HRW urges to stop attacks on student protesters, critics
Instead of prosecuting those responsible for unlawfully attacking student protesters demanding road safety, Bangladesh authorities are arresting students and targeting activists and journalists who are highlighting the abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should order an immediate investigation into reports that renowned photographer and activist, Shahidul Alam, was beaten while in custody. Alam was detained on August 5, 2018, for criticizing the government and its supporters for targeting students.
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DWTRI inks MoU with BRACU
Academics at a function have laid stress on promoting and supporting quality multi-disciplinary education at different levels to develop bona fide human being for promoting peace and justice in the society. They viewed this at the function organised by the Centre for Peace and Justice (CPJ) of BRAC University for presentation of its activities at virtual class room of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) on Thursday, said a press release.
Vice-chancellor of BRUR Prof Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah presided over the function 
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BIAC provides certificates to trainees in India
Following a five daylong training programme on mediation and negotiation held in India, a meet & greet session was recently organized with a small certificate giving ceremony at the Bangladesh International Arbitration Center (BIAC) Secretariat office.
A five-day–long training programme on “International, Cross Cultural, Civil and Commercial Mediation and Negotiation” was organized jointly by Bangladesh International Arbitration 
Centre (BIAC) and Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA); under the Ministry of Corpor...
Centre (BIAC) and Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA); under the Ministry of Corpor...
Life expectancy rises to 72
Life expectancy at birth increased to 72 years last year in Bangladesh from 71.6 years in 2016, according to a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).
For women, life expectancy increased to 73.5 years in 2017 from 72.9 years in 2016, says the survey titled Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2017.
However, in comparison to women, the life expectancy of men increased a little between 2017 and 2016. In 2017, men's life expectancy was 70.6 years whereas it was 70.3 years in 2016.
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa ...
For women, life expectancy increased to 73.5 years in 2017 from 72.9 years in 2016, says the survey titled Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2017.
However, in comparison to women, the life expectancy of men increased a little between 2017 and 2016. In 2017, men's life expectancy was 70.6 years whereas it was 70.3 years in 2016.
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa ...
BD peacekeeper killed in South Sudan
A Bangladeshi officer serving with the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan has been killed in an attack on an aid convoy in the country torn by civil conflict, according to the UN.
Lieutenant Commander Ashraf Siddiqui was hit by shots fired by “unknown gunmen” on Tuesday and died shortly afterward, Francesca Mold, the spokesperson for the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said in a statement.
Siddiqui, who was the Bangladesh military liaison officer with UNMISS, was travelling in ...
Siddiqui, who was the Bangladesh military liaison officer with UNMISS, was travelling in ...
UN starts registering Rohingya refugees
The United Nations(UN) and the Bangladesh government have started formally registering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have fled a military crackdown in Myanmar, a move that officials say would help their eventual return.
More than 700,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya have escaped Buddhist-majority Myanmar since last August, when attacks by Muslim insurgents triggered a military offensive that the United Nations has likened to ethnic cleansing. Myanmar denies the accusations and has said it waged a legitimate counter-insurgency operation.
The registration programme started jointly by the United Nations High Commissioner for ![]()
