Human rights
Human rightsCase under Official Secrets Act
Journalist Rozina Islam appears in court
Prothom Alo journalist Rozina Islam on Tuesday appeared before a court in a case filed under Penal Code and Official Secrets Act
Crime cannot be quelled by ‘gunfights’
Why can the law enforcement agencies not arrest the accused alive? There is no answer to that
Rohingya sue Facebook for $150bn over hate speech
The legal complaint argues that Facebook’s algorithms drive susceptible users to join ever-more extreme groups, a situation that is “open to exploitation by autocratic politicians and regimes”
US, West blast Taliban over reported 'summary killings' of ex-security forces
The United States on Saturday led a group of Western nations and allies in condemnation of the Taliban over the "summary killings" of former members of the Afghan security forces reported by rights ...
Afghan babies succumb to hunger as winter descends
The Doctors Without Borders (MSF)-run facility in Herat, western Afghanistan's biggest city, seeks to help the community cope with a public health system on its last legs, hobbled by the withdrawal ...
Violence against women, children
1,002 cases filed in 20 districts in Jan-Oct: Rights alliance
As many as 1,002 cases were filed over violence against women and children in 20 districts of the country from January to October this year, a rights body alliance said.
Clearing Afghanistan's landmines one careful step a time
About 41,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or wounded by landmines and unexploded ordnance since 1988, according to the United Nations Mine Action Service
I’m in favour of crossfire: State minister for industries
I’m in favour of crossfire because hundreds of thousands of people pass sleepless nights because of criminals, says state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder
Migrant workers from Bangladesh suffer under Singapore Covid curbs
More than 300,000 migrant workers, many of them from South Asia, live in dorms in the prosperous city-state, where they are typically packed into shared rooms and sleep on bunk beds
What is to be done with 'stranded Pakistanis'?
The Pakistan government cannot evade their historical responsibility towards these people either. They certainly have much to do for these affected persons
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