Rights
Int'l Day for Women in Maritime: Recruit more female mariners, say speakers
Experts urged Bangladeshi flagged ocean-going vessel owning companies to come forward in giving priority to recruit more female cadets from the country’s marine academies
HRFB demands not to remove Sharifa’s Tale from textbook
Refusing the recommendations made by the probe committee for the removal of "Sharifa's Tale" from the seventh-grade social science textbook, Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) demanded forming another unbiased probe committee to investigate the content
Human chain demands train stoppage at Gazipur’s Arikhola station
Residents of Gazipur’s Kaliganj upazila formed a human chain at Arikhola Railway Station today demanding the stoppage of “Egaro Sindhur” and “Chattla Express” trains at the station
Probe body recommends removal of Sharifa’s Tale
A probe committee, formed by the education ministry, has recommended the removal of the story titled “Sharifa's Tale” from the chapter on human resemblance and difference in the seventh-grade history and social science textbook
Age limit for govt job: 12 protestors get bail
A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to 12 job seekers in a case filed over their Saturday's demonstration in the capital’s Shahbagh..Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Ahmed passed the order after they filed bail petitions with the court, said a court police..Earlier in the day, S
Raising age ceiling of govt job: Police foil students' demo
Police foiled a demonstration by students and job seekers at Shahbagh intersection of Dhaka this afternoon
Akij Biri Factory: Worker protest lay-off in Lalmonirhat
Workers of Akij Biri factory in Lalmonirhat's Kaliganj upazila stopped working since morning, protesting lay-off
Shipbreaking workers rally for ration
Shipbreaking workers today demanded a food rationing system due to the rising essential commodity prices
RSF press freedom report ‘inaccurate, misleading’: Arafat
State Minister Mohammad Ali Arafat today criticised Reporters Without Borders' report on Bangladesh, calling it inaccurate and misleading
Democracy Index: Bangladesh slips two notches
Bangladesh has slipped two notches in the latest global democracy ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Now, it's ranked 75th in the world.
SDG cannot be achieved by leaving women behind: state minister
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Simin Hussan Rimi today said the Grassroots Level project on Promotion of Women Entrepreneurs for Economic Empowerment will gradually reach every upazila
Media houses can’t sack journos arbitrarily: Arafat
State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat today said that no media house can retrench journalists suddenly or with short notice
RMG workers stage demo for arrears
Several hundred workers of Abanti Colour Tex Limited, an export-oriented factory of Crony Group in BSCIC area of Fatullah, demonstrated on the factory premises for two hours in the morning
5 women get 'Joyeeta Award' in Rajshahi
The best awardees are Ila Rani Ghosh (economic), Kolyani Minj (education and employment), Rehana Parveen Mira (successful mother), Seyema Parveen (repression prevention) and Shefali Khatun (social development)
18 journos assaulted while covering Jan 7 ‘polls violence’: CPJ
At least 18 journalists were assaulted or harassed while covering alleged election irregularities and violence on January 7, 2024, Committee to Protect Journalists reported in a statement
RMG union leader Babul walks out of jail after 69 days
Garment workers' union leader Babul Hossain was released from jail on bail in Gazipur tonight, 69 days after being arrested in a vandalism and arson case
Repression, abuses discredit election: HRW
Human Rights Watch in a statement yesterday said the Bangladesh authorities suppressed dissent including by arresting people for criticising the government in social media posts, and undermined pledges of a free and fair vote with widespread repression and violence against opposition members before the national polls.
