Students of Rajshahi University on Thursday staged demonstrations protesting against the High Court order that asked the government to restore 30 per cent quota for the children and grandchildren of freedom fighters while recruiting cadre and non-cadre officers in the civil service...
ONE of the great attractions of a personal motorised vehicle (car or motorbike) is the freedom it affords to travel where and when you wish. Drive where you want, unconstrained by bus schedules and routes, enjoy privacy, the illusion of safety, and independence...
Freedom fighter Md Nurul Amin, also an organiser of the War of Independence, died at his residence of Ambarkhana area in Sylhet on Monday...
BANGLADESH Television, a state-owned national TV network that has already been suffering from a trust deficit for acting as a mouthpiece for governments that came into power, has been implementing a government decision that undermines principles of media freedom...
BANGLADESH has come to be categorised as a 鈥榗risis鈥� country in terms of the freedom of expression, as the Global Expression Report 2024 that the UK-based rights organisation Article 19 launched on May 21 says, with a score of 12 out of 100 in the 128th position in a list of 161 countries...
Bangladesh is categorised as a 鈥榗risis鈥� country regarding freedom of expression, ranking 128th among 161 countries in the world, according to the...
DURING the wave of campus protests opposing the US-backed war on Gaza and calling for divestment from Israel, students weren鈥檛 the only demonstrators to face arrest 鈥� supportive faculty members were also caught up in the crackdown...
Politicians and freedom fighters on Wednesday at a commemoration meeting said that the Awami League government destroyed the electoral system of the country and as a result the voters were not interested to participate in the ongoing upazila parishad elections...
Politicians and freedom fighters on Wednesday at a commemoration meeting said that the Awami League government destroyed the electoral system of Bangladesh and, as a result, the voters were not interested to participate in the ongoing upazila parishad elections.....
Speakers at a discussion on Sunday observed that the West鈥檚 commitment to media freedom is selective...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior leader Abdul Moyeen Khan on Sunday said that the freedom of the press was missing in Bangladesh under the one-party rule of Sheikh Hasina...
Describing the present situation of Bangladesh media as alarming, newspaper editors and owners on Saturday at a discussion expressed concerns over impediments to the...
UNESCO on Thursday awarded its world press freedom prize to all Palestinian journalists covering the war in Gaza, where Israel has been battling Hamas for more than six months.
THE government鈥檚 commitment to protect press freedom rings hollow as attacks on journalists have continued and journalists are made to work in an environment of growing threat, fear and insecurity. Ain O Salish Kendra recorded 94 incidents of torture...
Press freedom in Bangladesh deteriorated further compared to past years, as the country slipped two notches on the World Press Freedom Index.
Speakers, at a discussion on Thursday, said that priority should be given to the freedom of press and expression to face the challenges of natural disasters and climate crisis...
Ruling party people, government employees, powerful quarters, and organised crime gangs are allegedly behind various kinds of attacks鈥攑hysical, cyber, and...
United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has called on governments, the private sector and civil society to join them in reaffirming their commitment to safeguarding press freedom and the rights of journalists and media professionals around the world.....
Leading freedom fighter and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury was extoled at a commemorative programme where...
The first death anniversary of former Oikya NAP president and freedom fighter Pankaj Bhattacharya was observed on Wednesday with various programmes...
Brazil鈥檚 former president Jair Bolsonaro is set to rally supporters in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday in defence of freedom of expression, which he says is under threat in the country, as tech tycoon Elon Musk faces a legal showdown there over claims of censorship and disinformation...
People from all walks of life bid farewell to Shib Narayan Das, one of the designers of the first flag of Bangladesh and a freedom fighter, by placing wreaths on the coffin of deceased at the central Shaheed Minar...
Former Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader and freedom fighter Shib Narayan Das, who had designed the first flag of Bangladesh before...
The government is now actively considering the proposal of raising the honorarium of the martyred families and the freedom fighters, according to...
The Atlantic Council鈥檚 ground-breaking research into the linkage between freedom and prosperity offers a compelling case for the latter. Freedom isn鈥檛 merely a byproduct of prosperity; it鈥檚 the very engine that propels it...
Today is the third anniversary of the death of Ekushey Padak-winning theatre activist, actor and freedom fighter SM Mohsin...
THE recent Global Freedom and Prosperity Report once again shows the alarming state of political and economic freedom and adherence to the rule of law and human rights in Bangladesh. The report, prepared by the...
The first death anniversary of freedom fighter and Gonoshasthy Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury was observed on Thursday....
