Dhaka – A detained BNP leader died in custody at Dhaka Medical College Hospital early Tuesday.
Category: Human rights
Hijra now an official gender option
On Monday, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina chaired a cabinet meeting which decided to grant official government recognition of people who gender identify as Hijras, people who identify as neither male nor female.
Noor Hossain Democracy Day today
Shaheed Noor Hossain Day, commemorating the heartrending martyrdom of young man Noor Hossain during the anti-Ershad movement in the late 80s, will be observed on Sunday with due solemnity.
‘Police not nabbing Santhia attackers’: HRC chief
National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman has alleged that police are arresting ‘innocent people’ sparing those involved in communal attacks at Santhia in Pabna.
Political parties must protect children from violence: Rights bodies
Two leading international child rights organisations working in Bangladesh on Wednesday urged all political parties and movements to do their utmost to respect and protect the rights of children during the lead-up to election.
Minister vows to try brains behind mutiny
Brains behind the Peelkhana massacre will not be spared as the junior law minister Quamrul Islam has vowed to bring them to book soon.
Now fight against sin, greed: Prof Sayeed
Urging the youth to take the lead, Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed on Thursday said the real war had actually started after the Liberation War and now the fight is “within ourselves against sins, bad decisions and greed”.
Another Ctg madrasah blast victim dies
Another student, who was injured in the explosion at the hostel of Jamiatul Ulum Al Islamia Madrasah in the port city on October 7, succumbed to his injuries at a public hospital in the capital on Sunday.
Moudud admitted to hospital for chest pain
Dhaka, Oct 6: BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed was admitted to a city hospital as he suddenly fell sick on Sunday afternoon.
Amnesty wants all death sentences overturned
Dhaka – The death sentence imposed against a Bangladeshi MP convicted of crimes against humanity is not the way to bring justice to the many victims of the country’s war of independence, Amnesty International said yesterday.
Indian BSF kills 86 Bangladeshis along Dinajpur border in 7yrs
Members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) killed 86 Bangladesh nationals along Dinajpur border during the last seven years.
Life sentence increased to death: Amnesty
Senior leader in the Bangladeshi opposition party, Jamaat-e-Islami, has been been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
75 pc pay hike prescribed for media workers
The government has announced a new salary structure for print media and news agency employees with a 75 percent rise in the basic pay.
3 killed in N’ganj road crashes
Three people were killed in separate road accidents in the district on Monday and Sunday night.
Bangladesh plans Rohingya count
The government will do a headcount to ascertain the number of illegal Rohingya migrants in Bangladesh.
Malaysia Crackdown: 444 Bangladeshis detained
A total of 444 Bangladesh nationals have been detained for various offences during September 1-3 nationwide crackdown on unwanted foreigners in Malaysia, a Foreign Ministry official here confirmed on Friday.
Indian nationals pick up 5 Bangladeshis in Chuadanga
Five Bangladeshis were picked up by some Indians nationals at Gayeshpur frontier in Jibannagar upazila early Thursday.
JU teachers hoist black flag
Agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) hoisted black flag on the campus on Saturday demanding resignation of Vice-Chancellor Prof Anwar Hossain.
PM receives donation for Rana Plaza victims
The officials and employees of Energy and Mineral Resources Division and other organisations under it on Monday donated their one day’s salaries to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund for the Savar Rana Plaza collapse victims.
Tribunal turns down SQ Chy’s time plea
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday promptly ditched the time plea moved by war crimes accused BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury from the dock, asking his counsel to finish the summing–up arguments by the first half on Tuesday.
Amnesty for restoring ethnic minorities’ land rights
Dhaka – Amnesty International (AI) has recommended the government of Bangladesh taking ‘concrete steps’ to restore the land rights of ethnic minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). In a recent article published in its official blog, the AI also…
Felani’s family demand exemplary punishment of killers
The activities of the trial of Felani killing will begin on August 13 in a special court of BSF at Coochbihar district of West Bengal province in India. The father of Felani Nurul Islam Nuru, Maternal uncle Abdul Hanif, Public…
City-dwellers flock to village homes to celebrate Eid
With Eid-ul-Fitr only days away, people are crowding Dhaka’s bus, train, steamer and motor launch counters to get tickets to go home.
Charge against Limon withdrawn after 857 days, finally
The order of Home Ministry about withdrawal of charge in a case under Arms Act against Limon Hossain, the college student who used to work in a brick kiln to bear his educational expenses, accepted by the Jhalakathi trial court…
Speaker calls for minimising rich-poor gap
Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury on Wednesday called for paying attention on how to elevate the backward section of the society with a view to minimising the disparity between the rich and the poor.
BGB rescues 19 Bangladeshis from traffickers in Jessore
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 19 people from Putkhali border in Sharsha upazila on Thursday night while being trafficked to India.
End incorrect, unlawful use of teargas: HRW urges Turkey
(Istanbul) – Police fired teargas canisters directly at protesters during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, turning them into dangerous projectiles that caused serious injuries, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch has documented 10 cases in which people…
Retain quota, end complexities: Sector Commanders’ Forum
Extending its support for retaining the quota system in government jobs, Sector Commander Forum on Saturday urged the government and the authorities concerned to take initiatives to resolve complexities over the quota system.
Stop jobs cut in Ramadan urge hotel workers
Hotel workers on Friday demanded government intervention to stop violation of labour rights as they are facing a spree of job cuts and oppression by the owners of city hotel and sweetshops ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan.
‘Form commission to resolve land disputes in plains’
Rights activists here on Thursday urged the government to form a land commission to resolve the longstanding land disputes of ethnic minorities living on plain land in northern districts.