Brahmanbaria, Aug 04 – At least eight people, including two women, were injured in a clash at Paschimpara Walishah Mazar area in Nabinagar municipality on Monday afternoon over a trifling matter.
Category: Violence
JSS chief (reformist), 5 members shot dead in Bandarban
President of Jana Sanghati Samity (reformist group) Bandarban unit and five members were shot dead and three others injured in a gunfight at Baghmara in Bandarban on Monday morning.
UN Women to serve domestic violence survivors
UN Women Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific has joined hands with Twitter and critical partners to provide important information about helpline services for domestic violence survivors.
George Floyd death: Violence erupts again in US cities
Washington, AP/UNB, June 01 – Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across America again Sunday, with peaceful demonstrations against police killings of black people overshadowed by unrest that quickly ravaged parts of cities from Pennsylvania to California.
US protests: Trump took shelter in White House bunker
Washington, AP/UNB, June 01 – Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades.
Lockdown in Bangladesh sees violence against women rise
Lina Dilruba Sharmin, Sarah-Jane Saltmarsh and Shahariar Sadat Amena Khatun and her husband Ismail Hossain (not real names) experienced an extreme food crisis during the lockdown in Barguna district, in southern Bangladesh. They had no work and no savings. Almost…
Jute mill worker killed in Dinajpur cop firing
Dinajpur, March 26 – A jute mill worker was killed as police opened fire during a demonstration by jute mill workers in Biral Upazila on Wednesday night demanding that their arrears be cleared.
Scars of violence haunt India’s capital after deadly riot
India’s hard-line Hindu nationalists watched anti-government protests centered in Muslim communities for months in anger that finally boiled over in the worst communal rioting in New Delhi in decades, leaving 38 people dead and the Indian capital shell-shocked.
India says US politicizing religious riots in which 30 died
India accused a U.S. government commission of politicizing communal violence in New Delhi that killed at least 30 people and injured more than 200 as President Donald Trump was visiting the country.
BD High Court wants commission to fight rape, violence
Dhaka, Jan 19- The High Court on Sunday asked the government to form a commission within 30 days under the Law Ministry to stop rape and violence against women.
Death toll in India citizenship law protests climbs to 17
New Delhi, AP/UNB, Dec 21 – Three people died during clashes between demonstrators and police in northern India on Saturday, raising the nationwide death toll in protests against a new citizenship law to 17.
Police station in Chittagong attacked over Bhola violence
Chattogram, Oct 20 (UNB) – Madrasah students on Sunday attacked Hathazari police station after four people were killed and over 200 others injured in a clash between police and locals in Borhanuddin upazila over a ‘Facebook post’ hurting the religious…
Five arrested for stabbing RU student
Rajshahi, Oct 19 (UNB) – Police on Saturday arrested five people in a case filed over a knife attack on a Rajshahi University (RU) student on the campus during a mugging bid on Friday night.
Bandarban election violence: 2 killed in ‘BGB firing’
Cox’s Bazar, Oct 14 – Two people were killed in firing reportedly by members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) during the by-election to a ward of Ghumdhum union parishad in Naikkhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Monday.
World faces ‘unprecedented threat’ of intolerance: UN Chief
United Nations, Sept 26 (AP/UNB) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that the world is facing “an unprecedented threat from intolerance, violent extremism and terrorism” that affects every country, exacerbating conflicts and destabilizing entire regions.
Protesting DU students attacked on campus
Dhaka – A group of Dhaka University students, protesting against corruption and illegal enrolment of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders, were attacked on the campus on Wednesday. The incident took place around 1:10pm when protesters laid siege to the Business…
UP member beaten to death in Rajbari
Rajbari, Sept 11 (UNB) – A Union Parishad member was bludgeoned to death by miscreants at Bagduli Bazar in Pangsha Upazila on Tuesday night.
US commemorate 9/11 as its aftermath extends and evolves
New York, Sept 11 (AP/UNB) — Americans are commemorating 9/11 with mournful ceremonies, volunteering, appeals to “never forget” and rising attention to the terror attacks’ extended toll on responders.
Kim says North Korean launches were warning to US, South
Seoul, Aug 7 (AP/UNB) — North Korea said Wednesday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live-fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South Korea over their joint military exercises.…
More than 60 killed in extremist attack on Nigeria villagers
Maiduguri, Jul 29 (AP/UNB) — Suspected Boko Haram extremists killed more than 60 people in an attack on villagers leaving a funeral in northeastern Nigeria, a local official said Sunday. It was the deadliest extremist attack against civilians in the…
Awareness programme against mass beating from Thursday: IGP
Dhaka, July 24 – Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary Wednesday said that a week-long public awareness programme will run across the country from today against recent incidents of mass beating based on a rumour of child lifters.
How governments still allow violence against children
By Tamara Tutnjevic Gorman New York, Jul 16 2019 (IPS) – Despite what you might have heard, things are getting better, every year. We are making amazing progress on fighting diseases, reducing the preventable deaths of children, and investing huge…
Child-lifting rumour: 1 more killed, 12 hurt in mob violence
Dhaka, July 21 (UNB) – Despite the warning by the police administration not to take the law into own hands, angry mobs continued to attack suspected child-lifters in different districts, killing another man and injuring 12 others. After the killing…
No excuse for violence against children
by Zoleka Mandela, Etienne Krug, Howard Taylor Geneva – At the World Health Assembly in May, we made the case for why governments and United Nations agencies need to spend more on measures to prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), injury, and…
BNP for President to call dialogue to end rape, killings
Dhaka, July 13 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday urged President Abdul Hamid to take steps for holding a national dialogue to get rid of the growing incidents of rape and killing across the country.
Fight to end violence against women in Asia-Pacific region
By Caley Pigliucci UN, Jul 12 2019 (IPS) – Parliamentarians met in Laos last week to discuss violence against women and girls. The meeting was organized by the Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) and hosted by the National Assembly…
The sex scandal at the heart of the Afghan government
By Yogita LimayeBBC News, Kabul Afghanistan has been rocked by allegations of sexual harassment at the highest levels of government. Officials deny wrongdoing but a BBC investigation has heard from women who describe a culture of abuse. In a house…
Minor Sayma rape-murder: Prime suspect held in Comilla
Dhaka, July 7 (UNB) – Detectives in a drive in Cumilla on Sunday arrested the prime suspect in the killing of six-year-old girl Samia Afrin Sayma after rape in Dhaka’s Wari area. They arrested Harun-Or-Rashid, a painter by profession, from Darbardanga…
Turning the tide on violence and harassment at work
by Rothna Begum The #MeToo movement raised global awareness about the experience of harassment at work—now we have a potentially far-reaching ILO convention to combat the phenomenon. ‘This is a historic day.’ The words sent a shiver down my spine,…
UK arms sales to Saudis suspended after court ruling
The court holds the government failed to consider violations in Yemen London – The Court of Appeal in London ruled on June 20, 2019, that the United Kingdom government’s refusal to consider Saudi Arabia’s laws-of-war violations in Yemen before licensing…