Blockchain in Bangladesh: Policy Roadmap for Innovation and Adaptation
Dhaka University Central Students Union Law and Politics Review (DUCSU LPR) organised a webinar titled 'Blockchain in Bangladesh: Policy Roadmap for Innovation and Adaptation' on May 31, 2020. Zunaid Ahmed Palak, MP, the Honorable State Minister for ICT Division, Ministry of Post, Telecommunication & Information Technology of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh was present as the Chair of the webinar. Barrister Morshed Mannan, PhD Researcher and Lecturer in the Department of Company Law at Leiden University i…
Online business as alternative business model in Bangladesh for harnessing demographic dividend
Authored by: Md Yeasir Yunus & Marzia Fatema Background Increasing internet users are reshaping ICT sectors by utilizing the possibilities for trade and commerce (Hossain, Jaannat, & Yasar, 2019). Again, the online business is significantly increasing in Bangladesh. The implementation of technology-based solutions and adaptation to changing demand are the key factors to future of business development services because of experience and methodologies in the industry by entrepreneurs. The trend of E-commerce is getting higher day by d…
Digital Labor Platforms and the Regulatory Challenges in Nepal
Authored by: Arzoo Karki The concept of Digital Labor Platform has become one of the crucial foundations of discussions within the sphere of the Internet and its emergence has initiated a major transformation in the realm of work worldwide over past decade. Growth of digital labor platforms has mounted nearly by one-third between July 2016 and March 2019.[1] One of the major reasons as to why people prefer being a “crowd worker” (the workers of digital platforms) is because of the ‘flexibility’ it provides as to the time, location and the meth…
How is Big Tech driving changes to competition frameworks?
Authored by: James Johnson [1] In a 2019 Article, Elizabeth Warren summarised the widespread feeling that Big Tech’s influence on society needs to be curtailed: “Today’s big tech companies have too much power — too much power over our economy, our society, and our democracy. They’ve bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field against everyone else. And in the process, they have hurt small businesses and stifled innovation.” [2] It is unlikely that regulators will go as far as breaking …