Dhaka, March 26 (IANS) At least eighteen bodies were retrieved after a bus carrying dozens of passengers plunged into the Padma River from a pontoon at a terminal in Bangladesh’s Rajbari district, some 125 km south of Dhaka. The accident occurred at around 5:15 p.m. local time on Wednesday when the Dhaka-bound passenger bus lost control, overturned, and sank to an estimated depth of 80 feet, according to the Fire Service.Sultana Akhtar, Rajbari’s deputy commissioner and district magistrate, told…
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Dhaka, March 19 (IANS) Several rights groups have written to Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, urging him to take concrete steps to protect human rights and uphold press freedom in the country.In a joint letter, the Committee to Protect Journalists and eight other human rights organisations called on the Bangladeshi government to publicly affirm its commitment to press freedom and media independence, release detained journalists, and review cases filed against journalists under the c…
Dhaka, March 11 (IANS) More than a year after Bangladesh’s July uprising, several journalists remain in jail as courts continue to reject their bail petitions in multiple cases, many of which rights groups claim are politically-motivated, according to a report by Dhaka Tribune.Media organisations, lawyers and international bodies have raised concerns over the prolonged detention of journalists without trial, questioning the legal basis of many of the cases filed against them.The Commonwealth J…