As many as 304 children are currently held in custody alongside their mothers across 68 jails in the country, said Child Rights Coalition in Bangladesh yesterday.

UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis has said that equal and inalienable rights of all is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace -- values that are more important than ever in today's world

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain why it should not be directed to formulate a regulation to ensure physical and mental development of children living in condemned cells with their mothers.

Despite a surge in labour migration, many Bangladeshi migrant workers encounter challenges in host countries, including job loss due to fraud, leading to economic loss and psychological stress.

HC on children living in condemned cells with mothers

Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury has said people’s rights, equality, and justice are yet to be fully established in Bangladesh.

A joint statement from diplomatic missions in Dhaka yesterday reconfirmed their support and solidarity with those who work to defend and advance human rights, fundamental freedoms, and equality for all.

Police yesterday obstructed the protests of Mayer Daak, a platform for the  families of the victims of enforced disappearances, in front of the National Museum in the capital’s Shahbagh on the eve of Human Rights Day.

BNP and its like-minded parties will form human chains across the country to mark the International Human Rights Day today.

Says Cyber Support for Women and Children

The International Human Rights Day will be observed in the country tomorrow

A section of current and former students of Jahangirnagar University today held a human chain demanding road safety and justice for Rubel Parvez, an ex-student who died in a road accident yesterday

'Prevention of early marriage is key to achieve equal gender participation by 2030. Efforts are necessary to ensure services in every district through the 109 helpline,' says women's affairs DG

Survivor-centred and trauma-informed services are crucial to empower gender-based violence survivors, according to a UN study

Bangladesh’s continued eligibility to duty preferences to the EU, its largest export destination, has come under question because of the labour rights situation.

Says Mayor Atiqul

The proposed data protection law that was approved in principle by the cabinet yesterday does not include the recommendations from stakeholders, said Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) in a press release today

National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh (NHRCB) scored second-lowest among all the national human rights protection institutions in South Asia, according to an index.

Bangladesh’s human rights record will be examined tomorrow (Monday) by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group for the fourth time

Amnesty International yesterday said the UN member states must use the UN’s upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Bangladesh to hold the authorities accountable for “gross human rights violations and rapidly deteriorating human rights situation” ahead of the country’s general election.