Eleven media professionals were honoured with the Unicef Meena Media Award today for reporting on children.

A group of job seekers, who are visually impaired, have demanded that the government make special arrangements for persons with disabilities to ensure equal job opportunities for them in the public sector..This is one of three demands that they are pressing home ahead of the International

To empower children to call for a better future and a more equal and inclusive world, the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), like every year, is celebrating World Children’s Day 2022 today.

Workers of a garment factory in Dhaka’s Dhamrai upazila yesterday demonstrated in front of the factory to protest its closure for an indefinite period.

Tashnuva Anan, the first transgender news anchor in Bangladesh, was elected as a board member of ILGA World at its conference in the US this year.

A UN human rights expert yesterday urged Bangladesh to step up efforts to prevent human trafficking, particularly when it involves sexual exploitation, child marriage and forced labour.

A UN human rights expert today (November 9, 2022) called on Bangladesh to step up efforts to prevent human trafficking, especially for sexual exploitation, child marriage, and forced labour.

Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad has demanded the arrest and punishment of the culprits involved in preparing the HSC Bangla paper I question that instigated communalism.

A total of 369 laws enacted during the British Indian and Pakistan periods are now effective in Bangladesh, law minister Anisul Huq informed parliament today (November 3, 2022).

The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change has suggested that the Bangladesh government allow freedom of expression, particularly on the issue of promoting and protecting human rights related to climate change.

The US will support Bangladesh in implementing the commitments to improve labour rights protections and enhance economic cooperation between the two countries.

The Dalit and Harijan communities in Bangladesh are being neglected only because of their profession and birth identity.

Canadian High Commissioner Lilly Nicholls yesterday said the Digital Security Act acts as an additional threat to journalists in Bangladesh.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has urged the International Labour Organisation (ILO) not to use labour weaknesses as a tool to achieve political gains.

Several UN special rapporteurs have written to the government about the death of an indigenous activist allegedly in the hands of security forces, revealed a document released by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights yesterday.

Bangladesh authorities should respect the rule of law and protect political opposition supporters’ right to freedom of association, and peaceful assembly, a Human Rights Watch report said today.

Transparency International Bangladesh has questioned the rationale for 29 organisations being listed and declared as “Critical Information Infrastructures” by the post, telecommunication and information technology ministry.

On one hand, there were at least 22 incidents of Hindu religious sites being attacked this year. On the other, there were at least seven incidents in which members of the minority community were sued or arrested under the Digital Security Act or other laws for "hurting religious sentiments".

People in Bangladesh who cooperated with the UN on human rights issues have faced reprisals because of it, the UN said in a new report presented at the Human Rights Council in Geneva yesterday.

Although Sustainable Development Goals target ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against children by 2030, Bangladesh is yet to go a long way in this regard.