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UN concerned over rights situation in BD

The United Nations (UN) has reiterated its concern at the potential breach of rights, especially freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, in Bangladesh. UN-logoThe global body also urged the Bangladesh authorities to allow freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of the media. “we’re continuing to hold the authorities to those points and, of course, we would be concerned about any breaches of that,” Farhan Haq, a deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general said during a briefing in New York on Wednesday. Dwelling on Bangladesh’...

Potato price spirals give farmers respite from losses

Speculation of poor crops for unfavourable weather and resumption of exports have fuelled potato prices, raising farmers’ hopes of recouping the losses incurred for selling vegetables at throwaway prices early this year owing to political unrest. potato-ReutersFarmers now get up to Tk 10 (S$0.2) per kilogram for one of the popular varieties of potato, Diamant, up from Tk 8 for the same variety early this month, said Rahidul Islam, a vegetable stockist and wholesaler at Mahasthan Bazar, one of the main wholesale vegetable depots up...

UK Bangladeshis at higher risk of poverty: Report

British people of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin are around three times more likely to be in poverty compared to their white counterparts while people of Indian descent have largely closed that gap, according to new research by Oxford University. [caption id="attachment_14001" align="alignleft" width="300"]Bangladeshi Women working in UK--1 Bangladeshi women working department stores in UK. Photo taken from BBC[/caption] The report by the Centre for Social Investigation (CSI) at Nuffield College at...

HRW urges investigation into Salahuddin’s disappearance

Global human rights watchdog the Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the Bangladesh government to initiate immediate investigation about the disappearance Salahuddin Ahmed, spokesperson and joint secretary of the opposition, Bangladesh nationalist Party (BNP). Expressing its concern, the New York-based rights body said, “Bangladesh government has a history of failing to investigate the enforced disappearance of opposition members”. BNP-Salahuddin1-450x279According to HRW website, Ahmed was last seen on the evening...

Political turmoil paralyzes economy

The beginning of 2015 has witnessed one of the worst political turmoil in the history of Bangladesh. Since last two months, the country has been badly paralyzed by the blockades of roads, railways, waterways and rallies staged by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Hasina-KhaledaThe unrest was triggered by the banned protest launched by the BNP on January 5, on the eve of anniversary of controversial general elections held last year. The motive behind it was to remind BNP members and the rest of the country about the rigged ele...

Poor suffer most as unrest hits economy

For weeks, Bangladeshi farmer Dibakar Ghosh has been pouring his milk into the river, unable to get it to buyers because of a months-long transport blockade that has crippled the impoverished nation. As his losses mount, the 30-year-old can no longer afford to feed his cows and fears he may have to sell them for slaughter, destroying his business, reports AFP. child labour“My losses in the last two months add up to 60,000 taka (about $800),” Gosh told AFP from his village in the northwestern cattle-farming region. “There are 150...
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