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‘Freedom of expression under serious threat in BD’

The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has brought matters related to the freedom of expression and opinion, the freedom of peaceful assembly, and the freedom of human rights activism in Bangladesh to the notice of the UN Human Rights Council. The government of Bangladesh has clamped down on these fundamental freedoms to silence dissent in the country. As a member of the rise-in-violence-for-journalists-in-south-asia-press-freedomHuman Rights C...

ALRC urges UN to probe human rights violations in BD

The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) has requested the UN Human Rights Council to pay attention to the ongoing pattern of gross human rights violations in Bangladesh. The government of Bangladesh is promoting extrajudicial executions and declaring impunity for the perpetrators in public amidst the political crisis that centres on peaceful and credible handover of power, says an ALRC press release. human rights BangladeshBangladesh’s citizens are being forced to pay the price with blood for the country’s continui...

$ 10m agri orders from Bangladesh

Foreign buyers on Saturday placed $10 million worth of orders with local agricultural traders during the ongoing four-day Expo Pakistan 2015, said an official at Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP). The official said the local suppliers will supply various agro foods to Bangladeshi companies. farmers“More orders are likely to be booked by participants from various countries before the end of the expo,” he added. “A total of four memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with Bangladeshi, Moroccan, Saudi Arabian and Chinese companies (wo...

Beijing for spl committee to coordinate projects

China has suggested Bangladesh to set up a special high-level committee under the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) for better coordination and facilitation of the various Chinese proposed projects in Bangladesh to support the country’s development needs, reports UNB. BD_CHINA“…some very important projects for our further cooperation are being negotiated positively at the moment,” said a letter sent to the PMO of Bangladesh by the Chinese embassy in Dhaka last month, of which a copy has been obtained by UNB. The projects are railway projects i...

Posh hospitals reluctant to pass on any benefit to poor

The country’s modern hospitals in the private sector have been availing tax-benefits on the import of medical equipment for year after year but they are not passing on any benefit to their patients, particularly those who cannot afford expensive treatment. apollo hospitalsSome 24 private ‘referral’ hospitals, which usually charge high fees on patients, have been availing the duty-free facility on the import of medical and hospital equipment since 2005, reports the Financial Express. But the patients coming from poor and low income fa...

US calls for due process, room for political opposition

The United States (US) hopes due process will be followed after an anti-corruption court in Bangladesh issued arrest warrants for former prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia, the top US diplomat for South Asia said on Thursday. [caption id="attachment_13359" align="alignleft" width="300"]File photo of BNP Chairperson Khaleda waving to activists as she arrives for a rally in Dhaka Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia waves to activists as she arrives for a rally in Dhaka in this January 20, 2014 file photo. ...
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