The United Nations Human Rights Office in a fact-finding report has stated that it did not find any genuine efforts by the Sheikh Hasina government to investigate any of the serious violations and abuses committed by the state鈥檚 security forces...
The United Nations Human Rights Office in its fact-finding report on rights abuses related to July-August protests in Bangladesh has called for suspending officials, including those at the command and leadership level...
Police Thursday afternoon charged batons and sprayed water through canons on the protesting assistant teachers of government primary schools, whose appointments were cancelled by a court order, after they blocked the Shahbagh crossing, demanding their appointments...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency Bangladesh office on Wednesday announced the launch of a videography contest to engage the public in sharing their personal experiences with the MRT Line 6 developed with JICA鈥檚 cooperation...
The members of erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles, who were dismissed and imprisoned after the 2009 BDR massacre, and their families on Wednesday suspended their protests demanding reinstatement of their jobs and the release of the detained BDR members...
The ousted prime minister and Awami League president, Sheikh Hasina, herself ordered security forces to kill protesters and hide their bodies to quell the student-led protests in July 2024 in Bangladesh, according to a report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
The workers of Pacific Casuals Limited staged a demonstration for an increase in food and medical allowances in the Chattogram Export Processing Zone in the district on Monday...
Keir Starmer has urged other world leaders to take an HIV test, after becoming the first serving British prime minister and G7 leader to take a public test on camera...
Women from different walks of life at a protest rally on Sunday said that the culture of impunity in cases of violence, attacks, and cyberbullying against women has continued during the interim government, just as it did under the ousted Awami League regime...
Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne said Sunday it had been 鈥榓 very emotional day鈥� after his 100th and final Test ended with a defeat to Australia.
Australia wrapped up a dominant 2-0 sweep of the Test series against Sri Lanka at Galle on Sunday, romping to a nine-wicket victory before lunch on day four.
Leaders and activists of Students Against Discrimination and political platform Jatiya Nagorik Committee on Saturday held protest rallies and processions over the Friday night attack on students, leaving 15 people injured in Gazipur.
Australia are two wickets away from ending Sri Lanka's second innings in the second Test Saturday, with the hosts reeling at 211-8 at stumps on day three in Galle.
Another inter-district girls鈥� football match was halted amid protests by leaders and activists of Islami Andolan Bangladesh at Taraganj in Rangpur Thursday afternoon...
Australia were firmly in the driving seat despite a spirited Sri Lankan fightback to reach 229-9 at stumps on day one of the second Test in Galle on Thursday.
A sub-inspector of Uttara West police station was withdrawn early Wednesday, hours after Tuesday evening鈥檚 detention of three students of the Students Against Discrimination in the capital鈥檚 Uttara...
The Bangladesh Petroleum Dealers, Distributors, Agents and Petrol Pump Owners Association withdrew its strike eight hours after it had called for an indefinite strike in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions from Wednesday morning protesting against a Roads and Highways Department鈥檚 recent eviction drive in Naogaon...
Dimuth Karunaratne said he had fulfilled a childhood dream after the Sri Lanka opener announced that his 100th Test, against Australia starting Thursday, will be his last.
Chattogram Metropolitan Police arrested 46 leaders and activists of Awami League, Chattra League, and Juba League for attacking protesters during the student-led mass uprising in July and August...
A section of Grameenphone鈥檚 former employees gathered in front of the telecom operator鈥檚 head office on Tuesday, demanding collection of a 5-per cent share of the company鈥檚 profits and delay penalties...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday called for a permanent ban on the law enforcement agencies鈥� authority to open fire on any political programmes and protests...
Five per cent of people suffers from sort of intestinal disorders daily in Bangladesh due to unsafe food consumption, said food secretary Md Masudul Hasan on Sunday...
Several hundred of sacked police members, who were dismissed from their jobs during the Awami League regime, ousted in August 2024, staged a demonstration in front of the High Court on Sunday demanding the reinstatement of their jobs...
The students of Government Titumir College in Dhaka blocked the road in front of the college for the third consecutive day and continued their hunger strike for the fourth day on Saturday demanding the...
Hundreds of people attended a protest near Egypt鈥檚 border with Gaza on Friday against a plan floated by US president Donald Trump to move Palestinians from the territory to Egypt and Jordan, Egyptian media reported.
Incessant afternoon rain forced an early end to day three of the first Test between Australia and Sri Lanka on Friday, with the visitors leading by 518 and former home skipper Dinesh Chandimal waging a lone battle on 63.
Australia had Sri Lanka three down after opener Usman Khawaja's first double century and a ton on debut by Josh Inglis helped the tourists to 654-6 declared in the first match on Thursday.
Local people on Wednesday blocked the road at Rampura in the capital Dhaka, by stopping a Ramzan Paribahan bus to protest at the death of 15-year-old Sajid Hossain, who was killed in a bus accident on Saturday...
Steve Smith stood unbeaten on 104 after crossing 10,000 Test runs and helped Australia pummel Sri Lanka alongside fellow centurion Usman Khawaja on day one of the opening Test on Wednesday.
Awami League will no way be allowed to hold protests unless it apologises for massacres, corruption and separates itself from its current leadership and its fascist ideology, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam has said...