C R Abrar

The resolution of the Rohingya crisis appears to have met a dead end. Quite predictably, yet another round of questionable repatriation efforts has stalled.

Killing of civilians along the Bangladesh-India border by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has plagued the bilateral relations between the two countries for decades.

Near absence of an affordable and accessible healthcare arrangement in the Gulf states has led many workers to rely on self-medication, often consuming expired medicines brought from home by themselves and their peers.

A major weakness of the law is its inconsistency with the other existing laws.

As the government came under international scrutiny for curtailing freedom of expression, the question of child exploitation became the rallying point.

The most egregious breach of law in Poritosh’s case was when he was placed in solitary confinement.

Over the past month, journalists and activists have been subjected to an amplified scale of threats, intimidation, and incarceration at the hands of powerful group.

The police’s heavy-handed approach in dispersing a crowd that was peacefully protesting the price hike of a medical service has appalled citizens.

Enhancing the country’s image entails making tangible and dedicated efforts to address its problems.

The right to hold peaceful assembly is under severe constraints in Bangladesh.

Migrant workers are systematically robbed of their wages and due entitlements in host countries.

Over the past several months, efforts have been afoot to frame a data protection law in Bangladesh.

The health vulnerability of migrant workers has thus far received scant attention in policy discourses.

It is unfortunate that custodial torture continues to be pervasive in Bangladesh, which has enacted the Torture and Custodial Death (Prohibition) Act, 2013.

It is mind-boggling that, by claiming that all those killed at the border “are criminals,” the head of BSF has acknowledged that his force has concurrently arrogated the roles of petitioner, judge, jury, and executioner.

Over the years, there has been rising concern about the 'systemic nature' of custodial torture and deaths in Bangladesh.

“We have been victims of genocide for decades and acknowledged as the most persecuted minority, yet the world has cared little about our legitimate rights and claims. It is time we took charge of our own destiny.”

Is a nexus of a few Bangladeshi recruitment agencies and a powerful segment of the human resources ministry in Malaysia trying to impose unfair and unethical conditions on the long-awaited reopening of the Malaysian labour market?

It was a sombre occasion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity premises on April 30.

Shobuj, a young man from Tangail, in his late twenties, was reluctant to comply with his supervisor’s instruction to enter a sewage pipe for maintenance work without an oxygen cylinder.