The human rights situation across Bangladesh showed a further deterioration in February compared to January this year, particularly in terms of post-election violence, political arrests, violence against women and children, and border-related incidents, according to a report by Manabadhikar Sanskriti Foundation...
The Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, in collaboration with UN Women, hosted a high-level dialogue titled ‘Power Without Fear: Ending Digital and Gender-Based Violence Against Women in Politics’ as part of the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence (GBV) campaign under the theme ‘UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls’ in Dhaka on December 7, 2025, says a press release.
United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk has said that the initiation of proceedings against those accused of carrying out enforced disappearances and torture under the previous government in Bangladesh was an important step towards accountability...
Academics, researchers and rights activists expressed the views at a roundtable discussion titled ‘Human rights in transition: accountability, institutions, and fragility in post-uprising Bangladesh’ organised by rights-based think tank Sapran, at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro in the capital...
The interim government led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus is increasingly using the recently amended counterterrorism law to arrest alleged supporters of the deposed Awami League-led government, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday...
Human rights activists and senior lawyers on Saturday urged the government to bring the country’s disciplined forces under the jurisdiction of the National Human Rights Commission clearly to ensure their accountability for rights violations.
Law affairs adviser Asif Nazrul on Saturday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to establishing a stronger accountability mechanism and addressing the concerns of the families of the victims of enforced disappearances...
Fortify Rights and 57 other groups in a joint statement on Wednesday said that the United Nations member states must pursue accountability for genocide and other atrocities committed against ethnic Rohingya civilians in Rakhine State, Myanmar...
Eleven western countries on Monday pledged to work with the Bangladesh government to keep their attention focused on the years-long Rohingya crisis.
Bangladesh and Pakistan have expressed their commitment to work together to combat drugs and terrorism...
The government of Bangladesh has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to field a mission in the country aimed at supporting the promotion and protection of human rights...
