The government yesterday said the US human rights (HR) country report “heavily underplayed” Bangladesh’s existing system of accountability over law enforcement agencies while Dhaka remains “intensely engaged” with the UN mechanism and US recommendations to protect human rights.

Fifteen-year-old Md Musa is one of the many child transport workers in Chattogram, employed as a helper of a human haulier on the Chawkbazar to Halishahar Baro Pool route.

Eminent citizens today (April 17, 2022) said discriminatory behaviour should be recognised as a "punishable offence" in the proposed “anti-discrimination law” to eliminate malpractice in the country.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam today said the government will ask for explanation from the US side on the recently published human rights report, noting that there are fundamental flaws in it.

The government’s draft regulation for digital, social media and OTT platforms will be a threat to freedom of speech and people’s basic rights, experts said yesterday.

The government’s draft regulation for digital, social media and OTT platforms will be a threat to freedom of speech and curb people’s basic rights, experts said today.

Eminent citizens yesterday said the long-anticipated anti-discrimination bill sparks hope, but it should undergo significant changes before it’s passed.

Eminent citizens today said they want to be hopeful about the long-waited Anti-Discrimination Bill but significant changes have to be made before the passage of the proposed law in parliament.

Seventy-two members of the University Teachers' Network have demanded unconditional release of Hriday Chandra Mandal, the Munshiganj school teacher who is now behind bars in a case filed over demeaning religion.

Dhaka University Teachers’ Association yesterday expressed concerns over the arrest of a maths teacher of a school in Munshiganj.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday congratulated the government for placing the much anticipated anti-discrimination bill in the Jatiya Sangsad, which aims to ensure dignity and equal rights to every citizen of the country.

Manusher Jonno Foundation today congratulated the government for placing the much-anticipated anti-discrimination bill in the Jatiya Sangsad aiming to ensure people’s equal rights and uphold dignity.

A team of Bangladesh Adivasi Quota Sangrakkhan Parishad placed a memorandum to the Prime Minister’s Office for reinstating the five percent quota system in first and second class government jobs for indigenous people.

The ‘Anti-Discrimination Bill 2022’ was placed in the parliament today to protect, uphold and ensure equal rights and dignity of every Bangladeshi citizen.

Protests continued against the harassment of Tejgaon College faculty member Lata Samaddar by a police officer for wearing teep for the second day yesterday.

If the proposed regulation for the digital, social media and over-the-top (OTT) platforms is enforced, there will be a risk of Bangladesh becoming a “surveillance-based” country, Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said yesterday.

With the enactment of the proposed regulation for digital, social media, and over-the-top platforms as it is now, there is a risk that Bangladesh will transform into a “surveillance-based” country, Transparency International Bangladesh Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman said today.

Renowned actress and lawmaker Suborna Mustafa has expressed outrage in the parliament today over the reported harassment of a woman by a policeman – for wearing teep.

The proposed “Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill 2022” does not guarantee job security, related benefits and rights to media workers, Transparency International Bangladesh said today.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that children with special needs or adults who are physically challenged are not a burden on society, but rather "we should be proud of them".