Dhaka, June 19 (IANS) Bangladesh is grappling with worsening law and order concerns amid a surge in shootings, targeted killings, and armed attacks linked to political feuds and underworld rivalries, with police registering 915 murder cases across the country in three months — a daily average of more than 10 killings, local media reported.Citing analysts, Bangladesh’s newspaper ‘The Daily Star’ reported that the surge in violence is being driven by the proliferation of illegal firearms, weak p…
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Dhaka, June 18 (IANS) Political violence continues to mount across Bangladesh with the Awami League on Thursday expressing grave concern over an alleged brutal attack on a family member of a party activist in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district. According to the Awami League, the younger brother of SM Rafiq — Senior Vice President of the party’s youth wing Jubo League in Kumarkhali Upazila — was assaulted while visiting the municipal office to obtain a civic certificate. He was later rush…
Dhaka, June 12 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an escalating measles outbreak, another child has died from the symptoms of the disease on Friday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 643 since March 15 this year, local media reported.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the death was reported in the 24 hours leading up to Friday morning.The latest death from the disease was identified as suspected, Bangladeshi media outlet UNB reported.Repor…
Dhaka, June 12 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League strongly condemned the killing of a party activist in Jashore district, warning that the incident underscored persistent concerns over political violence, impunity, and the protection of fundamental human rights in the country.According to local media reports, a 40-year-old local Jubo League leader—the youth wing of the Awami League—Jewel Ahmed Rana died after being severely injured during an attack in Chaugachha upazila in Jashore on Thursday …
Dhaka, June 9 (IANS) As many as eight children have died from measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 639 since March 15 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media reported. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday morning.Among the latest fatalities, all were identified as suspected, Bangladeshi media outlet UNB r…
Dhaka, June 10 (IANS) Several international Islamic NGOs from Turkey, Pakistan, and the Middle East have established “sanctuaries” in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar, both directly and with the assistance of local NGOs, under the guise of addressing the Rohingya refugee crisis. The activities of these new emerging NGOs have become a matter of concern, with allegations that certain organisations are working to spread extremism among the Rohingya, a report has stated.”The Rohingya have long been used a…
Paris, June 10 (IANS) Several prominent international human rights organisations have filed an urgent action petition with the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), raising concerns over the alleged arbitrary arrest and detention of 49 Awami League activists, including 17 children, following a peaceful political rally in Bangladesh’s Noakhali district.The International League Against Arbitrary Detention (ILAAD), alongside Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF), made the…
Dhaka, June 9 (IANS) As Bangladesh grapples with an escalating measles outbreak, three more children have died from the symptoms of the disease on Tuesday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 631 since March 15 this year, local media reported.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday morning.Among the latest fatalities, all were identified as suspected, Bangladeshi media outlet UNB repo…
Dhaka, June 9 (IANS) Bangladeshi independent lawmaker Rumeen Farhana expressed grave concern over the worsening law and order situation in the country, local media reported.Citing statistics from Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), she said that the incidents of murder, abduction, and violence against women had surged during the Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government’s first 100 days in office.Addressing the Parliament, she drew attention to the vacant seat o…
Dhaka, June 8 (IANS) At least eight more children died from measles and similar symptoms of the disease in Bangladesh on Monday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 628 since March 15 this year, as the country grapples with an escalating health crisis, local media reported.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Monday morning.Among the eight fatalities, one was a confirmed measles death, whil…