Workers and employees under the banner of Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP) staged a red-flag procession in Chattogram yesterday, protesting the government’s move to lease out terminals at Chattogram Port to foreign companies.

Opting for divisive politics, rather than choosing a path that brings everyone together, has wasted the opportunity to strengthen the human rights situation in the country in the post-uprising period, said HRSS Adviser and rights activist Nur Khan Liton yesterday.

Chattogram Customs House has seized 4.2 tonnes of Sodium Cyclamate, a banned artificial sweetener, at Chattogram Port.

Fifty-eight of the 162 railway stations in the West Zone remain closed, causing immense hardship for commuters across Jashore, Jhenidah, Kushtia, Meherpur and Chuadanga.

Outgoing head of the UN Human Rights Office in Bangladesh, Huma Khan, expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s failure to disband the Rab and implement key institutional reforms, while also acknowledging progress on several recommendations, including the swift enactment of a law on enforced disappearances.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday ordered notices to be published in two national dailies, asking absconding accused Sajeeb Wazed Joy to appear before it by December 17 in a case over alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July uprising.

Child in Rajshahi’s Tanore fell into the shaft around 1pm Wednesday

Experts call for locally driven health solutions as donor funding falls ahead of LDC graduation

The doctors are providing care and she is responding to it, he says

Urged all stakeholders to safeguard reforms achieved by interim govt

Rana suffered a head injury after confronting alleged drug users in the dorm

Ambassadors of France and Germany present the award at a ceremony in Dhaka on International Human Rights Day

Rescue operation underway

The Daily Star Senior Reporter Baharam Khan among the awardees

Tolerance for animal abuse often mirrors how humans are treated

Mohammadpur double murder renews focus on recruitment practices

Says his defence council; seeks directive on jail authorities

Demonstration started around 5:45pm, bringing traffic to a standstill

Suspect Ayesha told the family she had neither a phone nor an NID

5-member commission to be led by a retired judge