The recently published Human Rights Watch report is “one-sided, unacceptable and politically-motivated”, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday.

The security forces in Bangladesh continued to commit crimes such as enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings with impunity, said Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2022.

The government should provide constitutional recognition to the indigenous people and take special measures for their economic, social and cultural development, urged the Parliamentary Caucus on Indigenous Peoples and Minority Affairs at a discussion yesterday.

“Remove water, save people” was the slogan that around a thousand residents of a waterlogged Bhabadah were heard chanting while besieging the deputy commissioner’s office in Jashore yesterday.

Fahima Begum, a 40-year-old domestic worker from Mirpur’s Kazipara area, was desperately running to print and photocopy shops in her area over two days in order to apply for the birth certificate of her five-year-old daughter Sathi.

A total of 3,703 incidents of torture and sexual violence against children and women took place across the country between January and December 2021, revealed a report of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad yesterday.

Planning Minister MA Mannan today said it was really sad that a person with disability (PWD) receives around Tk 10,000 as allowance per year, even though the per capita income of Bangladesh crossed USD 2,500.

Nine-year-old Jeba (not her real name) has been having a very difficult time with excessive genital bleeding and pain, which has limited her ability to walk.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) cannot carry out independent investigations into allegations of human rights violations by law enforcement agencies due to legal bindings, said its chairperson Nasima Begum yesterday.

International Federation for Human Rights, a coalition of 192 human rights organisations, called for targeted sanctions against entities responsible for serious human rights violations in Bangladesh.

A reporter and a photojournalist of The Daily Star have been honoured with the UNICEF Meena Media Awards-2021 that recognises excellence in journalism promoting the cause of children.

Three years after the murder of Councillor Ekramul Haque in Teknaf, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Nasima Begum was found unaware of the incident’s legal situation.

The High Court today expressed discontent as one Mim Akhter was denied police job despite qualifying in the relevant exam since “she has no permanent address”.

Human rights is fundamental to a functioning democracy, three European envoys said at an event yesterday. 

Amid raging protests, the government has issued a gazette notification regarding the demand for half fare for students for “city service” buses in all metropolitan areas.

Although the country has seen massive development since its independence, the indigenous people are still faced with inequity due to the government’s apathy, said leaders of indigenous communities in Dinajpur yesterday.

A day after United States imposed human rights-related sanctions on Rab and its seven current and former top officials, its spokesperson today claimed that the force does not violate human rights.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) today called upon Bangladesh authorities to stop “tormenting families and provide information on the whereabouts of their loved ones disappeared by security forces”.

Last week, history was created in a rural Bangladesh town when a transgender candidate was elected Union Parishad chairman, winning twice the number of votes her nearest rival got.

Thousands of agitating students today blocked Rampura Bridge -- protesting the death of SSC examinee Mainuddin Islam Durjoy in a bus accident.