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".

The country’s newspapers have made significant contribution to the Liberation War struggle, creating a nation as well as establishing democracy, said speakers yesterday.

Freedom of expression continued to be heavily curtailed by draconian laws in Bangladesh in 2021, Amnesty International said.

“Freedom of expression continued to be heavily curtailed by draconian laws” in Bangladesh in 2021, Amnesty International has said.

Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill 2022 was placed in parliament today, increasing facilities in jobs for journalists and other employees.

Raising awareness among parents against child marriage, while addressing other underlying issues that force them to marry off their children at an early age are vital to fight the menace, said speakers at a seminar yesterday.

The Information and Communication Technology Division has finalised the draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill and is preparing to place it before the cabinet for approval.

There are around 8,49,000 female labourers in Bangladesh, 78 percent of whom are involved in agriculture.

Bangladesh Hindu-Bouddha-Christian Oikya Parishad yesterday submitted a memorandum to the prime minister, demanding that the ruling Awami League materialise their election manifesto on protecting the minorities.

Ensuring basic amenities should not be a state charity, rather it should be about ensuring the rights of citizens, said Prof Mizanur Rahman, former head of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday.

The government is working to ensure rights and accurate payments of workers and also for their better work environment, said Law Minister Anisul Huq.

Bangladesh government is working to ensure rights and accurate  payments of workers and also for their better work environment, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said.

The new draft social media regulation poses a threat to freedom of expression, said Global Network Initiative (GNI), a collective of top tech companies and rights bodies of the world.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday urged the government to meaningfully respond to United Nations’ concerns regarding grave allegations of torture, enforced disappearance, and extrajudicial killings in the country.

Human Rights Watch today urged the Bangladesh government to meaningfully respond to United Nations' concerns regarding grave allegations of torture, enforced disappearance, and extrajudicial killings in the country.

UN human rights experts have called on Bangladesh to immediately cease reprisals against human rights defenders and relatives of forcibly disappeared persons for their activism and co-operation with international human rights bodies and UN mechanisms.