Botched surgery: Father demand justice for Ayan

Shamim Ahmed, father of Ayan Ahmed, a five-year-old child who died following a botched surgery at the United Medical College Hospital in Satarkul on January 7, has alleged that he was threatened to withdraw the case
29 May 2024

End crackdown on Bawm community, Amnesty urges PM

It expressed concern that the indigenous Bawm people are at serious risk of suffering collective punishment as the authorities assumed that the entire Bawm community are either part of or are supporters of the Kuki Chin National Front (KNF)
22 May 2024

Fair trial a constitutional right of people: chief justice

Chief Justice of Bangladesh Obaidul Hassan today inaugurated "Naykunja," a resting area for litigants, on Lalmonirhat court premises
22 May 2024

Police foil Ganosamhati Andolon’s bid to besiege Bangladesh Bank

Police foiled the attempt of the leaders and activists of Ganosamhati Andolon to besiege Bangladesh Bank in Dhaka's Motijheel area today
21 May 2024

Rally held over killing of Bawm community members

A group of rights activists yesterday protested the killing of three people and the mass arrest of children and women of the Bawm community in Bandarban
20 May 2024

Tea Workers’ Day observed

Tea Workers Day, a day commemorating the massacre of tea workers 103 years ago, was observed today in a befitting manner
20 May 2024

Int'l Day for Women in Maritime: Recruit more female mariners, say speakers

Experts urged Bangladeshi flagged ocean-going vessel owning companies to come forward in giving priority to recruit more female cadets from the country’s marine academies
19 May 2024

HRFB demands not to remove Sharifa’s Tale from textbook

Refusing the recommendations made by the probe committee for the removal of "Sharifa's Tale" from the seventh-grade social science textbook, Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) demanded forming another unbiased probe committee to investigate the content
19 May 2024

Human chain demands train stoppage at Gazipur’s Arikhola station

Residents of Gazipur’s Kaliganj upazila formed a human chain at Arikhola Railway Station today demanding the stoppage of “Egaro Sindhur” and “Chattla Express” trains at the station
17 May 2024

Probe body recommends removal of Sharifa’s Tale

A probe committee, formed by the education ministry, has recommended the removal of the story titled “Sharifa's Tale” from the chapter on human resemblance and difference in the seventh-grade history and social science textbook
16 May 2024

Age limit for govt job: 12 protestors get bail

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to 12 job seekers in a case filed over their Saturday's demonstration in the capital’s Shahbagh..Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Ahmed passed the order after they filed bail petitions with the court, said a court police..Earlier in the day, S
12 May 2024

Raising age ceiling of govt job: Police foil students' demo

Police foiled a demonstration by students and job seekers at Shahbagh intersection of Dhaka this afternoon
11 May 2024

Akij Biri Factory: Worker protest lay-off in Lalmonirhat

Workers of Akij Biri factory in Lalmonirhat's Kaliganj upazila stopped working since morning, protesting lay-off
4 May 2024

Shipbreaking workers rally for ration

Shipbreaking workers today demanded a food rationing system due to the rising essential commodity prices
3 May 2024

Independent journalism key to empowering journalists

Speakers tell discussion on World Press Freedom Day
3 May 2024

Press freedom index: Bangladesh falls 2 spots, only Afghanistan worse in South Asia

The country was ranked 165th among 180 nations, placing it only above Afghanistan among South Asian countries
3 May 2024

70% of environment journalists report attacks, threats, pressure: UN

Seventy percent of environmental journalists from 129 countries, polled in March, reported experiencing attacks, threats or pressure related to their job, UNESCO said Thursday
3 May 2024

255 journalists sued under DSA for their work: CGS

At least 451 journalists were sued under the Digital Security Act (DSA) since its inception and 255 of them were sued for their journalistic reports, according to a research paper by Centre for Governance Studies (CGS)
30 April 2024

No significant changes in human rights situation in Bangladesh in 2023: US bureau

There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Bangladesh last year, according to the "2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bangladesh"
23 April 2024

Changing class of property basic right of citizens: HC

The High Court, in the full text of a verdict, has observed that the acquisition, holding, transfer, and distribution of property, as well as changing its class, are fundamental rights of every citizen.
19 April 2024