The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal聽1 on Sunday urged the tribunal to frame charges of crimes against humanity against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman and seven other police personnel...
The interim government on Sunday approved a draft memorandum of understanding in principle regarding establishing an office of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in the country to strengthen cooperation in dealing with human rights issues...
ONCE the pinnacle of evolutionary achievement, the human brain is now experiencing an unprecedented decline in its cognitive and analytical capabilities. What began as a gradual erosion with the rise of social media has accelerated into a cognitive crisis with the integration of artificial intelligence into our educational systems. Recent ground-breaking research...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday showed retired Rear Admiral Muhammad Sohail, former Rapid Action Battalion media wing director, arrested in a case over crimes against humanity...
Residents of haor areas on Wednesday at a human chain in the capital Dhaka called on the interim government to save Tanguar Haor, a wetland ecosystem at Dharmapasha and Tahirpur upazilas of Sunamganj, from detraction...
The United Nations on Monday said it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the 鈥榙eepest funding cuts ever鈥�.
The police on Tuesday morning recovered five human skulls and several human bones wrapped in two bags at a market at Dewanganj in Jamalpur.
Human Rights Watch said on Sunday that migrant workers in the Gulf were at risk from extreme heat, urging countries to extend protections for labourers exposed to soaring temperatures...
The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday pressed charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun for their alleged involvement in...
Politicians and experts have raised concerns that the proposed humanitarian corridor from Bangladesh to Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State may be a strategic distraction by the interim government from urgent domestic issues, including electoral reforms and..
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam, who had been on death row for war crimes, was released from custody on Wednesday morning鈥攋ust a day after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court overturned his conviction for crimes against humanity committed during the War of Independence in 1971...
The United Nations said on Tuesday it had no information on whether the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a US-backed aid group, had actually delivered any supplies inside the war-ravaged Palestinian territory...
Left-leaning student leaders on Thursday protested against the interim government鈥檚 moves to allow a humanitarian channel to the conflict-ridden Rakhine State of Myanmar and to hand over the Chattogram port to foreign operators...
Human Rights Watch on Thursday said that the interim government鈥檚 arbitrary targeting of the supporters of the Awami League failed accountability...
THE 鈥楬uman Project鈥� is a conceptual blueprint for fostering socially and fiscally responsible economic justice, especially in systematically exploited, excluded, and disempowered communities. By focusing on social equity and deep investment in human capital and thereby engineering shared prosperity as the sustainable return, the Human Project aspires to bring...
THE recent earthquake in Myanmar has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis in the war-torn region bordering Bangladesh. The 7.9 magnitude earthquake that struck the Sagaing region of Myanmar on March 28 has resulted in the death of more than 5,000 people and the destruction of more than 120,000 houses as well as thousands of sites related to religion, schools...
At least eight individuals were subjected to extrajudicial killings by law enforcement agencies from January 1 to March 31, according to a quarterly report by human rights organisation Odhikar published on Wednesday...
People from all walks of life on Wednesday formed a human chain by blocking rail tracks at the Chapainawabganj railway station to press home an eight-point demand, including operations of all Dhaka-bound intercity trains from the station...
THE worsening traffic congestion in Dhaka owes much to the unchecked, illegal parking of vehicles which becomes acute in crowded neighbourhoods. Roads across the capital are routinely narrowed by vehicles that occupy lanes and crossings while authorities fail to provide for a sustainable solution. The photograph of human haulers haphazardly parked along the...
The Investigation Agency of the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday submitted its investigation report against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police...
The interim government on Saturday said that it had taken serious note of the recent demand from political parties, organisations, and the public to ban the Bangladesh Awami League due to its autocratic rule and involvement in terrorist activities leading to widespread human rights violations...
THE High Court in yet another welcome directive on May 6 asked the government to take some specific steps for a better oversight of River Sitalakhya conservation projects. The directive came on a writ petition by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh, which highlighted the unchecked dumping of untreated industrial and solid waste into the river. The 110km Sitalakhya...
National security adviser and high representative to the chief adviser Khalilur Rahman on Sunday said that the interim government had not discussed any humanitarian corridor to Rakhine state in Myanmar and no decision was made on the issue or no consensus was reached with any party...
THE decision on a humanitarian channel that the United Nations weighs from Bangladesh to the Rakhine state of Myanmar to provide aid for the war-affected civilians there, mostly Rohingyas, is not for the interim government to make. This is, perhaps, not now for the government to make the decision either, especially when there is no parliament in place, as it involves...
Experts including academics, a former diplomat and a retired army officer have suggested that the government should consult political parties in the absence of parliament and assess risk factors before allowing a 鈥榟umanitarian passage鈥� to the...
The global system of law and human rights is under threat from a 鈥榤ultiplicity of assaults鈥� which have accelerated since US president Donald Trump鈥檚 return to power, Amnesty International said on Tuesday in its annual report...
Deeply concerned by the interim government鈥檚 approval of a humanitarian corridor from the Chittagong Hill Tracts to Myanmar鈥檚 Rakhine State, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party planned to launch initiatives with all political parties to resist the...
THE police, tasked with maintaining law and order, preventing crime, and protecting citizens, their role extends beyond traditional law enforcement to safeguarding fundamental human rights. In a democratic society, the police are not only enforcers of the law but also guardians of justice and equality. Upholding human rights lies at the core of modern policing, ensuring...
The rights of the persons with disabilities were human rights, not just an issue of welfare or charity, rights activists, pressing for a 15-point demand for the persons with physical and mental challenges, stated on Saturday...
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion arrested the suspected ringleader of a Libya-based human trafficking gang at Raninagar upazila in Naogaon Thursday night.