The UN's top human rights body held an urgent session on Friday to discuss the military coup in Myanmar, facing a call for the release of people "arbitrarily detained" -…
BNP on Thursday announced a two-day demonstration programme protesting what it said an 'evil effort' to repeal the party founder Ziaur Rahman's Bir Uttam gallantry title. Party standing committee member…
A writ petition was filed with the High Court (HC) on Monday seeking measures to formulate lawyers' security act. Advocate Forhad Uddin Ahmed filed the writ petition. Authorities including the…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday pressured China over human rights issues and warned that Beijing will be held "accountable" for threatening regional stability, during a phone call…
A 38-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping his former sister-in-law at his home in Ragdoil village of Kachua in Chandpur on the pretext of marriage. Mofizul Islam was…
He said the Election Commission could investigate the irregularities in accordance with its own legal powers and authority. Obaidul Quader said this while briefing the press in his office at…
The CPI is an index published annually by Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) since 1995 which ranks countries "by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as determined by expert assessments…
The Civil Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was passed in Parliament on Wednesday, seeking to raise the pecuniary jurisdiction of lower court judges for disposing of civil cases. Law Minister Anisul…