mental growth of children by causing Iodine Deficiency Diseases, BLAST filed a writ petition challenging the inaction and failure of the authorities to ensure compliance with the Iodine Deficiency Disease Prevention Act, 1989 and Rules, 1994.
