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...
THE catastrophic flooding in Feni, Cumilla and nearby districts is considered the worst in recent memory. The losses are devastating and the suffering is upsetting. However, the incredible outpouring of support from all sectors of society has been truly heartwarming. It has truly revealed the best of who we are. Nevertheless, this situation underscores...
Human right activists and professionals on Friday at a discussion urged the authority to take steps to stop enforced disappearances by the law enforcers in the country.
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused both sides in Sudan鈥檚 more than 16-month conflict of committing war crimes including summary executions, torture and...
THE question of the economy, the economic development path to be followed and who is best suited to lead the country at this time are the most discussed issues now. But another important issue that has contributed to the economic and other problems the country faces and which has proved difficult to resolve will soon intrude on the discussion...
Rights groups criticised Cambodian authorities on Wednesday for the arrests of 94 people in a 鈥榟eavy-handed鈥� crackdown on critics of a regional economic development plan with Laos and Vietnam...
The United Nations鈥� humanitarian office said around 30 people were killed in northeast Sudan after a dam collapsed due to flooding.
IN A democracy, the judiciary is more than a mechanism for resolving disputes 鈥� it is a pillar that upholds the rule of law, safeguards human rights and ensures that every citizen is treated with fairness and dignity. The courts, as symbols of justice, are meant to be sanctuaries where the truth is sought and justice is served impartially...
The United Nations said on Friday it fears a repeat of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, warning a human tragedy was...
A team of the United Nations on Thursday arrived in Dhaka on an eight-day visit to discuss the process for investigating human rights violations in light of the...
The United Nations has reiterated its call for accountability for the recent violence, loss of life and human rights violations in Bangladesh...
The Human Rights Support Society, a non-government human rights organisation, said in a report that at least 819 people were killed during student protests and its aftermath across the country between July 16 and August 18...
I HAVE a very intense relationship with water.聽 As a result of a long-term health condition, I am often feeling very thirsty and drained. I cannot go more than perhaps 15 minutes without having a sup of water until I start to feel uncomfortable. On average people in the UK use 149 litres of water per-day, and although there is poverty in this country...
The United Nations on Monday condemned 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� levels of violence that are now commonplace against humanitarian workers after a record 280 were killed worldwide in 2023...
An Israeli air raid last month on a key Yemeni rebel-held port was a 鈥榩ossible war crime鈥� that has threatened food and aid supply for millions, Human Rights Watch said...
WHILE many are earnestly pointing at the devastation of war, the rampant human rights violations and the deliberate relegation of international and humanitarian law, there are those who see war from an entirely different perspective: profits...
The United Nations on Monday condemned the 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� level of violence becoming commonplace against humanitarian workers, a record 280 of whom were killed worldwide in 2023...
International Human Rights Commission鈥檚 Bangladesh chapter has urged the interim government to take urgent effective steps to free 57 Bangladeshis who were sentenced in the United Arab Emirates....
The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday started a probe into mass killing allegations against the deposed prime minister and Awami League president...
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...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday said that the prime goal of the interim government was ensuring human rights and freedom of speech for all the citizens in Bangladesh....
Mayer Daak, a platform of enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing victims鈥� family members, on Sunday demanded that the members of security forces involved in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings be brought under speedy trials.
IN BANGLADESH, if there is anything the last 15 years under an increasingly repressive, corrupt and divisive regime have highlighted, it is the importance of human rights and what happens when a nation that is not at war or under occupation is persistently deprived of civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights....
THE International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Asian Development Bank are complicit in the gross human rights violations and death of democracy in Bangladesh. They continued to supply financial blood line to the regime, well-documented for its corruptions, human rights violations 鈥� such as forced disappearances and tortures...
The Amnesty International and Human Rights Development Centre on Tuesday urged the authority to investigate into all the alleged violation of human rights issues during the student protest that killed over 300 students and people...
Former army brigadier general Abdullahil Aman Azmi, the second son of late Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ghulam Azam, and Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem, the younger son of...
The High Court on Sunday made seven observations stating that law enforcers should protect human lives and human rights while dealing with protests...
A group of civil society representatives on Thursday issued a 24-hour ultimatum, demanding the unconditional release of students detained illegally during the quota reform movement, who were mostly charged with sabotage...
The European Union has conveyed its grave concern to Bangladesh at the announcement of a 鈥榮hoot on sight鈥� policy and 鈥榰nlawful killings鈥� perpetrated in recent days by the authorities in Bangladesh...
