Local BNP leaders also join the protest to express solidarity
Study surveyed 778 female workers (ages 15–27) over 24 months
Successive governments have blamed “local or foreign conspiracies” for communal violence rather than holding the perpetrators to account, Prof Anu Muhammad said yesterday.
Rights groups and political parties demand independent investigation
Barrister Jyotirmoy Barua says mainstream party leaders often tied to communal attacks
Several rights, cultural, and political groups yesterday called for urgent investigations into the violence and reported deaths in Khagrachhari, demanding immediate action to ensure justice for the victims.
Until the National Human Rights Commission, the country’s top rights watchdog that has been inactive for nearly a year, is revived and reformed, rights violations will continue unchecked, said Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh.
Urges justice for Khagrachhari minor’s rape
Vehicular movement halted for one and a half hours
Government needs to think about how they’re going to work in the digital spheres, she says
The Forum for Women’s Political Rights has called for sweeping electoral reforms to ensure women’s rightful place in parliament.
A truly independent Human Rights Commission can only thrive when it is free from political influence, says law adviser
Women in Bangladesh carried out an estimated Tk 570,000 crore worth of unpaid household and care work in 2021, according to the country’s first Household Production Satellite Account (HPSA).
The Editors’ Council yesterday expressed concern over three developments: denial of a genuine protest photograph as AI-generated, attempts to create a mob at the Dhaka Reporters Unity, and the government’s move to implement a law first drafted during the ousted Awami League government’s tenure.
Says rising inequality, climate migration threaten SDG commitments
The delegation included Roshmi Goswami, co-chair of SAHR; human rights activist Saroop Ijaz (Pakistan); Deekshya Illangasinghe, Anushaya Collure (Sri Lanka); and Sayeed Ahmed (Bangladesh).
‘Allegation of a threat entirely false,’ says CA’s Press Secretary
As the interim government moves toward finalising a Data Protection Ordinance, rights organisation ARTICLE 19 has called for the proposed framework to be firmly rooted in international human rights law and constitutional safeguards.
