DEBATE over personal data protection in Bangladesh is not new. Work on the law began in 2019, and from the start, it was mired in controversy and concern. When the first draft was made public in 2021, the debate intensified. Critics argued that the law seemed less about safeguarding citizens鈥� rights and more about expanding state authority. Questions arose: is this...
Health rights activists have criticised the government鈥檚 approval of Philip Morris Bangladesh Limited to set up a nicotine pouch manufacturing factory, saying that the decision contradicts public health goals and tobacco control efforts...
SECTION 54 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has for long remained both one of the most discussed and most criticised provisions. The section, on the one hand, has served as a powerful legal instrument in the hands of the police while, on the other, it has cast a long shadow of uncertainty over the fundamental rights and personal liberties of citizens. Over time...
Pakistan鈥檚 state-owned airline resumed direct flights to Britain on Saturday, after UK authorities had ended a five-year suspension imposed over aviation safety concerns...
Politicians and labour leaders on Wednesday said that labour leader Shah Atiul Islam worked for establishing rights of the workers...
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�...
Six international rights bodies, including United States-based Human Rights Watch have urged Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus to immediately end arbitrary arrests and detentions and filing politically motivated cases.
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...
Apple has secured exclusive US broadcasting rights for Formula One in a five-year partnership beginning next year, the tech giant and motorsport competition announced on Friday...
CHILD rights, as outlined by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, form a crucial part of human rights aimed at ensuring the healthy physical, mental, spiritual and social development of children. These rights guarantee protection, education, healthcare, recreation and freedom from abuse and exploitation. Adopted in 1989 and ratified by almost every...
Labour rights experts and trade union leaders on Tuesday urged the government to ensure freedom of association and compliance with international labour standards in the ongoing reform of the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006.
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.
Academics, researchers and rights activists expressed the views at a roundtable discussion titled 鈥楬uman rights in transition: accountability, institutions, and fragility in post-uprising Bangladesh鈥� organised by rights-based think tank Sapran, at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro in the capital...
The interim government led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is increasingly using the recently amended counterterrorism law to arrest alleged supporters of the deposed Awami League-led government, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday...
International Federation for Human Rights president Alice Mogwe on Monday commended the interim government, led by chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, for its commitment to upholding human rights and democratic principles...
Social welfare and women and children affairs adviser Sharmeen S Murshid at a programme in Dhaka on Monday said that they were working hard for the welfare and protection of children鈥檚 rights...
Prime minister Keir Starmer vowed in an interview aired Wednesday to review how UK courts interpret international human rights laws as he bids to curb immigration levels and deport more migrants...
Rights activists on Monday said that the ongoing mob violence carried a legacy of the continued impunity and injustice.
EVERY day brings new indictments for Israel. The early accusations of genocide by South Africa are now quickly becoming an accepted legal definition among international bodies and governments alike. The latest indictment came from the United Nations Human Rights Council...
Labour rights experts and labour leaders urged the government to formally recognise the country鈥檚 vast informal workforce in the upcoming amendment of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006...
Human rights activists and senior lawyers on Saturday urged the government to bring the country鈥檚 disciplined forces under the jurisdiction of the National Human Rights Commission clearly to ensure their accountability for rights violations.
The government is likely to promulgate an ordinance aiming at making the National Human Rights Commission must be made free from political influence...
Bangladesh鈥檚 export to the European Union faces an enormous challenge from the newly adopted legally binding EU requirement to ensure safety across the supply chain, protecting the environment and human rights...
The UN rights chief voiced alarm Tuesday at escalating violence in Nepal, where youth protesters set fire to parliament after a brutal police crackdown that left at least 19 dead.
Leaders of the Democratic Rights Committee on Thursday alleged that the interim government was acting like the fascist Awami League government which was ousted on August 5, 2024, in a mass uprising...
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights, a platform of current and former Southeast Asian lawmakers, on Wednesday proposed an international conference involving Bangladesh, China, and ASEAN countries to resolve the Rohingya crisis...
Human Rights Watch has alleged that Indian authorities have expelled scores of ethnic Rohingya people to Bangladesh and Myanmar without rights protections since May 2025.
Fortify Rights has said the Bangladesh government must ensure accountability for cases of enforced disappearances during the brutal rule of the country鈥檚 deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and provide reparations for victims鈥� families and survivors...
THE word 鈥榩edestrian鈥� refers to all sections of people who walk, sit, stand in public spaces or use a mobility aid like walking stick, crutches or wheelchairs, be they children, teenagers, adults, elderly citizens, people with disabilities, workers, residents, shoppers or sightseers. But, they are the least bothered for in cities such as Dhaka, Chottogram, Khulna and others...
China and India announced they would restart direct flights in a string of diplomatic breakthroughs, state media reported Wednesday, as Beijing鈥檚 foreign minister wrapped up a visit before heading to Pakistan...
