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AHRC calls to take words of CJ with utmost seriousness

In a statement, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has called upon the UN and all the world governments to take the words of the Chief Justice (CJ) of Bangladesh with utmost seriousness and exert all pressures to stop the Executive from usurping the powers of the Judiciary. Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has made a rare public statement; he has said the Executive is usurping all the powers of the Judiciary. He called upon all the judges and lawyers to come forward and fight against the Executive’s attempt to control the entire State and its institutions and thereby usurp all the power of Judiciary, AHRC said. Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha has publicly said: “Beware of the executive; it is trying to take away all our powers. The judiciary and the legal p...

Saudi-built cyclone shelters to be handed to BD

A total of 170 cyclone shelters funded by the Kingdom will be formally handed to the Bangladesh government this week in its coastal capital of Chittagong. Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, chairman of the King Abdullah International Foundation for Humanitarian Activities, which funded the program, will leave for Dhaka on Monday to present the newly built shelters to the the Bangladesh government. During the 2007 Cyclone Sidr, the Kingdom was the first country to donate $100 million to help Bangladesh in its relief efforts. [caption id="attachment_21354" align="alignleft" width="540"]

Bloggers sent death threats by IS-linked militants

The bodies are piling up fast as murderous religious extremists linked to Islamic State wage a war of hatred. Those left standing have fled their country in fear of their lives. But whether at home or overseas, these Bangladeshi bloggers won’t stop speaking out for secularism, equality and tolerance. Niloy Neel was attacked in his home by three or four men with machetes, his wife pushed next door at gunpoint. He was dead in minutes, the fourth blogger to be brutally murdered this year, along with a publisher with ties to one of them. shammi blogger

Government ‘incapable of tolerating dissident views’

The government in Bangladesh is set on stopping dissenters from expressing their opinions, claims Nurul Kabir, the editor of the leading English-language daily newspaper New Age, in an interview with DW. Bangladeshi protesters remember murdered journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi The shrinking space for free speech in Bangladesh has drawn international attention in recent months. The South Asian nation has seen a number of gruesome attacks on bloggers this year that left four people dead and several others critically injured. The attacks have targeted not only bloggers, but also minority communities.

Lawyer takes aim at fatwa violence in Bangladesh

Hena Akhter was 14 when she was whipped to death for allegedly having an affair with a married man. There was uproar in local and international media at the time of her death in 2011, followed by a fervent call to outlaw so-called fatwa violence in Bangladesh. The high court ruled that Hena’s body should be exhumed to determine the extent of the violence to which the young girl was subjected. A second post-mortem examination found that she died of septicaemia due to severe internal injuries. The court ordered an investigation, which led to several arrests, including that of the Muslim cleric who issued the fatwa. [caption id="attachment_20941" align="alignleft" width="620"]

Bangladesh 142nd on HDI Index

The Human Development Report 2015, released on Monday, put Bangladesh in the medium human development category with 142nd position out of 188 countries, territories. Bangladesh’s HDI (Human Development Index) value for 2014 is 0.570, said the UNDP report - work for human development, reported news agency UNB. The HDI is an average measure of basic human development achievements in a country. It is a summary measure for assessing long-term progress in three basic dimensions of human development - a long and healthy life, access to knowledge and a decent standard of living. women-... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=
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