trafficking
Ensuring child rights: Social protection schemes are crucial
Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian social reformer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Malala Yousafzai in 2014, talks to the The Daily Star about the global child rights situation during his visit to Bangladesh on January 14-18.
"Bangladesh making efforts to end trafficking, yet to meet basic standards"
Bangladesh has maintained its Tier 2 ranking from the previous year in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for 2022.
Justice obstructed
Law enforcers had been nonchalant for years when thousands of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis were facing heinous crimes, including murders and burial in mass graves, in the bordering hilly regions of Thailand and Malaysia.
4 ‘human traffickers’ held in Dhaka, Kishoreganj
A team of Police Bureau of Investigation claims to have arrested four people in Dhaka and Kishoreganj for their involvement with a trafficking ring and also rescued one person from Libya in this connection.
Bangladesh failed at times to control security forces: US
The United States has said the government of Bangladesh took 'limited measures' to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces. The US, in its 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, claimed authorities failed at times to maintain effective control over security forces.
3 ‘human traffickers’ held in Cox’s Bazar
Three people are detained in Cox’s Bazar for their alleged involvement with human trafficking.
5 ‘int’l human organ traffickers’ placed on 3-day remand
A Dhaka court grants three-day remand against each of the five people held in connection with a case filed against them for their alleged involvement with international human organ trafficking syndicate.
Malaysia finds mass graves of 24 suspected human trafficking victims
Malaysian authorities have found mass graves containing the remains of more than 20 people believed to be human trafficking victims near the border with Thailand, police said.
US upgrades Malaysia in annual human trafficking report
The US is upgrading Malaysia from lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centres, a move that could smooth way for an ambitious US-led free-trade deal with the Southeast Asian nation and 11 other countries.
Ensuring child rights: Social protection schemes are crucial
Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian social reformer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Malala Yousafzai in 2014, talks to the The Daily Star about the global child rights situation during his visit to Bangladesh on January 14-18.
"Bangladesh making efforts to end trafficking, yet to meet basic standards"
Bangladesh has maintained its Tier 2 ranking from the previous year in the US Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for 2022.
Justice obstructed
Law enforcers had been nonchalant for years when thousands of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis were facing heinous crimes, including murders and burial in mass graves, in the bordering hilly regions of Thailand and Malaysia.
4 ‘human traffickers’ held in Dhaka, Kishoreganj
A team of Police Bureau of Investigation claims to have arrested four people in Dhaka and Kishoreganj for their involvement with a trafficking ring and also rescued one person from Libya in this connection.
Bangladesh failed at times to control security forces: US
The United States has said the government of Bangladesh took 'limited measures' to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces. The US, in its 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, claimed authorities failed at times to maintain effective control over security forces.
3 ‘human traffickers’ held in Cox’s Bazar
Three people are detained in Cox’s Bazar for their alleged involvement with human trafficking.
5 ‘int’l human organ traffickers’ placed on 3-day remand
A Dhaka court grants three-day remand against each of the five people held in connection with a case filed against them for their alleged involvement with international human organ trafficking syndicate.
Malaysia finds mass graves of 24 suspected human trafficking victims
Malaysian authorities have found mass graves containing the remains of more than 20 people believed to be human trafficking victims near the border with Thailand, police said.
US upgrades Malaysia in annual human trafficking report
The US is upgrading Malaysia from lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centres, a move that could smooth way for an ambitious US-led free-trade deal with the Southeast Asian nation and 11 other countries.
Unskilled, trapped in foreign lands
Alauddin Mollick, son of landless poor farmer Shahadat Mollick, had to drop out from school when he was in ninth grade due to abject poverty.