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Oct 17, 2018
Rohingya girls sold into forced labour in Bangaldesh, form largest group of trafficking victims, says UN migration agency
The number of Rohingya refugees has reached nearly one million, with young girls sold into forced labour in Bangladesh accounting for the largest group of trafficking victims, according to a UN agency. -
Oct 16, 2018
Bangladesh retaliates with stern law even as editors protest repressive legislation curtailing press freedom
Bangladesh's newspaper editors formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka to protest against a newly enacted internet law. -
Oct 16, 2018
Bangladeshi photographer Manir Mrittik offers a surreal perspective on everyday ordinariness
Bangladeshi photographer Manir Mrittik’s series ‘In the Realm of Ambivalence’ offers both surrealism and alternate perspectives on things like love and most crucially, the arts themselves. -
Oct 13, 2018
Opposition parties in Bangladesh form new alliance ahead of election, seek creation of all-party caretaker government
Gono Forum President Kamal Hossain unveiled the new political alliance 'Jatiya Oikya Front' with former prime minister Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party. -
Oct 12, 2018
India wins seat to UN Human Rights Council with 188 votes in Asia-Pacific category
The 193-member UN General Assembly held elections in United Nations for new members to the UNHRC. The 18 new members were elected by absolute majority through a secret ballot. Countries needed a minimum of 97 votes to get elected to the Council. -
Oct 12, 2018
India set to be elected to UN Human Rights Council for the fifth time; Bangladesh, Philippines likely to get membership as well
India is set to be elected unopposed to the Human Rights Council on Friday as a candidate from the Asia-Pacific region. -
Oct 11, 2018
Assam NRC: Prominent students' organisation seeks updation of citizens' register in other states of North East
The NESO advisor warned that after the NRC updation process began in Assam, some illegal migrants shifted their base to other states of the North East. -
Oct 10, 2018
Bangladesh court sentences ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Raham to life imprisonment in 2004 grenade attack case
The attack on an Awami League rally on 21 August 2004 targeted Sheikh Hasina, who was the opposition leader at that time. Tarique Rahman was tried in absentia with the court declaring him a "fugitive". -
Oct 06, 2018
Bangladesh's Shakib Al Hasan fears his finger will never fully recover from infection despite surgery
Injured Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan fears his finger will never fully recover from an infection despite a planned second surgery in Australia this month. -
Oct 06, 2018
India has never raised illegal Bangladeshi migrants issue with Dhaka, says Sheikh Hasina's special advisor
Gowher Rizvi, Special Advisor to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Friday claimed India has never raised the issue of illegal Bangladeshi migrants staying on its soil with his government and asked New Delhi to prove that the 'illegal immigrants' of Northeast India are indeed Bangladeshis.
