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...
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...
THE recommendations of the health reforms commission, formed on November 18, 2024, in a report submitted to the government on May 5 after missing out its extended deadline of April 30, appear good steps towards ensuring health care as a fundamental right and improving the health services that have so far been in a deplorable condition. The prime among the...
ISSUES of worker welfare, which have largely been ignored by successive governments, have once again come to the fore with construction workers having pushed for a set of demands. The Building Construction Workers鈥� Union at a rally in Dhaka on January 18 demanded that the government should ensure fundamental rights of construction workers...
Experts on Wednesday said that internet should be incorporated into Bangladesh鈥檚 constitution as a fundamental right to protect the countrymen鈥檚 freedom and ensure data security...
Representatives from several professional bodies on Thursday recommended that the constitution make the fulfillment of the citizens鈥� fundamental rights binding for the state...
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday urged the international community to continue and deepen engagements with Bangladesh to help meet its people鈥檚...
