Category: Public concern
Al-Qaeda was formed in 1988 by Saudi-origin Osama bin Laden, along with key figures like Muhammad Atef and Abu Ubaidah al-Banshiri, in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. It originated from a network of Arab fighters who…
Former Kathmandu mayor Balen Shah threatened to set ablaze the Singha Durbar—the Nepali prime minister’s office—after the police stopped a car of the municipality for questioning for operating on a holiday on September 2, 2023.…
Human rights advocacy organization Write For Rights has called for a thorough, independent investigation into alleged widespread irregularities and vote rigging during Bangladesh’s 13th Parliamentary Election and accompanying national referendum, held on February 12, 2026.…
Human rights advocacy group Write For Rights has issued a strong condemnation of ongoing custodial deaths and extrajudicial killings targeting individuals affiliated with the Bangladesh Awami League since the fall of the former government in…
A couple of months into the inception of his “second revolution,” prior to his assassination on August 15, 1975, President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was working tirelessly to implement his philosophy for combating corruption, bureaucratic ineptitude,…
In the first couple of years of a newly independent Bangladesh, the Father of the Nation was very optimistic about rebuilding the country with the help of the pro-independence people in his party and others,…
The United Nations (UN) has failed to act to ensure justice for violence since the regime change in Bangladesh on August 5, 2024, and instead it sided with the interim regime to allow impunity for…
Human rights advocacy group Write For Rights has demanded urgent government action to halt a surge in communal violence against religious and ethnic minorities in Bangladesh, citing over 3,000 documented attacks since August 2024. In…
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that she did not allow the US to set up a base in Bangladesh to uphold the country’s sovereignty amid geopolitical tensions, like the Iran war. “Today, just…
In a powerful display of unity, leaders from Bangladesh’s religious and ethnic minority communities gathered at the National Press Club this morning to protest the wave of communal violence that has persisted in the month…
The inclusion of names of convicted war criminals in the condolence motion and the disrespect for the national anthem during the inaugural session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on March 12 have provoked widespread outrage…
Bangladesh Mahila Parishad, a prominent women’s rights organization, has expressed deep outrage and condemnation over what it described as disrespectful behavior toward the national anthem during the first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on…
Mohammad Ali Arafat, a former State Minister in the Awami League government, has strongly criticized the newly convened 13th Jatiya Sangsad as a “one-sided parliament” dominated by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami, following…
Religious minority groups in Bangladesh are set to hold nationwide human chains and protest marches on Friday, March 13, in a unified stand against a surge in communal violence that has left communities gripped by…
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), established in 2010 under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act of 1973, was originally intended to prosecute local collaborators of the Pakistani army for atrocities committed during the 1971 Liberation War.…
At fifteen, Shanto Kumar Saha should have been navigating the mundane anxieties of the classroom or the carefree competition of a cricket match. Instead, he spent his final moments sprinting through the darkness of a…
In a move that has sparked widespread alarm among economists, business leaders, and activists, Bangladesh’s recently signed reciprocal trade agreement with the United States is emerging as a discriminatory pact that disproportionately favors American interests…
The family lawyer of Tofazzal Hossain, the mentally unstable youth who was lynched at Dhaka University’s Fazlul Huq Muslim Hall in September 2024, has accused the university administration of deliberately prolonging the trial process to…
Write For Rights, a newly formed Bangladesh-based human rights advocacy organization, has demanded a comprehensive, independent investigation into allegations of corruption, bribery, abuse of power, flawed trials, and procedural irregularities plaguing the International Crimes Tribunal…
A fresh scandal has rocked Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD), exposing deep-rooted corruption within the prosecution team. Audio recordings obtained by Prothom Alo and Netra News reveal that prosecutor Md. Saimum Reza Talukdar demanded Tk1…
In a brazen display of political opportunism, the BNP-led government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has relaunched a welfare program for the poor, shamelessly rebranding it as their own initiative while undermining the very foundations…
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD) continues to hear high-profile cases involving alleged enforced disappearances under the former Awami League (AL) government, but defense arguments and survivor reappearances have raised serious doubts about whether these qualify…
A 38-year-old Hindu grocery shop owner was fatally stabbed in broad daylight in Cox’s Bazar town on Saturday, allegedly for refusing to pay extortion money, in the latest incident fueling fears of persistent vulnerability among…
An investigative report by Ekattor TV has exposed misuse of authority by Adilur Rahman Khan, a former adviser in the Yunus-led interim government, who is accused of forcibly constructing a private access road to his…
In his latest video, senior journalist Masood Kamal offered a sharp analysis of Nepal’s freshly concluded parliamentary elections, contrasting them with Bangladesh’s recent political transitions. Highlighting the success of Nepal’s youth-led movement in steering a…
Pakistan loyalist, greedy and treacherous Ziaur Rahman captured power by assassinating the founding father of Bangladesh and then indemnified the killers. He became the first military dictator of independent Bangladesh, killing thousands of armed forces…
The alarming rise in violence against women and children in Bangladesh persists even after the change in government, with no signs of abatement—and in many cases, an apparent increase—according to human rights organizations and experts.…
President Mohammed Shahabuddin sparked widespread discussion and went viral on social media after concluding his speech at a government event with the slogan “Bangladesh Zindabad,” a trademark of the BNP. The remark, delivered on the…
The future government of Nepal will be an extraordinary success only if RSP chief Rabi Lamichhane and would-be prime minister Balen Shah get rid of their habitual arrogance, treachery, abuse of power, corruption, and nepotism—allegations…
A leading human rights organization has issued a stark warning about deepening lawlessness, mobocracy, and impunity for armed terrorists, militants, extortionists and rapists in Bangladesh, even after the February 12 national elections that brought the…