United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has expressed concern over recent legal amendments that allow “banning political parties, organisations and their activities” in Bangladesh.
Grażyna Baranowska, vice chairperson of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman at the army headquarters
Human chain held in front of PSC over bar on applying to Grade-10 jobs
Workers from a footwear factory staged a demonstration in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila yesterday, demanding payment of their unpaid salaries for April and May.
Chamber judge of the Appellate Division of SC sent the petition to its full bench for hearing
Standoff over Ishraque Hossain’s mayoral post halts civic services in half of Dhaka
Services resume after halt over mayoral appointment demand
The Chattogram Port unit of the Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal staged a sit-in in Chattogram today, protesting the government's move to hand over the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) of Chattogram Port to a foreign company
Unicef strongly criticised the handling of a recent case in which an 11-year-old girl, who went missing after being contacted on social media by an adult man, was rescued but subjected to harmful treatment by law enforcement and media
The award ceremony, organised by the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in collaboration with the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner's Office, was held at the Bangladesh Shishu Academy auditorium today
Hundreds of students under the banner of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement laid siege to the Naogaon 250-bed General Sadar Hospital today, protesting against alleged irregularities, corruption and mismanagement
Ten teams will monitor the markets in the capital, two teams in each of the divisional cities, and one team in other key districts of the country
This marks at least the third instance in two weeks that BJIM has witnessed multiple cases of journalist assaults in the country, according to a statement issued on Sunday night
As the family marks the 11th anniversary of his death, they continue to grapple with the emotional and financial toll of a justice system that has failed them
Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) today strongly condemned the vandalism and arson attacks various establishments, including the demolition of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhaka's Dhanmondi 32, across the country
the injured must submit their applications and medical bills either to the mass uprising special cell or the civil surgeon offices in their respective districts
Manusher Jonno Foundation yesterday expressed grave concerns over the growing threat to girls' safety, following the gang rape and murder of a 13-year-old in Dhaka.
Protesters block roads, railways, leaving thousands stranded
