SSC student deaths: Aachol Foundation seeks govt intervention to prevent suicides
16 August 2026
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Rights
Journalism must not be equated with participation in crimes: Ain o Salish Kendra
16 August 2026
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Rights
Rangamati journalists rally for release of colleague Saykat Ranjan
13 August 2026
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Rights
Journalists demand access to SC courtrooms
12 August 2026
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Rights
BLAST demands justice for tortured sisters in Shariatpur
9 August 2026
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Rights
Scrapping CHT Accord would require even stronger deal: Shishir Chakma
9 August 2026
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Rights
Pirgachha police station besieged over JCD leader’s death in Savar
9 August 2026
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Rights
‘Law to protect men’: High Court rejects writ petition
6 August 2026
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Rights
17 killed in mob violence, 6 in political clashes in July: HRSS report
4 August 2026
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Rights
Draft law makes enforced disappearance convicts financially liable to victims’ families
3 August 2026
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Rights
ASK concerned over 'forced closures of food shops' during Ramadan
Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra today expressed grave concern over the reported incidents of forced closures of food shops during Ramadan in various parts of the country.
5 March 2025
July uprising: Dietary allowance raised to Tk 250 per injured patient
The health ministry has directed the relevant authorities to increase the dietary allowance for injured and admitted patients of the student-led mass uprising to improve the quality of their food
5 March 2025
Farmers stage demo in Netrokona demanding electricity for irrigation
Farmers in Kalmakanda upazila of Netrokona staged a demonstration today, demanding the immediate restoration of an electricity connection needed to operate an irrigation pump during the ongoing Boro cultivation season.
5 March 2025
Crime, moral policing: ‘Ensure safety or step down’
Protesters burned an effigy of Home Affairs Adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday, demanding his removal from office over his failure to curb the worsening security situation.
3 March 2025
Rights violations persists in Feb
HRSS monthly report paints grim picture
3 March 2025
Protest erupts over alleged closure plan for Magura Medical College
Students and locals block highway in demonstration
2 March 2025
State-run agency's labour migration mainly limited to 2 countries
Labour sending by Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd (Boesl) remained limited mainly to two countries although it has explored more than 20 countries in past 14 years
2 March 2025
Tongi traders demand Bailey bridge over Turag river
Local traders in Tongi, Gazipur, staged a demonstration today, demanding the reconstruction of a Bailey bridge over the Turag river on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway.
1 March 2025
Madrasa students briefly block Cumilla-Sylhet highway
Teachers and students from Qawmi madrasas briefly blocked the Cumilla-Sylhet highway in Brahmanbaria today, demanding withdrawal of cases filed against Islamic scholars (Alems) and madrasa students in 2016, 2020, and 2021
26 February 2025
Enforced Disappearance: Mayer Dak files 100 complaints with ICT
One hundred complaints have been lodged with the office of the chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal over alleged enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings during the 15 years of Awami League rule.
25 February 2025
Protest in Dinajpur against alleged land grabbing of Kali temple
Local residents and members of the Hindu community in Dinajpur’s Fulbari upazila staged a demonstration today, protesting the alleged land grabbing of a Kali Temple in the area
25 February 2025
Promotion row: Specialised doctors to observe work abstention from March 8-10
Specialised doctors across the country will observe a two-hour work abstention, termed "Kalam Biroti," for three days from March 8 if the government does not grant their due promotions
25 February 2025
Prioritise women’s safety
Rights groups have expressed deep concern over the worsening law and order situation in Bangladesh, citing a rise in gender-based violence, harassment, and restrictions on women’s mobility.
24 February 2025
Mahila Parishad condemns rising sexual violence, calls for urgent action
Citing reports published in the media, the statement highlighted a series of brutal crimes against women in different parts of the country
23 February 2025
Barapukuria Coal Mine: Indefinite strike called for job regularisation
Outsourcing employees of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) in Dinajpur launched an indefinite strike today, demanding job regularisation and to realise their five key demands
23 February 2025
Ensure safety or go
Protesters tell govt as demonstrations held against rising cases of rape, mugging, robbery
23 February 2025
2 hurt as cops use sound grenades, water cannons to disperse protesters
Police today dispersed outsourced employees using sound grenades and water cannons after they blocked the road in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital for about six hours
22 February 2025
Multilingual communities call for language preservation, cultural recognition
Speakers at an event today called for the recognition of the languages of diverse indigenous groups, constitutional acknowledgment, and rightful land ownership.
22 February 2025
Students block road demanding dredging on Sowai in Netrokona
A group of students today staged a demonstration demanding dredging of a 400-metre section on the Sowai river in Netrokona
20 February 2025
Barapukuria Coal Mine: Locals stage sit-in for compensation
Residents of 12 villages surrounding the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur today began an indefinite sit-in at the mine’s entrance to press home their six-point demands
20 February 2025