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Hasina vows to ensure people’s civic, democratic rights

January 8, 2021 editorBangladesh, Lead News, Politics

Dhaka, Jan 07 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government will do everything necessary to ensure the civic and democratic rights of the people.

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Call Rohingya persecution genocide: Rights, faith groups

August 21, 2020 editorHuman rights

This week, Refugees International welcomed two important demonstrations of support for our campaign to urge Secretary Pompeo to call Myanmar’s crimes against the Rohingya genocide: one from a group of prominent legal and human rights experts and the second from…

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Govt working to ensure justice, rights for all: PM

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 sub EditorBangladesh, Politics

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said some derailed junior officers along with some high ranking army personnel were involved in the August 15, 1975 massacre where the Father of the Nation and most of his family members were killed.

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Let quarantine, lockdown, travel ban agree with rights norms

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 editorHealth, Human rights, Lead News

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that an outbreak of the viral disease COVID-19 – first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, China – had reached the level of a global pandemic. Citing concerns with “the…

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Privacy rights may become next victim of killer pandemic

March 29, 2020 sub EditorTechnology

Digital surveillance and smartphone technology may prove helpful in containing the coronavirus pandemic — but some activists fear this could mean lasting harm to privacy and digital rights.

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Video: I am generation equality: Realizing women’s rights

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 editorBangladesh, Femina, Human rights

Mar 6 2020 (IPS) – The narrative surrounding women’s rights in 2020 carries much hope and possibility. This year’s International Women’s Day, bearing the theme “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights,” falls on the celebration’s 110th anniversary.

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Feminists press for ‘bodily Autonomy’ as 19 nations dissent

January 18, 2020 editorFemina, Human rights, Op-Ed

By Thalif Deen UN, Jan 17 2020 (IPS) – The United States and 18 other UN member states have come under fire for denying a woman’s legitimate right to “bodily autonomy”—the right to self-governance over one’s own body without coercion…

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Body on general students’ rights wants DU Proctor to resign

December 26, 2019 editorBangladesh, Campus

Dhaka, Dec 25 – Bangladesh Sadharon Chhatra Odhikar Songrokkhon Parishad yesterday demanded the resignation of the Dhaka University’s proctor AKM Golam Rabbani for his what they alleged that he has directly help the perpetrators to disappear the CCTV footage of…

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Toaha recalled, movement to restore people’s rights urged

December 1, 2019December 1, 2019 editorBangladesh, Politics

Rich tributes were paid to Comrade Mohammad Toaha and united movement for restoring democracy and the rights of toiling masses was emphasised at a meeting organised on Friday by the syamyabadi Dal marking the 32nd death anniversary of the late…

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Pol parties, rights, trade bodies against power tariff hike

November 28, 2019 editorBangladesh, Energy, Power

Public hearing on hike proposals begins Dhaka, Nov 28 – Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Thursday started its 4-day public hearing on proposals for raising both bulk and retail electricity tariffs amid opposition by political parties, trade bodies and…

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EU awards human rights prize to Uighur activist Ilham

October 25, 2019 sub EditorHuman rights

The European Union awarded its top human rights prize to economist Ilham Tohti for his work defending China’s Uighur minority and urged Beijing to release him from jail.

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Long road to respecting workers’ rights in supply chains

October 1, 2019 editorBusiness, Columns

by Justine Nolan and Martijn Boersma on 1st October 2019 @justine_nolan The US Business Roundtable statement in favour of stakeholder rather than shareholder capitalism has opened the question of corporate responsibility—crucially, it extends to global supply chains.

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Youth activists say rights are violated over climate change

September 25, 2019 editorclimate, Human rights, Lead News

24 September 2019, Climate Change – The failure of governments to act on the climate crisis, constitutes a violation of children’s rights, according to a landmark complaint presented to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child by 16…

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Greta, 15 other children, complain to UN Child Rights body

September 25, 2019 editorCampus, climate, Human rights

New York, 23 Sept – Sixteen child petitioners – including Greta Thunberg and Alexandria Villaseñor – from 12 countries around the world today presented a landmark official complaint to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to…

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BD rights groups blame rich countries for global warming

September 21, 2019 editorBangladesh, climate

Dhaka, Sept 20 – Leaders of rights-based civil societies in Bangladesh on Friday made sharp criticism of the selfish thinking and initiatives of the rich countries, historically responsible for global climate change.

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Remembering a powerful voice in disability rights movement

September 11, 2019 editorHuman rights

Human Rights Watch Mourns the Passing of Marca Bristo Shantha Rau Barriga, Director, Disability Rights Division It is with deep sadness that we mourn the passing of Marca Bristo, tireless partner to and supporter of Human Rights Watch’s Disability Rights…

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Halt Rohingya returns: Human Rights Watch

August 21, 2019 editorBangladesh

Ensure Refugees’ Security, Basic Rights, Equal Access to Citizenship New York – The Myanmar and Bangladesh governments should suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees until returns are safe, voluntary, and dignified, Human Rights Watch said today. With new repatriations set…

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Women’s rights are key in slowing down population

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 editorDevelopment, Femina, Op-Ed, Population

By Sivananthi Thanenthiran UNITED NATIONS, Jun 25 2019 (IPS) – The increase in world population by 2 billion in the next 30 years will present a serious global challenge especially if we do not find new paradigms of development thought…

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Indigenous rights approach a remedy to climate change crisis

July 2, 2019July 2, 2019 editorGlobal warming, Human rights, Op-Ed, Resilience, Society, Tradition

By Friday Phiri Jun 29, 2019 (IPS) – The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) was held in Bonn, Germany to rally behind a new approach to achieving a future that is more inclusive and sustainable than the present – through the…

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Consumer Rights Protection official’s transfer halted

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 editorGovernance, Society, Urban issues

Dhaka, June 4 – A day after transferring him to the Road Transport and Highways Division, the government on Tuesday revoked the transfer of Deputy Director of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) Manzur Mohammad Shahriar, who led…

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Open access to sexual, reproductive health, rights urged

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 editorFamily, Femina, Health, Human rights, Population

The Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW), a Non-Governmental Organisation in Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council has in a statement said, Universal access to sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality are foundational…

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HC asks Etihad Airways: Handover women harassment footage

January 11, 2019 NaimCrime, Femina, News, Tourism, Transportation

Dhaka, Jan 10 – The High Court on Thursday directed authorities concerned of Etihad Airways to handover video footage containing the alleged incident of harassing and torturing two Bangladesh born women at Abu Dhabi International Airport in 2011.

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Arabic internet TV firm fined $24m for sports rights piracy

July 5, 2018 editorFootball, News, Sports

A Swedish court has ordered a bankrupt Arabic internet TV company to pay 210m Swedish crowns ($24m) in damages for distributing content including English Premier League soccer without permission. The Stockholm district court ordered the Sweden-based Advanced TV Network (ATN),…

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Riyadh frees four women’s rights activists

May 25, 2018May 25, 2018 editorHuman rights

Saudi Arabia has released four women’s rights activists who were among a group arrested last week, a month before a ban on women driving is set to end, fellow activists and Amnesty International (AI) said. International rights watchdogs have reported…

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