Enforced Disappearance: Victims killed or jailed in fictitious cases
The Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearance in its first interim report has found that most victims were either killed or ended up in jail implicated in fictitious cases...
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Punishment of Hasina, cohorts demanded
Marking the International Human Rights Day on Tuesday, oppression victims, their families, political and student leaders renewed the call for ensuring punishment for Sheikh Hasina and her accomplices for gross human rights violations during Awami League鈥檚 misrule of over 15 years...
JU distributes Tk 37 lakh in aid to uprising victims
Jahangirnagar University authorities have distributed financial aid amounting to Tk 36.96 lakh to individuals injured during the July-August mass uprising...
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims observed
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was observed in Bangladesh on Sunday as elsewhere in the world.
July uprising victims join rehab day celebrations at BSMMU
International Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Day was observed on Wednesday with student-led mass uprising victims, who were injured during the uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to flee to India...
Justice for victims of enforced disappearances a must
FOR the interim government to facilitate any meaningful political transformation in the days to come, it should establish legal liability for victims of enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killing, custodial death, and torture done under the authoritarian Awami League regime. According to human rights organisations, security forces have committed...
Immediate complete list of victims demanded
The Democratic Rights Committee on Saturday presented 13 proposals to the interim government to restore stability and resolve the ongoing crisis in the country...
Govt should expedite support for July uprising victims
AS THE government struggles to make a complete list of the people injured during the student-mass uprising in July-August, let alone provide holistic support for the victims, another ordinary citizen wounded with a bullet died in Dhaka Medical College Hospital on September 20. The health ministry on September 21 reported that at least 1,423 people...
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...
Families demand return of victims within 48 hours
The families of the victims of enforced disappearance on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum demanding return of them who disappeared during the tenure of the Awami League government...
Relief for flood victims still not enough for govt indolence
MANY people left stranded in Feni and Noakhali for more than a fortnight in the flooding of Bangladesh鈥檚 east, north-east and south-east still waiting for relief supplies or not getting supplies enough for their sustenance is a cause of concern. People marooned in remote areas are reported to be desperately waiting for relief supplies and medical support amidst...
Special OMS to begin in flood-hit districts: secretary
The government will launch a special open market sale programme for three months in the 14 flood-hit districts under Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, aiming to provide the affected people with rice and flour at subsidized rates...
Southeast Bank donates to CA鈥檚 relief fund
Southeast Bank PLC donated TK 2 Crore to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund for relief and rehabilitation of flood victims, said a press release...
Sonali Bank donates to CA鈥檚 relief fund
Sonali Bank PLC donated its employees鈥� one day鈥檚 salary amounting to Tk 1,91,70,000 to the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Relief and Welfare Fund to provide assistance to the flood victims, said a press release...
DCH Trust stands by flood victims
Dhaka Community Hospital Trust, Community Initiative Society and Dhaka Community Medical College have stood by people of the flood-affected areas in Cumilla, Feni, Noakhali and Habiganj...
Reparatory justice for victims of colonialism
JOINT efforts aimed at building a polycentric and just world order are becoming increasingly relevant in today鈥檚 world. More and more countries on the planet are expressing their desire to live in a global community free from the legacy of the colonial system. They want to build a world based on the principles of inclusive multilateralism...
In need of a truth commission
THE victims of Aynaghar, where they were held in inhuman conditions during the Awami League regime, have started to recount the horrific ordeals that they have gone through. The victims come from different age groups as well as political and social backgrounds. The victims of enforced disappearances must now get justice...
Shwapno distributes relief
Bangladesh's leading retail chain shop 'Shwapno' is working to distribute relief to the flood victims, said a press release...
Islami Bank officials to donate 2 days鈥� salary for flood victims
The officials and employees of Islami Bank Bangladesh on Saturday decided to donate Tk聽5 crore, equivalent to their salary for two days, for the flood victims, according to a press release...
Nahid urges media to inspire people to stand by flood victims聽
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Wednesday urged the mass media to play an effective role to encourage the people to come forward and stand by the flood affected people as the flood situation is worsening in the country...
Families demand justice for victims in student movement
Members of the families of those killed during the quota reform movement on Wednesday held a human chain at the Central Shaheed Minar demanding trial of Sheikh Hasina and those who ordered the shooting during the movement...
N Korea moving flood victims to capital
North Korea will move more than 15,000 flood victims to the capital, state media said Saturday, as leader Kim Jong Un insisted recovery efforts would be 鈥榖ased on self-reliance鈥� despite offers of aid from abroad...
Families demand return of disappearance victims
Families of victims of enforced disappearance demonstrated outside the Detective Branch鈥檚 office in the capital鈥檚 Minto Road on Wednesday night, demanding return of their missing relatives and holding the perpetrators accountable...
Low food supply for flood victims makes a mess of relief effort
THE immediate issues that the authorities need to seriously attend to in the event of flooding are the rescue of people left dangerously marooned and the supply of food for the affected. The government appears to have failed on both the fronts. While a large number of people were waiting to be rescued even from submerged...
BSMRMU donates Gaza victims in Palestine
The vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa donated on behalf of all the faculty members, officers and staff of the university for the genocide victims in Gaza, Palestine, said a press release...
Rights organisations call on govt to end torture, impunity
Different international and local rights organisations on Wednesday observed the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with a call to Bangladesh government to comply with its obligations to uphold the absolute prohibition of torture and other ill treatment, end impunity and ensure access to justice for victims...
