As the world enters the third year of Covid-19 pandemic, “true” recovery must be gender equal, Unicef said in a statement on International Women’s Day today.

Nilufa Akhter is a 36-year-old single mother of two who lost her husband six years ago.

Noting that Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) aims to leave no one behind, speakers at a workshop have said overall development of the country is not possible by leaving female workers of tea gardens behind.

The Cabinet today decided that none under the age of 14 could be recruited for work, approving the proposal of ratifying ILO Convention-138 which restricted employment of any child below 15.

The High Court today decided to take expert opinions from some jurists and researchers as amice curiae (friends of court) on the rules of a customary law that deprives Hindu women of inheriting their deceased fathers' properties.

A recent Plan International Bangladesh survey found that 35.3 percent of girls' parents' fear of sexual harassment is a main cause for their children's marriage, and roughly 25.6 percent of girls' parents' concern of societal divisiveness is a big factor for the child's marriage.

Five UN human rights experts have expressed deep concern at the failure of the Bangladeshi authorities to complete an investigation on the murders of journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi and bring the perpetrators to justice, even after ten years.

Front Line Defenders, an Ireland-based international organisation working for the protection and security of human rights defenders around the world, has called upon the government of Bangladesh to “suspend the DSA immediately, pending a thorough, transparent and independent review of the mis/use of this legislation”.

A total of 272 women and girls faced violence in the first month of this year, said a report prepared by Bangladesh Mahila Parishad.

Speakers at a virtual roundtable yesterday said the government must ensure equal rights for women in inheritance and family property to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against them.

Speakers at a programme today demanded an amendment to the Tobacco Control Act to make all public places, including restaurants and tourist areas, 100% smoke-free.

Speakers at a virtual roundtable today said the government must ensure equal rights for women in inheritance and family property to eliminate all forms of violence and discrimination against them.

A European Parliament member has asked the European Union to impose sanctions against the Rapid Action Battalion, saying it has been involved in numerous extrajudicial killings and disappearances.

After nearly one and a half months, students took to the streets again, demanding safe roads.

The UN will look into the 12 human rights bodies’ call for banning Rab from its peacekeeping missions, said UN Secretary-General’s Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric today.

Rights activists, politicians and social workers yesterday in a protest meeting demanded a credible investigative commission for incidents of disappearance.

Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB) yesterday said the government should immediately instruct the police to stop harassing the families of the victims of enforced disappearance.

The recently published Human Rights Watch report is “one-sided, unacceptable and politically-motivated”, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday.

The security forces in Bangladesh continued to commit crimes such as enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings with impunity, said Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2022.

The government should provide constitutional recognition to the indigenous people and take special measures for their economic, social and cultural development, urged the Parliamentary Caucus on Indigenous Peoples and Minority Affairs at a discussion yesterday.