Emotions ran high. Exhaustion was evident on their faces.

A large number of residents from Chattogram's Karnaphuli upazila blocked the PAB road for six hours today, demanding the relocation of wild elephants from the area

The report also said that religious freedom in Bangladesh has declined

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today stressed the need for a social movement against misogyny and prejudiced attitudes towards women

'They have set an example by their actions, showing how every organisation and individual can play a role in preventing violence against women,' says Sabnam Faria

Information Adviser Mahfuj Alam has said the independence of press is meaningless without its accountability to people

Legal experts urge interim govt over rape law reforms

The deliberate targeting of student human rights defenders -- including women human rights defenders -- illustrates Bangladesh’s persistent criminalisation of dissent, further shrinking an already-repressed civic space

They observed a one-minute silence, holding candles, to mourn the death of the 8-year-old rape victim in Magura

As part of a nationwide program, election officials and employees in Barishal staged a human chain and sit-in protest against the plan to transfer National Identification Card (NID) services from the Election Commission to a new statutory body

The declaration of the daily 'JaiJai Din' has been revoked following an application by its former editor Shafik Rehman, sparking protests from the newspaper's current management and journalists

Two Chhatra Federation leaders accused over anti-rape protest clash claim they were not even present there

Severe acute malnutrition in the Rohingya refugee camps has surged by 27 percent in February this year compared to the same period last year, pushing more children into life-threatening hunger, Unicef said in a statement yesterday.

International NGOs operating in Bangladesh, including ActionAid, Oxfam, Plan International, and Save the Children, have expressed serious concern over the recent surge in incidents of rape, sexual harassment, and violence against women, girls, and children across the country.

The protesters, claiming themselves to be members of 'progressive society', called for a mass procession

At least 305 Bangladeshis were killed and 282 more injured along the Bangladesh-India border by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in the last 10 years, according to the Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).

In a statement issued yesterday, Article 19 said Bangladesh’s media landscape faces significant challenges

At 11:00am, teachers, students, and staff gathered at the university’s Siddheshwari campus in Dhaka, organising a rally and demonstration at the Bot Tola area

Under the banner of the "Anti-Rape Platform," they began a protest rally at 7:30pm this evening

The demonstration, which began after midnight, was particularly focused on seeking the maximum punishment for the rapists of an eight-year-old child in Magura