While one can argue that ‘now’ is a more fitting time than before for special days, such as Valentine’s Day, to be celebrated, Adviser Farida Akhter’s Facebook appeal to refrain from observing 14 Febr ...

Six months after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ouster, Bangladesh faces fresh violence and political unrest amid reports of extremism. How is the interim government going to handle the crisis?

Violent mobs in Bangladesh have engaged in "serious acts of revenge violence", including killings, targeting police and Awami ...

The UN rights office said it had "reasonable grounds to believe" that "murder, torture, imprisonment and infliction of other ...

Human rights abuses were inflicted on some members of Bangladeshi Hindu, Ahmadiyya Muslim, and indigenous communities during anti-discrimination protests and its aftermath last year, a UN report said.

This is a slightly edited version of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on 5 Aug, before and after. The edits were for grammatical and stylistic reasons.

Hasina, who had ruled Bangladesh since 2009, is being investigated on suspicion of crimes against humanity, genocide, murder, ...

The repression of mass protests in Bangladesh last year that toppled longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina left as many as ...

A new report by the United Nations Human Rights Office has detailed the brutal repression of student-led protests in Bangladesh last year, accusing the former government of Sheikh Hasina and security ...

There are grounds to believe extrajudicial killings took place with the ‘knowledge and direction’ of the leadership, said the ...

DHAKA, Feb 12, 2025 (BSS) – Mawlana Mohammad Khubaib, a 24-year-old Qawmi madrasah teacher, joined the victory procession in ...

The U.N. human rights office estimates that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last ...