The EU parliament awarded the bloc鈥檚 Sakharov human rights prize on Wednesday to jailed Georgian journalist and editor Mzia Amaghlobeli and Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, calling them symbols of the 鈥榮truggle for freedom鈥�...
SECULARISM is not the denial of faith. It is the protection of faith 鈥� every faith. It is the promise that the state will not favour one path to God over another, and that no citizen shall suffer or be silenced because of what they believe, or refuse to believe. It is the simple, sacred understanding that a government must serve all its people, not the followers of one religion...
SINCE its independence in 1971, Bangladesh has enshrined human rights at the heart of its national identity. The Constitution guarantees fundamental rights, equality before the law, freedom of expression and protection from discrimination, reflecting the nation鈥檚 founding vision of justice and dignity for all. Yet over five decades later, the human rights landscape...
Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, along with all journalists, health workers, human rights defenders, and crew members of freedom flotilla vessels, is being detained at the Ketziot Prison, located in the Negev desert of Israel, says a press release issued by Drik.
Israel must guarantee the safety and human rights of all individuals aboard the Conscience and other vessels of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition intercepted on Wednesday, a United Nations expert said on the day in Geneva.
The Commonwealth Youth Awards have introduced a new category this year to recognise young journalists and communicators whose work contributes to advancing democracy, peace and community development through fearless reporting and creativity...
Eleven more ships are sailing towards the Gaza Strip in a bid to break the years-long Israeli blockade there, according to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition web site.
THE Maldivian parliament has recently passed a new Media and Broadcasting Regulation Bill that threatens to fundamentally erode press freedom in the archipelago. The legislation, presented by MP Abdul Hannan Aboobakuru and rapidly fast-tracked...
The Maldivian parliament has passed legislation to regulate journalists and media institutions despite widespread concerns that it would curb press freedom in the atoll nation...
Press freedoms worldwide have declined significantly over the past five years to hit their lowest level in 50 years, a report by a democracy think tank showed Thursday.
Journalists and media experts on Sunday said that dialogues between political parties and journalists were needed for a professional media industry.
After an excruciating 37-year-long legal battle, 73-year-old Munshi Mohiuddin Ahmed, a freedom fighter from Jashore has finally received justice.
Freedom fighter and senior Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Fazlur Rahman on Monday expressed fear for his and his family鈥檚 safety after a group of youths had gathered in front of his Segunbagicha home in Dhaka and chanted slogans against him.
Today is the third death anniversary of former election commissioner, freedom fighter and writer Mahbub Talukdar...
WHAT if the most sinister achievement of modern capitalism is its ability to convince people that their suffering is entirely self-inflicted? Netflix鈥檚 Squid Game, which burst into global consciousness in 2021, isn鈥檛 merely a dystopian thriller, it is a masterclass in economic allegory. On the surface, it tells the story of 456 people who voluntarily sign up to compete in...
Freedom fighter Professor Mahfuza Khanam, an educationist and former vice president of Dhaka University Central Students' Union, died of heart attack at a hospital in Dhaka city on Tuesday.
Photographers and activists on Thursday said that people had to fight always for their rights and freedom of speech...
Leaders of the National Citizen Party on Sunday vowed to ensure people鈥檚 freedom and rights in what they call new Bangladesh as those were not achieved in decades-long struggles...
The education ministry on Thursday published the college admission guidelines for the current academic year, dropping quota for the grandchildren of the freedom fighters...
Freedom fighter and vice-president of Bangladesh Trade Union Centre Lutfar Rahman died at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka on Monday.
The world鈥檚 top press freedom groups on Sunday threw their support behind a jailed Georgian journalist, warning that her prosecution signalled deepening repression as Tbilisi cracks down on dissenting voices...
Politicians, freedom fighters and professionals on Wednesday at a condolence meeting said that the nation would remember freedom fighter Mostafa Mohsin Montu for his role in restoring democratic rule in the country...
Journalists, academics, and political leaders on Thursday called for greater transparency, accountability, and structural reform in Bangladesh鈥檚 media sector to restore public trust in and safeguard press freedom...
Veteran freedom fighter and Gonoforum president Mostafa Mohsin Montu died at a hospital in the capital on Sunday...
Adviser to the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs Farooq-e Azam on Wednesday said that the media news about revoking the recognition of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the four national leaders and the other leaders of the Mujibnagar Government as freedom fighters was not true...
Bangladesh interim government in a statement on Wednesday confirmed that the news published in various media and social media regarding the cancellation of the recognition of the leaders of the Mujibnagar government as 鈥榝reedom fighters鈥� during the Liberation War, 鈥榠s not true鈥�.
The interim government on Tuesday promulgated the Jatiya Muktijoddha Council (Amendment) Ordinance in a gazette making changes in the definition of a freedom fighter...
Foreign adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday expressed concerns over the widespread rumour campaigns during the post-July uprising by vested quarters...
Today is the ninth anniversary of the death of language movement hero, freedom fighter and senior journalist Sadeq Khan...
Information and broadcasting adviser Md Mahfuj Alam on Sunday said that the freedom of press was not possible without political consensus...
