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First-ever grassroots-level graft hearing at Muktagacha Dec 28-29

As part of its graft prevention activities, the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) for the first time is going to hold public hearings on graft allegations at Muktagacha upazila in Mymensingh, aiming to making public servants accountable to people and thus check the growing graft at the grassroots level. “We (Commission) have already decided to hold public hearings for two days at Muktagacha upazila. All are set to hold the hearings on December 28-29 next,” ACC commissioner Dr Nasiruddin Ahmed told UNB. accAs per complaints from local people, hearings...

‘No’ to violence against women

Gender-based violence can take many forms and have different names. Rape, domestic violence, female genital cutting, sex selection, child marriage, sexual harassment, trafficking—the commonality here is that the impact extends far beyond the individual. This is not a woman’s problem; it is a societal and a human rights problem, with a multiplier effect on economies, communities and nations that is truly overwhelming. It ruins lives, costs billions of dollars, and is a grave threat to public health. stop_women_abuseWe can hopefu...

Women blamed for causing rape

A senior police officer in Bangladesh has blamed the clothing choice of women for causing rape. The police commander, in charge of a regional police station in Sylhet division, blamed Bollywood films for encouraging women to wear “revealing” outfits, which he said would in-turn lead to them being raped. “Foreign media, such as Indian TV and films, are watched by our children, who then want to wear these revealing outfits,” he told a reporter from US magazine Vice News. rape“That’s the issue. We follow Islamic laws and rules here. I think if girl...

Bergman awaits verdict over war toll claim

A Bangladesh court is expected to rule Monday on whether an award-winning British journalist is guilty of contempt after he questioned the assertion that three million people died in the 1971 independence war. In a case seen as a test of the country’s commitment to free speech, judges will decide if David Bergman acted unlawfully by doubting the official version of one of the most contentious issues in Bangladesh’s short history. Bergman is the author of a popular blog about Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic court which has found several opposition supporters guilty of mass murder over their role in the 1971 conflict.

Women on the edge of land and life

November is the cruelest month for landless families in the Indian Sundarbans, the largest single block of tidal mangrove forest in the world lying primarily in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal. There is little agricultural wage-work to be found, and the village moneylender’s loan remains unpaid, its interest mounting. The paddy harvest is a month away, pushing rice prices to an annual high. sundarbansFor those like Namita Bera, tasked with procuring 120 kg of rice per month to feed her eight-member family, there is seldom any p...

Saarc Summit ends amid tension, drama

With all the eight nations signing a last-minute deal to create a regional electricity grid and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Nawaz Sharif shaking hands after the first-day tension, the 18th Saarc Summit concluded here on Thursday. The Summit came to an end in the afternoon with the adoption of a 36-point Kathmandu Declaration 2014. saarc 2014Nepalese Prime Minister and Chairperson of the 18th Saarc Summit Sushil Koirala declared the Summit’s conclusion, terming it a success, UNB reports. In his co...
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