Two cases filed, none arrested yet
Families of the three national minority men killed during the September 19 sectarian violence in Khagrachari are unaware of the police filing two cases over the deaths, without...
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US for protecting Bangladesh鈥檚 nat鈥檒 minorities from violence, discrimination
Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser to Supradip Chakma in a meeting with a delegation from the Embassy of the United States to Bangladesh said on Monday that the...
Israel says 鈥榣anded blows鈥� on Hezbollah as Lebanon violence intensifies
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel has dealt serious blows to Lebanese group Hezbollah, as rapidly escalating cross-border exchanges raised fears of an all-out war...
Attacks on places of worship won鈥檛 be tolerated, say advisers
The team of the interim government that visited the violence-torn Khagrachari and Rangamati hill districts on Saturday warned that attacks on places of religious worship...
Fear reigns聽in CHT
Fear reigned supreme in the Chittagong Hill Tracts where life came to an abrupt halt on Saturday following two previous days of sectarian violence in Khagrachhari and...
Justice for violence demanded
The University Teachers鈥� Network on Saturday held a protest rally demanding justice for those who were victims of violence, attacks, and murders on campuses and in the hills...
Hindus demand sectarian attackers鈥� trial, Durga Puja holiday鈥檚 extension
Hindu people of the country on Friday in the capital brought out a torch procession to press home their eight-point demands, including the extension of Durga Puja holiday, and the...
Clashes erupt on Morales鈥檚 protest march
A weeklong march led by Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales against incumbent leader Luis Arce descended into violence when followers of each politician clashed along the route, leaving 26 people injured...
Gendered misinformation
THE unforeseen collapse of the Awami League government on August 5 sparked new forms of political violence across the country and created fertile ground for religious tensions. Attacks took place on homes and establishments belonging to people of different religions, raising concerns over rising communal violence...
Condemnation not enough, stringent action required
A NUMBER of incidents of vandalism and violence have taken place since the fall of the Awami League regime and people and the government have jointly succeeded in addressing most of them. But, attacks on shrines of pirs, fakirs and saints have, however, posed a big question mark on the success of the interim government in keeping law and order. While attacks on shrines have continued for over two to three weeks, the authorities have almost completely failed to address the issue...
Indian police arrest 33 after violence in Manipur
Indian police have arrested 33 people after a surge in ethnic violence in Manipur state, where a curfew and an internet blackout have been imposed, officers said on Thursday...
Curfew imposed in three Manipur districts in India
India鈥檚 strife-torn northeastern state of Manipur ordered an internet blackout on Tuesday, after imposing a curfew following days of deadly ethnic violence and...
Four shot dead on Chicago train
At least four people were shot dead on a train in the US city of Chicago on Monday, police said, with a suspect apprehended soon after the mass shooting occurred.
DU students demand appointments of pro-VCs
Students of the University of Dhaka on Monday staged a human chain at the Anti-Violence Raju Memorial Sculpture on the university, demanding the immediate issuance of the notifications for the appointment of pro vice-chancellors for education and admini-stration...
Beyond bombs and bullets: the full tally of Gaza鈥檚 dead
ISRAEL鈥橲 assault on Gaza has now officially surpassed the gruesome milestone of 40,000 Palestinians dead, but in counting only those killed in direct acts of violence that number captures just a fraction of the human loss...
Death toll rises as Israeli West Bank raids enter second day
The death toll climbed on Thursday as Israel pressed a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank for a second day, despite UN concerns it is 鈥榝uelling an already explosive situation鈥�...
August 5 in retrospect: A narrow escape from total surrender to autocracy
I HAVE lived outside Bangladesh for roughly two decades. Over the years, I have met people from many parts of the world with different backgrounds. For more than a decade I have been teaching at International Islamic University Malaysia that has academics and students from about one hundred countries. When meeting people from countries under...
Justice must for victims of sexual violence in CHT
AMID the flash flood and imminent landslide risk, reported incidents of rape and rape attempts are an added concern for the national minorities living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. A rape and two cases of rape attempts were filed in the three hill districts in August 22鈥�23. A group of Bengali men on August 22 dragged an elderly woman and her daughter out of...
World community must step up efforts for Rohingya repatriation
IT HAS already been seven years since the latest large-scale influx of the Rohingyas 鈥� who fled military violence in Myanmar to safety into Bangladesh in 2017 to add to a large number of their fellows having already lived here 鈥� but not a single Rohingya could be repatriated to their homeland of Rakhine State mostly because of Myanmar鈥檚 unwillingness..
Lanka needs fair elections, no weapons for MPs
THE government鈥檚 decision to provide every MP with two repeater weapons is an indication of concern about an escalation of violence that might target parliamentarians as the election approaches. A defence ministry letter to the parliamentary secretariat states that in view of the violence of the Aragalaya period, a decision has been made to provide...
UN reiterates call for accountability for killings during uprising in Bangladesh
The United Nations has reiterated its call for accountability for the recent violence, loss of life and human rights violations in Bangladesh...
Jailed Iranian Nobel winner denied medical care: UN
UN experts on Tuesday accused Iran of denying jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi proper healthcare, saying she reportedly suffered physical violence earlier this month...
Protests widen over Indian doctor鈥檚 rape, murder
Thousands of outraged Indian protesters, including arch-rival football fans and lawyers, called for justice on Monday after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers entered a second week...
Probe into violence against children demanded
Human rights activists and researchers at a discussion on Wednesday called on the interim government to hold probe into incidents of killing, injury and detention of children during the street protests since the middle of July for reform of the quota system in government jobs...
UN slams surge in violence in Myanmar
The United Nations on Monday condemned what it called the 鈥榙eeply concerning trend鈥� of spiralling violence in Myanmar, where civilians are caught between the junta and ethnic minority groups...
Doctors in India strike after rape, murder of colleague
Indian doctors in government hospitals across several states halted elective services 鈥榠ndefinitely鈥� on Monday to protest the rape and murder of a young medic.
42 policemen killed in recent violence in Bangladesh: IGP
Inspector general of police Md Mainul Islam on Sunday said that 42 police personnel, including three inspectors and two members of the Rapid Action Battalion, were killed in violence so far...
Denmark boosts border checks with Sweden amid gang violence
Denmark said Friday it was beefing up its border controls with Sweden following a resurgence of Swedish gang violence that has spilled over into Denmark in recent weeks...
Strict measures against violence, attacks, looting demanded
Nagarik Odhikar Surakkha Jote at a press conference on Thursday urged the interim government to take strict measures against all forms of violence, attacks, and looting across the country...
Authorities must attend to jailbreak, violence
THE incidents of and attempts at jailbreak in a number of districts after the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 point to an alarming law and order. At least six inmates of the Kashimpur central jail in Gazipur were killed and about two dozens were injured as prison guards shot them when the inmates attempted to break free on August 7...