Political violence rises across Bangladesh
Political violence in Bangladesh rises again with nine more people killed in November against four killings in October.
Tags : VIOLENCE
Lawyer Saiful Murder: 10 shown arrested for violence on court premises
Ten people accused in the murder case of Chattogram court lawyer Saiful Islam Alif have been shown arrested in a case filed over vandalism and crude bomb explosions on the court premises...
Eight accused in Ctg court violence case put on fresh 5-day remand
A Chattogram court on Tuesday sent eight accused arrested in connection with the clashes and vandalism during over ex-ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna鈥檚 bail denial on a five-day police remand...
Men鈥檚 role in fight against gender violence
HOW many women in your life are affected by gender-based violence 鈥� your mother, sister, partner, or friend? What if we all took responsibility to protect them? Every day, millions of women live in fear 鈥� fear of physical abuse, emotional manipulation, and harassment. Gender-based violence is a silent epidemic, often hidden behind closed doors or disguised as cultural norms. What鈥檚 often ignored...
Australia reiterates commitment to advancing gender equality
Acting Australian high commissioner to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson said that Australia was committed to advancing gender equality and combating gender-based violence in all its forms...
Ending violence against women
VIOLENCE against women and girls has been found to be the deadliest, most prevalent, and most pervasive human rights violation in every community across the world, be it rich or poor, literate or illiterate, developed or undeveloped, resulting in the sad demise of a woman every 10 minutes globally. Such omnipresence of violence poses operational challenges for designing protocols and interventions...
Empowering against gender violence
THE 鈥�16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence鈥� is a global campaign observed annually from November 25 (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to December 10 (Human Rights Day). Its core purpose is to galvanise efforts to eliminate violence against women and girls. This year鈥檚 theme, 鈥楿nited for Justice: Ending Violence Against Women and Girls,鈥� emphasises...
Student violence goes against July uprising spirit
THE streets of Dhaka, long bustling with the vigour of youth and the promise of intellectual pursuits, were transformed into battle zones over the past week. What should have been a celebration of academic heritage turned into a shameful display of student violence. The clashes between students of Dhaka College and City College, as well as the broader unrest involving other institutions such as...
Clashes erupt on Ctg court premises over denial of Chinmoy Krishna鈥檚 bail
Clashes erupted between police and Hindu community people on a Chattogram court premises on Tuesday after the court rejected bail to former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case...
EU wants an end to gender-based violence in Bangladesh
Ambassador of the European Union to Bangladesh Michael Miller on Tuesday said that the European Union is dedicated to ensuring that all people, especially women and girls, are free from all forms of gender-based violence, and have access to safe spaces at home, workplace and at public spheres...
Coordinated efforts stressed to eradicate child marriage
Speakers, including an academic, at a roundtable discussion on Sunday emphasised that coordinated efforts were essential to eliminate child marriage and violence against children nationwide...
Unprecedented madness grips Middle East
THE ongoing violence in Gaza has reached an alarming peak, with 93 more lives lost in the latest Israeli airstrikes on October 30. This brings the death toll past 43,000, a tragic number mostly comprising civilians and children, making it one of the deadliest periods in the region鈥檚 history. Each day, Gaza witnesses unimaginable destruction, and the...
Trump condemns violence against minorities in Bangladesh
Republican Donald Trump, who is running again for the White House, has strongly condemned the violence against Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh.
Juba Dal leader arrested for tender violence
Army personnel have detained a local Juba Dal leader on charges of creating chaos during tender submission for Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital...
Sexual violence on staggering scale in Sudan civil war: UN
Rape is widespread in Sudan鈥檚 civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries especially of committing sexual violence on a 鈥榮taggering鈥� scale.
Govt should attend to public trust deficit in legal system
AN ALARMING increase in mob violence in two months is disconcerting, especially because a major policy focus of the interim government is to improve law and order and to restore public trust in law enforcement. In August鈥揝eptember, after the fall of the Awami League regime, as Ain O Salish Kendra says, at least 49 people were killed in mob violence. In the corresponding period in 2023, the number of mob violence deaths was 10...
Of our hopes and fears
AS THE euphoria surrounding Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 ouster to India slowly died down, we have slowly begun to excavate the wreckages of her authoritarian rule in our surroundings as well as our collective memories. If we look critically, the immediate past 鈥� the period immediately preceding her departure 鈥� appeared to be...
49 lynched in 2 months in Bangladesh : ASK
Incidents of mob violence are on the rise in the country with at least 49 people lynched in the past two months, according to the monthly report of human rights organistation Ain o Salish Kendra.
5 arrested in Khagrachari over sectarian violence聽
The police arrested five people over vandalising KSTC Diagnostic Centre and Hospital at Khagrachari town on October 1 during the sectarian violence between Bengalis and...
JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France concerned over mob violence in Bangladesh
JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France has expressed grave concern over mob violence and lynching incidents in Bangladesh following the recent political upheaval...
2 arrested over lynching of ethnic youth in CHT sectarian violence
Two persons were arrested on Friday over the lynching of a national minority youth, Anik Kumar Chakma, during sectarian violence in Khagrachari and Rangamati districts under Chattogram Hill Tract region in Bangladesh on September 20.
Students for Sovereignty protests at sectarian violence in CHT
Students for Sovereignty, a student organisation of Dhaka University, on Friday protested at spreading sectarian violence in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
PCJSS demands judicial inquiry
The Parbatya Charrogram Janasamhati Samiti, a regional political party in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the incidents of sectarian attacks in Khagrachari and Rangamati in September 18鈥�20...
Citizens demand fair investigation, end to violence in CHT
Citizens including writers, artists, teachers, journalists and rights activists in separate statements on Wednesday demanded fair investigation into recent violence that took place in Rangamati and Khagrachari districts in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Investigation committee formed to probe latest Khagrachari violence, 2 cases filed
Two cases, one over the allegation of rape of a class VII student of Tripura community and the other for obstructing government officials in discharging their duties and assaulting them, were filed with Sadar police station in Khagrachari Tuesday night...
Fresh sectarian violence erupts in Khagrachari
A teacher of Khagrachari Government Technical School and College was beaten to death on Tuesday for allegedly raping a Class VII student of Tripura community, triggering a fresh sectarian violence between...
UN-led probe, fair trial demanded over killings, arson attack
Family members of the victims and those affected in the recent sectarian violence in Khagrachari and Rangamati demanded an investigation into the incident under the...
None arrested yet聽in Rangamati, Khagrachari
The police are yet to arrest anyone in the cases filed over the killing of four national minority people and vandalism during the recent聽 in the hill districts of Khagrachari and Rangamati.
BNP worried over slow administrative activities
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expressed concern over the slowness in the administrative activities of the interim government and recent incidents of violence in various parts of the country, including Khagrachari and Rangamati...
Growing threat to civil liberties
MOB violence, where citizens take matters into their own hands, has emerged as a troubling issue in Bangladesh. This type of vigilantism not only disrupts the legal framework but also endangers the civil liberties enshrined in the constitution of Bangladesh. Often driven by dissatisfaction with the justice system鈥檚 delays, such actions bypass legal procedures...