Dhaka, May 6 (IANS) At least six children died from measles and measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh, pushing the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 317, as the country grapples with an alarming health crisis, according to local media reports. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday morning.The DGHS stated that among the six fatalities, two patients had tested positive for measles, while four die…
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Dhaka, May 5 (IANS) As the crackdown on pro-Awami League lawyers intensifies across Bangladesh, several have accused Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed lawyers of obstruction and assault while attempting to collect nomination papers for the upcoming Chattogram District Bar Association (CDBA) election, local media reported. The incident unfolded on Monday afternoon at the Bar Library entrance in the Bar Association when a group of lawyers, led by pro-Awami League presidential candidate Abdur Ras…
Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) Bangladesh’s professional bodies are increasingly divided along partisan lines, leading to the sidelining of professional standards in favour of political interests. This trend serves personal ambition, including securing leadership positions and exploiting opportunities, often under the guise of party loyalty, a report said on Monday.Mahfuz Anam, Editor of leading Bangladeshi newspaperThe Daily Star, wrote that doctors, lawyers, engineers, journalists, and members of many …
Dhaka, May 2 (IANS) Bangladesh’s rural workforce continues to witness a significant wage disparity, with women earning less than their male counterparts despite undertaking identical tasks, according to a report. Field observations and interaction with workers in the Thakurgaon district indicated that women are often paid lower wages than men despite working similar hours and putting in equal effort, according to a report in the leading Bangladeshi newspaper, The Daily Star.During the conversati…
Dhaka, May 2 (IANS) Four more children have died with symptoms of measles in Bangladesh, raising the death toll to 280 since March 15, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has announced, as the country continues to grapple with the disease. Citing the data from DGHS, the local media reported that 170 new suspected measles cases were identified in a span of 24 hours until Friday, taking the total of suspected cases to 38,301 people.The DGHS recorded 115 new confirmed measles cases du…
Dhaka, May 1 (IANS) At least 72 workers were killed and 573 injured in workplace accidents across Bangladesh in the first three months of 2026 — more than three times the number recorded during the same period last year, local media reported, citing a human rights organisation.The findings were presented on Thursday by Dhaka-based Human Rights Support Society (HRSS) at a discussion titled “Workers’ Rights are Human Rights”, organised ahead of International Workers’ Day.According to the …
Dhaka, April 28 (IANS) Alice Edwards, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, highlighted the absence of an “A-status” National Human Rights Commission in Bangladesh and a national preventive mechanism against custodial torture, describing violence in the country as deeply embedded, systemic, and enduring, local media reported. She made the remarks while speaking at a consultation meeting on strengthening prevention and accountability frameworks for torture in Bangladesh, held at t…
Dhaka, April 27 (IANS) Bangladeshi police have failed to complete investigations in more than 90 per cent of the 1,855 cases filed over killings and violence during the July 2024 protests, even after nearly two years of the incidents, according to a report. The delay has intensified concern and frustration among victims’ families and those alleging false implication in the cases.Citing the Police Headquarters (PHQ) data, Bangladesh’s leading newspaper, The Daily Star, reported that among the cas…
Dhaka, April 27 (IANS) The members of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association have decided to ban pro-Awami League lawyers from contesting the upcoming annual elections scheduled for May 13 and 14, 2026, citing the legal prohibition on the party’s activities.The move was finalised at an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of SCBA general members held at Dhaka on Sunday afternoon, local media reported.The SCBA Senior Vice President Humayun Kabir Manju, a pro-Bangladesh Nationalist Party (B…
Dhaka, April 25 (IANS) The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government has allowed several structural legal reforms to be diluted, dismantled, or left vulnerable to the same fate since assuming power. Ordinances intended to address enforced disappearance, improve human rights conditions, and strengthen judicial independence have stalled amid political inertia, a report said on Saturday.According to an editorial report in Bangladesh’s leading newspaper, The Daily Star, Bangladesh’s civ…