Dhaka – The ruling Awami League leaves the jurisdiction to constitute the search committee to form the new Election Commission to the President saying that it did not propose any name for it.
Category: Human rights
President forms search committee for EC formation
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday formed a six-member search committee for reconstituting the new Election Commission (EC) and sent the names to the Cabinet Division for publishing a gazette notification, said President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin.
PM slams rights bodies for silence over MP Liton murder
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday came down hard on those rights bodies that remained silent over the killing of Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 Manjurul Islam Liton. “These days, we often see hue and cry when even a small…
Burma: Release or Charge Kachin Christians
Burmese authorities should immediately release or appropriately charge two ethnic Kachin Baptist leaders arbitrarily detained by the military since December 24, 2016, Human Rights Watch and Fortify Rights said today. The military in Northern Shan State should urgently transfer Langjaw…
Trump’s Gag Rule Puts Women’s Health and Lives at Risk Globally
Two days after some 5 million people around the globe marched demanding respect for women’s rights, President Donald Trump reinstated the “Global Gag Rule,” a destructive policy that threatens women’s lives around the world. People gather for the Women’s March…
Search committee on EC: AL, BNP leaders trade blames
Dhaka – Awami League advisory council member and commerce minister Tofail Ahmed Monday claimed that it is BNP leaders who informed AL that they proposed the former chief Justice KM Hasan’s name as the Search Committee head to the President…
No immunity deal agreed for Gambia’s Jammeh, Senegal
West African leaders did not agree to immunity for Yahya Jammeh during negotiations that convinced Gambia’s longtime ruler to flee into exile, Senegal’s foreign minister said on Sunday.Jammeh, who is accused of serious rights violations, led his country for 22…
Educated girl can’t cry rape if ditched by boyfriend: Indian HC
A promise to marry cannot be considered an inducement in every rape case, the Bombay high court has ruled while granting pre-arrest bail to a 21-year-old youth after his former girlfriend lodged a case of rape following their break-up. Justice…
Celebrities join Women’s March 2017
The Women’s March took place to protest Donald Trump, one day after he was sworn in as president. The non-violent, peaceful event consists of a rally and march through the streets of Washington, D.C. to advocate for women’s rights and…
Millions across US and world protest against Donald Trump
Dhaka, Jan 22 – Millions of protesters have taken to the streets of cities in the US and around the globe to rally against the new US President Donald Trump. Larger numbers of demonstrators than expected turned out for more…
Thousands protest Trump presidency at Sydney Women’s March
Sydney — Thousands of Australians are protesting the start of Donald Trump’s presidency that many fear could stir up hatred and bigotry.
More than 2 billion seps in the right direction
Janet Walsh Marches Around the Globe Affirm That Women’s Rights are Human Rights On Saturday, an estimated 200,000 people will participate in the Women’s March in Washington, DC. More than a million marchers are expected for the more than 600…
BD native killed in Los Angeles
Dhaka – A Bangladesh national who was working as gas station attendant at Los Feliz in Los Angeles was shot dead during an early morning robbery on Tuesday.The victim was identified as Mizanur Rahman Russell, son of Abdur Rafique, hailing…
Malaysian PM urges Muslim world to help oppressed Rohingya
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to help end the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.Najib told the opening of a special meeting of OIC foreign ministers to discuss the crisis that it…
Tentacles of Philippine Police Killings Spread
The killing by Philippine police of a South Korean businessman is an ominous indicator of the breakdown of rule of law under President Rodrigo Duterte.A government investigation released this week concluded that the Philippine National Police (PNP) officers who killed…
Gambia crisis: Barrow inauguration in Senegal as Jammeh stays put
The man who won The Gambia’s disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country’s embassy in neighbouring Senegal.The message, posted on Adama Barrow’s social media accounts, invited the general public to attend the ceremony.Last-ditch efforts…
BSF returns body of BD national at C’nawabganj border
Dhaka – Indian Border Security Force (BSF) returned the body of a Bangladeshi national to the Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) in Chapainawabganj on Wednesday.Ismail Islam, 30, son of Habibur Rahman, a resident of Ghughudanga village in Shibganj upazila, was…
Kader Siddique loses legal battle for Tangail-4 by-polls
Dhaka – Kader Siddiqui’s petition challenging a High Court verdict scrapping his nomination for the 2015 Tangail-4 by-polls has been rejected by the Appellate Division.
Palestinian killed in Israeli home demolition
Four other Palestinians wounded as Israeli police conduct demolition raid in the Negev desert village of Um Al Hiran.
Fatah and Hamas to form unity government
Agreement reached after three days of talks in Moscow paving the way for the formation of a new National Council. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) has agreed to form a unity government with rival organisation Hamas, Al Jazeera has learned.
Obama commutes Wikileaks source Chelsea Manning sentence
President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release. She was sentenced to…
Serbian Police: You are not allowed to feed refugees!
I have just come back from Serbia, says Czech activist Eva Zahradníčková. We were in Horgos. This is the place where people live in shelters made of rags. We talked to UNHCR people there. They told us that women and…
OIC emergency meeting in KL to take genuine steps to end Rohingya crisis
Dhaka – The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will discuss “genuine steps” on Thursday that the OIC and the international community should take to address the Rohingya issue. UNB news agency reported
Myanmar Muslims hope UN envoy’s visit will bring change
Kyee Kan Pyin — Muslim villagers in western Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state said Sunday that they hope positive change will result from a U.N. envoy’s visit to the region, where soldiers are accused of widespread abuses against minority Muslims, including…
Trump rips rights icon Lewis: Democrats skip inauguration
Washington (CNN)President-elect Donald Trump harshly responded to civil rights icon and Georgia Rep. John Lewis on Saturday, calling him “all talk” and “no action” after Lewis said Trump was not a “legitimate” president. “Congressman John Lewis should spend more time…
Will strike while the iron is hot: Mirza Fakrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the BNP is a democratic party currently fighting a ‘fascist power’.“We are a democratic party, but we are fighting a fascist power,” he said.“Over a thousand of our activists have…
Hasina urges AL followers to prepare for next polls
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the leaders and workers of her party to prepare themselves as the next general election is knocking at the door.She also directed the party advisory council members to…
The dangerous rise of populism: Global attacks on human rights values
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director Human rights exist to protect people from government abuse and neglect. Rights limit what a state can do and impose obligations for how a state must act. Yet today a new generation of populists is turning…
All parties will have trust in new EC and join polls, hopes PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday hoped that all the political parties will have the trust in the new Election Commission to be constituted by the President and join the next general election.“The President has already taken an initiative to…
World Report 2017
Donald Trump’s election as US president after a campaign fomenting hatred and intolerance, and the rising influence of political parties in Western Europe that reject universal rights, have put the postwar human rights system at risk. source:Human Rights Watch