Says BILS study

Seventy five intern nurses of the Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital went on strike today for an indefinite period demanding internship allowance

Leaders of the Bangladesh Hindu Association ((BHA) UK have urged the government to ensure the safety of their fellow members and relatives in Bangladesh during the Durga Puja and the upcoming election

The Forum for Freedom of Expression, Bangladesh yesterday demanded that the government repeal the newly-enacted Cyber Security Act 2023, saying the new law is “anti-people” and repressive like the now-repealed Digital Security Act.

The government needs to form a separate ministry and a commission for the welfare and protection of the country’s minority community, said speakers at a discussion yesterday.

Rights activist and former president of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) Sultana Kamal today said that there is no true politician in the country at present

The International Chittagong Hill Tracts Commission (CHTC) in a statement today expressed deep concern over the ongoing lawsuits against the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regulation, 1900, and called for its defense

Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon at an event today stressed that the crisis in the Chattogram Hill Tracts can be solved politically and not through militarisation

The government needs to form a separate ministry and a commission for the welfare and protection of the country’s minority community, said speakers at a discussion

The BCS General Education Association's central committee today announced a nationwide one-day work abstention on October 2 calling for sweeping reforms

Alleges Sultana Kamal

In the wake of cuts to global aid, humanitarian actors urged organisations working in the development sector to be better prepared and resilient by exerting Core Humanitarian Quality and Accountability Standard (CHS), a mechanism developed to improve accountability of aid

A platform of lawyers under the banner of United Lawyers Front (ULF) yesterday organised a road-march programme near the Supreme Court demanding the government to send BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia abroad for her better treatment

Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad called off their 48-hour hunger strike this afternoon after assurances from the ruling Awami League of implementing laws to protect minorities

Global watchdog CIVICUS Monitor yesterday added Bangladesh to its watchlist of countries experiencing rapid declines in civic freedoms.

Two hundred and eighty-eight lawyers of the Supreme Court in a statement have strongly protested the European Parliament’s resolution on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, particularly in the case of Odhikar’s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan.

Global watchdog CIVICUS Monitor today added Bangladesh to its watchlist of countries experiencing rapid declines in civic freedoms

Two hundred and eighty-eight lawyers of the Supreme Court in a statement have strongly protested the European Parliament's resolution on the human rights situation in Bangladesh, particularly in the case of Odhikar's Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan

Private clinic and hospital owners in Rajshahi have resumed all medical surgeries this afternoon calling off a strike which they called over the ‘unilateral’ hike of fees by anesthesiologists

Sheikh Hasina says UN must lead by example to bring women in leadership positions