Some 80 teams of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection will monitor markets across the country during the holy month of Ramadan in a bid to check illegal hoarding and ensuring selling of essentials at affordable prices...
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) organised a stakeholders meeting aimed to ensure price stability of essential consumer goods, including clothing, cosmetics, footwear, and other daily-use items, ahead of the upcoming holy month of Ramadan...
THIS is assuring that the government plans an independent commission to protect citizens鈥� data on digital platforms. An Information and Communication Technology Division policy adviser at the launch of a European Union-supported initiative for an effective e-governance and digital public services on January 27 said that the government鈥檚 plan for the...
The Information and Communication Technology Division has updated the draft Cyber Protection Ordinance 2024 by dropping nine controversial sections related to cyberbullying and warrantless search, among others, amid criticisms...
Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin today emphasized the need for ensuring proper enforcement of the Consumer Rights Protection Act, 2009...
Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement organised a citizens鈥� rally inside Panthakunja Park in the Dhaka鈥檚 Banglamotor area on Saturday demanding the government save the park.
Right activists along with several victims of the now obsolete Digital Security Act and the current Cyber Security Act condemned the draft Cyber Protection Ordinance 2024, labelling it 鈥榬epressive鈥� or similar to its predecessors.聽
Bangladesh Tree Protection Movement organised a cultural rally inside Panthakunja Park in Dhaka鈥檚 Banglamotor area on Friday demanding cancellation of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway segment from...
Adviser for the ministries of environment, forest and climate change, and water resources Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Wednesday said that the government had finalised the integrated management plan for the Swatch of No-Ground Marine Protected Area in the Bay of Bengal...
The Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon and the Green Voice, two environmental platforms, on Thursday held a 鈥楲ong March鈥� in the capital Dhaka, demanding the reopening of parks, including Anwara Park and Osmani Uddayan, for public use...
Breaking the Silence, a child rights based organisation, has awarded fellowships on child protection to two journalists.
Transparency International Bangladesh on Tuesday urged the interim government to allow at least one month for a comprehensive review and inclusive participation process before promulgating the draft 鈥楥yber Protection Ordinance, 2024鈥�...
Urban planners and environmental activists at a human chain protested the construction of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway segment from Karwanbazar to Plassey Crossing, citing the destruction of Panthakunja Park and Hatirjheel lake in the capital...
The OECD warned Wednesday that protectionist trade measures pose a major risk to disrupting the world聽economy, just weeks before Donald Trump is set to return to the White House...
Experts on Monday called for enabling legal framework and enforcement practices in relation to data protection and intellectual property rights to foster technology-driven investments...
The labour reform commission, formed by the interim government, would prioritise rights-based protection for both formal and informal labourers while preparing its proposals to the chief adviser...
Speakers, including representatives from non-governmental organisation, at a dialogue on Wednesday emphasised the need for coordinated efforts to enhance child protection...
Bangladesh interim government health and family welfare adviser Nurjahan Begum revealed on Friday that Health Protection Act, which was initiated in 2014, was yet to be finalised.
BANGLADESH has signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. A commission led by Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury was formed earlier to investigate each case of enforced disappearance and provide recommendations for future prevention. It has been asked the commission to investigate every...
The Dutch data protection watchdog said Monday it hit ride-hailing app Uber with a 290-million-euro ($324 million) fine over the transfer of personal data of European drivers to US servers...
INADEQUATE budgetary allocation for social protection that a recent World Bank research has reported indicates the government鈥檚 exclusionary development policy. The report says that the social protection expenditure in Bangladesh is the lowest in South Asia. Bangladesh spends 2 per cent of its gross domestic product...
A new World Bank report has found that social protection expenditure in Bangladesh is the lowest in South Asia...
PERSONAL data protection is certainly in a mess as two wings of the police 鈥� the Anti-Terrorism Unit and Rapid Action Battalion 6 鈥� are reported to have sold personal data 鈥� including the national identity card details, call records and subscriber鈥檚 identity module data..
Environmental organisation, Green Voice, observed Natural Oxygen Protection Day organising a rally at the base of the Raju Memorial Sculpture at Dhaka University on Tuesday...
THE debate about the personal data protection law and the demand for the institution of an independent commission for data protection have come up again when Transparency International Bangladesh...
The Transparency International Bangladesh and ARTICLE 19 on Sunday demanded the formation of an independent data protection commission to ensure...
The European Union on Wednesday announced a probe into China鈥檚 medical devices market, prompting an immediate accusation from Beijing that the bloc was engaging in 鈥榩rotectionism鈥�...
