- Bashundhara Shuvosangho supports human chain against attack on students
- Hollywood films ‘Wicked’ and ‘Red One’ set to premiere in Bangladesh
- Bangladesh tennis team beat Yemen
- Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan urges for minimum and grant-based Allocation in COP29 negotiations
- Nations criticise vague climate finance deal at UN talks
- We’re reviewing election irregularities, plans punishment: Badiul Alam Majumder
- Death toll in Gaza surpasses 44,000
- International Criminal Court issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas officials
- Dengue takes 9 lives in 24 hrs
- Govt unveils treatment plan for injured in July-August movement
- Battery rickshaw blockade suspended until Saturday
- Akbar to be banned for two NCL matches
- Two bodies recovered in Naogaon
- Chief Adviser proud bringing Khaleda Zia to Senakunja
- I believe in free, fair, and credible election: CEC
- Shafik Rehman secures bail
- Former UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott dies at age 86
- Khaleda Zia makes first public appearance at Senakunja in 12 years
- Putin gifts over 70 animals to North Korean zoo following troop support for Russian army
- 4 foreign tourists die from methanol tainted alcohol in Laos
Saudi prince uses fund to expand power, commit abuses: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated on Wednesday that Saudi Arabias de facto ruler is using the kingdoms oil wealth fund to finance vanity projects associated with numerous human rights violations. A 93-page report from the New York-based group describes how Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has...
HRW accuses Israel of war crimes
A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) finds that the Israeli authorities have caused massive and deliberate forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, in what amounts to a war crime, reports Al Jazeera. The report author Nadia Hardman published the report in a press conference Thursday....
Roundtable meeting on ‘100 Days of Student-People's Revolution’
A roundtable meeting organized by The Millennium University and the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) on the theme 100 Days of Student-Peoples Revolution convened prominent political leaders, civil society representatives, and journalists to discuss the current political landscape and...
US launches airstrikes on Syria in latest military attack
US forces launched a large-scale airstrike on Monday, targeting nine facilities linked to various Iranian-backed groups in Syria, according to a statement from US Central Command (Centcom). The strike is part of ongoing efforts to counter Iranian influence in the region. The US military has...
70% of Gaza war dead women and children: UN
The United Nations Human Rights Office said that it has verified 8,119 killings of Palestinians in Gaza that came in the first seven months of Israels war on the enclave, reports Al Jazeera. Nearly 70 percent of the verified deaths were women and children, it said, condemning what it called...
US special envoy to visit Europe to discuss North Korean human rights
The US Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues Ambassador Julie Turner will commence on a crucial European tour from November 5th to 8th, 2024. Her itinerary includes visits to London and Paris, where she will engage in high-level discussions with government officials, civil society...
UN fact-finding mission likely to finalise its report by early Dec: Türk
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday said the independent UN Fact Finding Mission, which is investigating atrocities committed during the July-August mass uprising in Bangladesh, would hopefully finalise its report by the first week of December, reports BSS....
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk visits Dhaka Tuesday
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk arrives in Dhaka on Tuesday for a two-day visit to Bangladesh, where he will hold a number of meetings with senior officials and civil society representatives, among others. During his visit, the High Commissioner is due to meet with the...
UN HR chief Volker Turk to visit Bangladesh this month
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is scheduled to pay a three-day official visit to Bangladesh in the last week of October, reports UNB. We are working on this, a senior official told the media. The UN Human Rights chief is expected to meet Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus...