Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) Bangladesh is witnessing growing cultural intolerance with attacks targeting shrines, minorities, journalists, and cultural organisations – allegedly carried out by groups linked to the country’s radical Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami. The repeated involvement of Jamaat affiliated workers suggests tacit backing, while administrative inaction — even during attacks witnessed by police or security forces — has intensified public concerns over political pressure and impunit…
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New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Bangladesh is staring at unfinished labour reforms and if systemic change, especially higher minimum wage amid rising living costs and action on forced labour, is not achieved, the new government is likely to face major worker protests in the garment sector and beyond, a new report has warned.The government’s response will be crucial as to whether it prioritises low costs for brands or workers’ dignity, according to the report in WWD.com.There were fresh hopes for la…
London, May 29 (IANS) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s legal counsel has written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, raising serious concerns about the UN Fact-Finding Report published on February 12 last year regarding Bangladesh 2024 protests, calling the findings “highly inaccurate”. In his letter addressed to Turk, Steven Powles said that it had also emerged from official records of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government that th…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) A United States-Bangladesh trade deal, signed by Dhaka’s then Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, has come under severe criticism since an elected government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assumed office this February.The government will take steps regarding the trade agreement signed with Washington while preserving Bangladesh’s sovereignty and rights, ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker and Economic Affairs Secretary of the party’s central comm…
Dhaka, May 26 (IANS) Bangladesh is witnessing an alarming rise in violence against women and children, triggering widespread concern and outrage among human rights organisations.Amid increasing gender-based violence across the country, multiple alleged rape and attempted rape incidents involving women and children have been reported from several districts, sparking renewed concerns over the public safety of vulnerable groups, local media reported on Tuesday.The police took the accused into custo…
Dhaka, May 26 (IANS) As Bangladesh’s escalating measles outbreak claimed over 500 lives, public health experts and physicians have warned that mass gatherings, long-distance travel and family visits during Eid holidays could further accelerate the spread of the disease.They advised families with young children to avoid unnecessary gatherings, restrict movement and adhere to the preventive measures, cautioning that approaching the hot season may intensify the transmission risks, local media rep…
Paris, May 25 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Monday strongly condemned the alarming and systematic wave of violence against religious and ethnic minorities, including indigenous communities, in Bangladesh between January and April.Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) cited reports by the Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM), which documented a total of 505 incidents across 62 districts spanning all 8 divisions of the country –exposing a deep…
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party on Monday alleged that gross negligence and policy failures during the tenure of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has triggered an escalating measles outbreak in the country that has claimed over 500 lives. The party claimed that the recent remarks by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have confirmed that this crisis was not an accident, but the result of Yunus’ “deliberate negligence and …
Dhaka, May 24 (IANS) A total of 16 more children have died from measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in the 24 hours till 8 a.m. on Sunday, raising the death toll since March 15 to 528, local media reported. With the latest fatalities, Bangladesh reported the second highest single-death death toll for the second straight day, United News of Bangladesh (UNB) reported.On Saturday, Bangladesh reported 13 fatalities from measles and similar symptoms.All the 16 new deaths were classified as suspected …
Dhaka, May 23 (IANS) At least 13 more people have died from measles and measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh on Saturday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 512, local media reported.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Saturday morning.Among the 13 fatalities, one was a confirmed measles death, while the remaining 12 died with symptoms of the disease, Bangladesh’s leading newspaper, The Da…