Amending MoU on Malaysia-bound Bangladeshi workers can bring a sea change
Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia should be able to enjoy the fruits of their hard labour.
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Dismantling the recruitment syndicate for Malaysian labour market
A classic case of monumental corruption took place in Bangladesh centring the recruitment of workers for the Malaysian labour market.
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Canards of a prejudiced neighbour
The prejudiced Indian intellectual elite and the media outlets’ hypocrisy is palpable by their collective silence about the atrocities committed by AL and law enforcement agencies.
3m ago
Holding to account the perpetrators of crimes against protesters
The July massacre has brought the credibility of this regime into question.
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Detention of student coordinators: Was it really for their security?
On that evening, the student activists were scheduled to brief the media about the ongoing movement.
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Challenges that our migrant workers face
Bangladeshi migrant workers require a range of services and support at both the origin and destination ends.
11m ago
Human rights enjoyment in a red zone?
In almost all cases involving opposition activists, they were found guilty
11m ago
The flipside of the democracy carnival
Bereft of the basic rights to assemble and express, let alone protest, the people of Bangladesh are currently bearing the brunt of the coercive apparatuses of the state.
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June 18, 2021
The long wait for a caring and rights-respecting state
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown major challenges to public policy framing. While responses of the states to the pandemic differed significantly,
June 1, 2021
When the pen becomes a security threat
he Digital Security Act (DSA) has claimed its latest victim. Last Saturday, police arrested Shahnewaz Chowdhury (37), a diploma engineer of Chattogram’s Banshkhali upazilla, after a case was filed under the DSA for posting a Facebook status.
May 20, 2021
Brazen Violations, Bizarre Charges
It was quite a sight. Viewers of television channels and readers of the dailies that carried the images of incarcerated journalist Rozina Islam were baffled at the scale of security measures taken by the state.
May 17, 2021
I cannot sing, how I can be free?
So far they pursued their vocations with enthusiasm and passion, and enjoyed doing so. Now forced by the circumstances most can no longer be engaged in their professional activities and have to pass their days in intense uncertainty.
May 3, 2021
World Press Freedom Day: Unattained aspiration
As a nation Bangladeshis commemorated the golden jubilee of their independence a little more than a month ago.
April 4, 2021
Freedom of Assembly
The streets and squares of different towns and cities including those of Rajshahi, Sylhet, Chattogram and Brahmanbaria have witnessed outbreak of wanton violence and mayhem over the last week or so.
March 7, 2021
The case for rescinding the Digital Security Act
They were both active, conscientious, thinking citizens. Both were passionate about social issues, and were gifted—one had a penchant for writing, the other for drawing cartoons.
March 3, 2021
Death in destination countries
A few days ago a news item carried by The Guardian, a UK daily, created a major stir in the national media of several Asian countries.
February 7, 2021
Masses, intellectuals and the Orwellian state
For ordinary Bangladeshis bereft of smart phones and computers, it was a baffling experience. Last week they were bombarded with the message that the Al Jazeera report titled All the Prime Minister’s Men was the outcome of a mischievous conspiracy.
December 22, 2020
Citizens’ petition on the Election Commission
This has happened for the first time in Bangladesh’s history. Last week, a group of conscientious citizens called on the President of the Republic to form the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to investigate allegations of graft and other misdeeds committed by the incumbent Election Commission (EC).
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