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OHCHR recommends disbanding Rapid Action Battalion, cease death penalty
An OHCHR fact-finding mission documented serious abuses, including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, torture, and mass arrests, in response to the 2024 quota reform and subsequent anti-government protests.
UN rights chief suggests pursuing ICC, universal jurisdiction to bring back offenders
Dhaka, February 13 (Prothom Alo): The brutal response to the student-people movement in July and August last year was a calculated and well-coordinated strategy by the former government to hold onto power, said Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights. While disclosing...
Islamic zealots in Bangladesh force cancellation of Lalon commemoration
Last October, a member of the cabinet, Farida Akhtar, had hailed Lalon as a champion of equality
Reuters Exclusive: Bangladesh seeks full power supply restoration from Adani plant
Three months of reduced sales with supplies halved due to low winter demand and payment disputes.
Stall in Dhaka book fair selling Taslima Nasrin’s books attacked
Ensure safety of writers and publishers at book fair, says The Daily Star and Chief Advisor DR.Yunus condemns attack.
Chaos and vandalism have become hallmarks post-Hasina Bangladesh
The exit of Sheik Hasina held out hopes of a return to the Rule of Law, but events following her departure have belied those hopes
China objects to maps and information in Bangladesh textbooks
China has raised objections regarding two Bangladeshi textbooks and the map of Asia displayed on the website of the Department of Survey, alleging that Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin have been “incorrectly” depicted as part of India
Bangladesh launches ‘Operation Devil Hunt’ after ex-minister’s supporters resist ‘vandalism’
Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus’s government ordered "Operation Devil Hunt" calling out army troops as a protest by the student organisation was underway in Gazipur
The Daily Star edit on the multiple ill-effects of unbridled lawlessness
Gives Bangladesh a bad name and Sheikh Hasina a reason to say that she stood in the way of chaos when she was Prime Minister
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