The new draft social media regulation poses a threat to freedom of expression, said Global Network Initiative (GNI), a collective of top tech companies and rights bodies of the world.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday urged the government to meaningfully respond to United Nations’ concerns regarding grave allegations of torture, enforced disappearance, and extrajudicial killings in the country.

Human Rights Watch today urged the Bangladesh government to meaningfully respond to United Nations' concerns regarding grave allegations of torture, enforced disappearance, and extrajudicial killings in the country.

UN human rights experts have called on Bangladesh to immediately cease reprisals against human rights defenders and relatives of forcibly disappeared persons for their activism and co-operation with international human rights bodies and UN mechanisms.

Rights organisations have issued statements expressing alarm that the proposed social media regulation could pave the way to curb freedom of expression.

USAID today launched a $5 million project – "Women Thrive in Bangladesh" – to empower women working in the readymade garment factories.

Bilashi (not her real name), an 18-year-old Rohingya transwoman shared that she was blamed for transmitting Covid-19 -- with her neighbours calling the disease “a curse of the Almighty”.

Law Minister Anisul Huq today said it is not possible to remove the gender discrimination among male and females by only formulating laws.

Bilashi (not her real name), an 18-year-old transgender Rohingya woman shared that she was blamed for the Covid-19 transmission -- her neighbours calling the disease “a curse of the Almighty”.

As the world enters the third year of Covid-19 pandemic, “true” recovery must be gender equal, Unicef said in a statement on International Women’s Day today.

Nilufa Akhter is a 36-year-old single mother of two who lost her husband six years ago.

Noting that Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) aims to leave no one behind, speakers at a workshop have said overall development of the country is not possible by leaving female workers of tea gardens behind.

The Cabinet today decided that none under the age of 14 could be recruited for work, approving the proposal of ratifying ILO Convention-138 which restricted employment of any child below 15.

The High Court today decided to take expert opinions from some jurists and researchers as amice curiae (friends of court) on the rules of a customary law that deprives Hindu women of inheriting their deceased fathers' properties.

A recent Plan International Bangladesh survey found that 35.3 percent of girls' parents' fear of sexual harassment is a main cause for their children's marriage, and roughly 25.6 percent of girls' parents' concern of societal divisiveness is a big factor for the child's marriage.

Five UN human rights experts have expressed deep concern at the failure of the Bangladeshi authorities to complete an investigation on the murders of journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi and bring the perpetrators to justice, even after ten years.

Front Line Defenders, an Ireland-based international organisation working for the protection and security of human rights defenders around the world, has called upon the government of Bangladesh to “suspend the DSA immediately, pending a thorough, transparent and independent review of the mis/use of this legislation”.

A total of 272 women and girls faced violence in the first month of this year, said a report prepared by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

Speakers at a virtual roundtable yesterday said the government must ensure equal rights for women in inheritance and family property to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against them.

Speakers at a programme today demanded an amendment to the Tobacco Control Act to make all public places, including restaurants and tourist areas, 100% smoke-free.