indigenous
Their homes burnt, where will they go?
A report published in this daily on March 27 has once again brought to the fore how the vulnerability of indigenous communities is often used as an instrument of exploitation against them.
Huge Amazon reserve fires contained
Brazilian officials have managed to contain several forest fires that have destroyed half of an indigenous reserve in the Amazon region.
2 charged with Garo woman’s gang-rape
Rapid Action Battalion presses charges against two persons for gang-raping a 21-year-old indigenous woman in Dhaka on May 21.
Adivasis call for rights (video)
In face of hardships and struggle in everyday life, the population belonging to ethnic minority demands constitutional recognition, equal rights and dignity.
Man kills son, 3 others in Joypurhat
A man allegedly kills his six-year-old son and three members of his in-law's family in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat.
‘Rapists’ of Garo woman on 10-day remand
A Dhaka court places on 10-day remand two people arrested on charge of gang-raping a 21-year-old indigenous woman on May 21.
City of dreams turns nightmare
Condemning the gang-rape of the Garo woman on the night of April 21, eminent citizens of the country say the culture of lack of justice is what drives these incidents.
Indigenous people deprived more in 2014: report
The frequency of violation of civil and political rights to people of the ethnic minority in Bangladesh intensified further during last year, a published report says