Bangladesh has still remained among the 10 worst countries for working people in 2024, for the 8th consecutive year since 2017 as the country has failed to improve its labour rights situation, according to the 2024 ITUC Global Rights Index, published on Wednesday...
INTERNATIONAL law 鈥� the recognized rules of behavior among nations based on customary practices and treaties, among them the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 鈥� has been agreed upon by large and small nations alike...
IT HAS been 14 years since a fire at a chemical warehouse at Nimtali in the Old Town of Dhaka killed 124 people, but no action has been taken against those responsible for the fire. On the anniversary of the deadly fire on June 2, the National Human Rights Commission issued a statement expressing frustration at the failure of the police to investigate the fire...
The National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh on Monday said that no actions had been taken against those responsible for the Nimtoli fire incident and responsible individuals had evaded their obligations...
A seminar on child rights, sexual abuse, trafficking and protection was held at the conference room of the Manarat International University in the capital鈥檚 Gulshan on Sunday...
Leaders of various labour rights bodies, on Friday at separate rallies in Dhaka, demanded separate allocations in the forthcoming budget for the financial year 2024-25 to support the welfare of labourers....
The embassy of Sweden has signed a grant agreement with the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association for the implementation of a four-year programme titled 鈥楧efending Environmental Rights and Promoting Justice鈥�...
Discussants said that the late women鈥檚 rights activist Noorjehan Murshid played a leading role in women鈥檚 awakening in the 20th century....
Implementing responsible purchasing practices by the fashion companies is imperative to support worker rights and ensure fair compensation, including living wages for all, according to a report released by Global Fashion Agenda...
The UN human rights chief said on Sunday he is 鈥榙eeply alarmed鈥� by a resurgence of violence in Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine state and warned of further 鈥榓trocities鈥�...
Activists and dissidents seeking refuge in Thailand are being subjected to harassment, surveillance and physical violence, often with the cooperation of...
The chief justice Obaidul Hassan said on Tuesday said that bureaucrats were dominating the National Human Rights Commission and the National Legal Aid Services Organisation, instead of the judicial officers...
The UN human rights chief on Friday pleaded with the Gaza war rivals to ensure the territory鈥檚 border crossings, vital for humanitarian aid, are not...
Bangladesh foreign minister Hasan Mahmud on Friday said that there was a necessity for all the countries to work together to improve human rights records, including in the United States and Europe.....
A series of attacks by Sudanese paramilitary forces in the western region of Darfur raise the possibility of 鈥榞enocide鈥� against non-Arab ethnic communities, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday...
The National Human Rights Commission has asked the home ministry to initiate an inquiry into the allegations of human rights abuses taken place during the joint force鈥檚 drives against ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front in the Chittagong Hill Tracts...
Rights activists at a press conference on Monday asked the government not to release genetically modified variety Golden Rice for commercial production in...
A writ petition was on Sunday filed in public interest, seeking directive to the authorities concerned to form committees at the district and upazila levels to prevent tree felling across the country indiscriminately...
Thirty-eight citizens in a statement have protested against alleged attempts to harass human rights activist, a lawyer and a journalist for standing by a...
The United States has concluded that five Israeli security force units committed serious human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank before the...
IN MARCH 2020, the Sri Lankan government believed that the massive mandate president Gotabaya Rajapaksa had received gave it a licence to get out of the cycle of UN Human Rights Council resolutions by unilaterally opting...
The United States has concluded that five Israeli security force units committed serious human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank before the Hamas attack in October, the State Department said Monday.
Human Rights Forum Bangladesh members on Monday called on the government to launch independent inquiry into the allegation of harassing ordinary people during the joint force鈥檚 drives against ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front in Chittagong Hill Tracts...
Global experts and labour rights activists on Monday emphasized the need for global solidarity to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of workers.
The government said on Thursday that the United States鈥� State Department report on the human rights situation in Bangladesh was prepared...
The United States Department of State in its annual report on human rights has said that Bangladesh former prime minister and chairperson of the lead opposition...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday said that the 2023 Human Rights Report released by the US had exposed the 鈥榠njustice and brutality鈥� of Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh...
The annual human rights report of the United States Department of State has said they found no significant changes in the overall rights situation in...
The High Court on Monday asked the government authorities to explain in four weeks why Section 19 (b) of the Guardian and Ward Act, 1890 that allows the father only as the guardian of a minor child would not be declared as unconstitutional being 鈥榙iscriminatory鈥�...
