On January 24, an ambulance carrying the bodies of Kaniz Surbana Swarnali and her nine-month-old son, Nazim, reportedly arrived at Jashore Central Jail around 7pm.

Why can't Bangladesh ditch the inhumane colonial practice of arbitrary fettering?

The incident where an accused BNP leader was seen cuffed and fettered during his mother’s namaz-e-janaza in Gazipur has touched off outrage among rights activists and citizens.