Police visited the scenes and recovered the bodies

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A Rangamati court has sentenced Mikel Chakma, an organiser of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), along with one Suman Chakma, to eight years imprisonment in a 2007 extortion case.

Asaduzzaman Khan in 2017 dismissed report on enforced disappearances as a ‘smear campaign’, HRW recalls

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Confesses to police after bodies recovered

As Bangladesh looks toward its next national election, women leaders yesterday called for sweeping reforms to ensure fair and proportional political representation for women, who make up more than half of the country’s population.

Major political parties yesterday said they would decide whether to sign the July Charter only after reviewing the National Consensus Commission’s recommendations for the government on how to implement the charter.

The National Citizen Party will reject registration if the Election Commission (EC) does not allocate the Shapla as its electoral symbol, said its Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary yesterday.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue has recommended that the National Consensus Commission drop its proposal to form a bicameral parliament, saying Bangladesh’s historical and structural realities do not support a second chamber at this stage.

The government is introducing an amendment to the Cyber Security Ordinance 2025 that will grant immediate reprieve to those accused or convicted under certain sections of the now defunct Digital Security Act (DSA).

The Advisory Council yesterday approved the Personal Data Protection Ordinance, 2025, making social media platforms and foreign and local tech companies answerable to the courts of Bangladesh regarding the handling of restricted personal data and confidential personal data of Bangladeshi citizens.

Acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam, along with more than 140 journalists, medics, and human rights activists, was taken to Ketziot Prison yesterday following their detention by Israeli forces.

Human Rights Watch has said Bangladesh’s interim government is “increasingly using the recently amended counterterrorism law to arrest alleged supporters of the deposed Awami League government”.

Asif Mahmud, a key leader of Students Against Discrimination, yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that the then prime minister and home minister had ordered the killings of him and other coordinators when they were in DB custody last year.

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With immunisation coverage hovering between 80 and 84 percent for over a decade, health experts yesterday urged the government to address manpower shortages and revise the urban immunisation plan to reach the 95 percent target.

The human rights situation in Bangladesh remained “alarming” during the first nine months of this year, with at least 107 people killed in political violence and 130 others in mob beatings, according to Human Rights Support Society (HRSS).

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman yesterday said a free and fair election is essential to ensuring the continuity of democracy in the country.