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'Declare violence against women, children a national emergency'
23 May 2026, 21:41 PM
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19 May 2026, 22:02 PM
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TIB condemns attack on Shah Ali Shrine, urges exemplary punishment, fair probe
16 May 2026, 19:42 PM
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Gender detection before birth facilitates discrimination against female children: HC
11 May 2026, 17:26 PM
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Amnesty says interim govt curbed freedoms in 2025
9 May 2026, 20:35 PM
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Don’t glorify, don’t dehumanise: Pakistan’s Dawn editor on covering militancy
7 May 2026, 19:48 PM
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MJF demands sexual harassment committees in all madrasas
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Nadim murder a blow to free journalism, say Ctg journos
Protesting the murder of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim in Jamalpur, leaders of Chattogram Union of Journalists today said such brutal killing is a blow to free journalism.
17 June 2023, 12:00 PM
Child labour on the rise, ILO says
Some 160 million children worldwide are still being put to work, according to the International Labour Organization
13 June 2023, 07:05 AM
NID correction to be made easy
The Election Commission has moved to ease the hassle for people in correcting information on National ID Cards
8 June 2023, 14:16 PM
Legal notice sent to Bidyanondo Foundation seeking clarification on donation
A woman has sent a legal notice to Kishore Kumar Das, chairman of the Bidyananda Foundation, seeking information on how her donation to the foundation was spent..Supreme Court lawyer Md Haider Tanviruzzaman said yesterday that the notice was issued on Tuesday on behalf of Sabiha Rahman Nit
17 May 2023, 19:11 PM
Govt needs time to amend labour law: Law minister
Law Minister Anisul Huq today said the government needs a reasonable amount of time to amend the labour law.
16 May 2023, 16:50 PM
UN Women holds event on preventing violence against women
UN Women Bangladesh held a learning-sharing event at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) today showcasing the remarkable results achieved by the Combatting Gender-Based Violence (CGBV) project
10 May 2023, 15:17 PM
Journalism is no crime
Foreign diplomats at a discussion today highlighted the importance of a free and independent press in any democracy
3 May 2023, 13:18 PM
World Press Freedom Index 2023: Bangladesh slips 1 notch to 163
Bangladesh has slipped one notch in this year's World Press Freedom Index, prepared by Reporters Without Borders, also known as Reporters sans frontières (RSF)
3 May 2023, 05:04 AM
Repeal DSA, demands TIB marking World Press Freedom Day
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), a civil society watchdog, has again called for the repeal of the Digital Security Act on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day.
2 May 2023, 18:20 PM
‘Ensure press freedom and freethinking’
Transparency International Bangladesh has called upon the government to ensure fundamental rights, including the security of journalists and create an amiable ambience for freethinking, freedom of the press and the right to the free flow of information.
2 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Historic May Day today
The historic May Day will be observed in Bangladesh today as elsewhere across the world with due respect
30 April 2023, 19:48 PM
‘It’s unacceptable, unconstitutional’
Women rights activists and groups have expressed their shock and serious concern over an incident involving Krishak Sramik Janata League leader Abdul Kader Siddique, who prevented the Sakhipur Upazila Nirbahi Officer from performing a guard of honour for deceased freedom fighter Abdul Hamid, simply because the UNO was a woman.
30 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Policy regarding domestic workers: Protection remains only on paper
The Domestic Workers Protection and Welfare Policy 2015, which aims to safeguard the rights and well-being of over two million domestic workers -- mostly women and children -- have remained unimplemented for the past eight years due to the government’s lack of political will and negligence.
30 April 2023, 18:00 PM
DSA will be amended before polls to some extent if necessary
Says Anisul Huq
29 April 2023, 17:53 PM
Health service, protection, a legal right of labourers
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq yesterday urged all relevant stakeholders, including, owners, labourers and government to work sincerely in order to ensure a congenial atmosphere at workplaces, saying that having health service and protection is the legal right of every labourer.
28 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Bride-groom demand repeal of DSA during reception
Many brides and grooms from all over the world have come to the limelight by organising fancy weddings which make for great photos on social media
26 April 2023, 17:31 PM
Rana Plaza tragedy victims remembered in Savar
A candlelight vigil was held in Savar today as relatives, and leaders and activists of different labour organisations remembered the victims of the Rana Plaza tragedy.
23 April 2023, 17:46 PM
31 orgs demand scrapping of DSA
Thirty-one social and cultural organisations today demanded the scrapping of the Digital Security Act and other repressive laws to ensure people’s freedom of expression
17 April 2023, 16:03 PM
RMG sector saw progress but still not enough: US ambassador
Although progress has been made in the garment sector for the RMG workers’ betterment following the Rana Plaza tragedy, it is nowhere enough, US Ambassador Peter Haas has said.
13 April 2023, 16:43 PM
Mahila Parishad expresses concern over extrajudicial punishment
Expressing deep concern over the barbaric flogging and stoning of a wife of an expatriate in Barajum village of Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district, Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP) has demanded the proper implementation of the Supreme Court verdict to stop extrajudicial punishment to this end.
9 April 2023, 16:52 PM