Dhaka, Feb 11 (IANS) As Bangladesh prepares to vote in its 13th Parliamentary elections on Thursday, incidents of political violence and attacks on journalists have surged across the country, local media reported on Wednesday, citing a Dhaka-based human rights organisation.In its latest findings, the rights group Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) revealed that at least 47 journalists were subjected to violence in the first 10 days of February, following 16 in January, and 11 in December 2025, raising se…
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Dhaka, Feb 6 (IANS) Five people, including a child, were injured after unidentified assailants opened fire during an election campaign in the Ali Khali Rohingya camp area of Teknaf upazila in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, local media reported on Friday. The incident took place in Block A/04 of Camp-25 at the Ali Khali Rohingya camp on Thursday at around 8:30 pm (local time). Teknaf Model police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mohammad Saiful Islam confirmed the incident, Bangladesh’s leading daily …
Dhaka, Feb 5 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Editors’ Council has urged authorities and local political parties to ensure the safety of journalists who will be covering the upcoming national elections on February 12, local media reported on Thursday. In a statement on Thursday, the council stated, “Journalists face various risks while carrying out their duties of collecting and disseminating news during elections, and ensuring the safety and security of journalists working in the field is a very important i…
Dhaka, Feb 3 (IANS) With the law and order situation worsening in Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus led interim government, political violence has continued to rise sharply across the country ahead of the February 12 national election as casualties in January increased significantly in comparison to December 2025, local media reported on Tuesday citing a Dhaka-based human rights organisation. In its latest findings, the rights group Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) recorded a surge in political viole…
Dhaka, Jan 20 (IANS) Bangladesh witnessed a sharp rise in crime incidents in 2025, with police data showing a significant increase in cases of theft, robbery, mugging, banditry and kidnapping across the country, local media reported on Tuesday.Citing data from the Bangladesh Police website, the country’s leading Bengali daily Prothom Alo reported that 1,935 robbery cases were recorded nationwide in 2025, marking a 37 per cent rise from 2024.The data recorded 702 cases of robbery last year, a 4…
Dhaka, Jan 13 (IANS) With Bangladesh moving closer to its 13th parliamentary election scheduled for February, a sharp rise in violence, including targeted killings and the widespread use of illegal firearms, has sparked growing fear among political parties and prospective candidates across the country, according to local media reports.Reports suggest that killings linked to political rivalry, the struggle for dominance, and personal disputes have escalated, fuelling growing security concerns amo…
Ottawa, Jan 7 (IANS) A leading international advocacy group has raised grave concerns over a surge in extrajudicial killings across Bangladesh under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government. Citing various media reports, Canada-based ‘Global Centre for Democratic Governance (GCDG) stated that at least 85 individuals have been subjected to extrajudicial execution since September 8, 2024, while human rights observers believe the actual number is significantly higher.The organisation alleged that …
Dhaka, Jan 2 (IANS) The human rights situation in Bangladesh’s Chattogram Hill Tracts worsened in 2025 as the government did not implement the 1997 CHT Peace Accord, Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti (PCJSS) revealed in its Annual Human Rights Report 2025, local media reported on Friday. According to the report, no meaningful progress in implementing the accord was made under the interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus. Nearly two-thirds of the accord, including its core provisions, h…
Dhaka, Dec 31 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation in Bangladesh highlighted widespread rights abuses across the country, including mob violence, extrajudicial killings, deaths in custody, minority persecution, killings in political violence, and suppression of press freedom, local media reported on Wednesday.In its latest report, Dhaka-based Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) revealed that “mob terrorism” has increased at an alarming rate throughout 2025.As per the findings, mob violence claimed 1…