Education, empowerment and awareness are essential to mitigate early marriage, said speakers at a seminar yesterday.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, a group working on road safety, today demanded Tk 10 lakh for the family of each victim killed in road accidents and Tk 5 lakh for the injured persons

Transparency International Bangladesh today expressed deep concern over the abrupt removal of the National River Conservation Commission’s chairman, saying it goes against the government’s commitment to protect rivers

Several hundred locals formed a human chain today to save a 69-year-old playground in the Savar’ Kabirpur area

Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee leaders have expressed optimism that there will be days when the Hidnu community would not need police security to celebrate Durga Puja

Implementation of existing laws and widespread awareness is crucial to prevent sexual harassment against women and girls online, said rights-based civil society members yesterday

More than 300 garment workers of Gazipur gathered in front of Dhaka Labor Building Factory Directorate demanding salary bonus and reopening of factory.

Benapole Truck Motor Workers' Union has stopped working for an indefinite period since this afternoon as Petrapole Port Authority in India did not return the body of a Bangladeshi truck driver

A group of leaders and activists of left-leaning student organisations yesterday urged the university authorities to hold Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) polls before the the upcoming National election

The Cabinet today in principle approved the draft of Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act, 2023, increasing the maternity leave to 120 days from 112 days (16 weeks)

Bangladesh authorities must immediately and impartially investigate the attack on journalist Mosharraf Shah and hold the perpetrators accountable, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Friday

Journalist leaders today protested US Ambassador Peter Haas' recent remarks on US visa policy, noting that such a statement is an unwanted interference and pressure on the free media in Bangladesh

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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