Abrar Hussain UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that without hasty action 68 million girls could be subjected to female genital mutilation by 2030. In a statement yesterday on International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, he said that the practice is “a gross violation of the human rights of women and girls.”…
Hossen Sohel: Palghar police arrested a man whom they believe has trafficked over 500 girls from Bangladesh and pushed them into flesh trade in Mumbai, reports Asian Age. A case of human trafficking has been registered by Palghar police against Mohammad Saidul Shaikh (38) from Manpada in Dombivali area of Thane district. According to police,…
DOT Desk: Thousands of people living in riverine char areas have efficiently adapted to climate change to survive and lead normal life under adverse situations on the Brahmaputra basin, reports The Financial Express. Adapting to adverse situations, many of the char people are achieving self-reliance through various income-generating activities to improve livelihoods and lead better…
BSS: Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) technicians readied for operation a supersonic fighter craft overhauling the jet independently, a task they accomplished for the first time on their own. The supersonic fighter craft was handed over today for operation after the overhauling process at a ceremony at BAF Base Bangabandhu while it was joined by Prime…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT In a significant development, police on Tuesday night arrested the main suspect from Tongi in Gazipur district in a case filed over the murders of LGBT magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tanoy in 2016, reports UNB. Assadullah, the arrestee, was caught during a raid by the counter-terror police…
Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder speaks to DOT : Jatyia Oikyafront has pledged forming a ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ to investigate and resolve the enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings and false cases filed in the last 10 years. In its manifesto, the opposition alliance described the blueprint of its Commission, saying it will involve eminent academics, social…
Samiul Bashar Samin Actor Lee Min Ki was recently accused and acquitted of sexual assault charges. On July 14, a source from Lee Min Ki’s agency stated that the actor had been involved in a sexual assault scandal but after careful investigation by the police he was declared innocent. There were rumors in the entertainment…
BDnews24: The new information minister of Bangladesh has vowed to stop ‘shady’ online news outlets from spreading fake news. Hasan Mahmud was speaking to reporters at the Secretariat, on his first day in office on Tuesday. “After my inauguration yesterday, journalists asked me questions about shady news sites that have been popping up online. They…
AP, Washington The United States pressed Vietnam Monday over a recent spate of detentions of government critics and pushed for other progress on human rights ahead of a visit next month by President Barack Obama. Senior officials of the two governments held an annual dialogue on human rights in Washington. It’s an issue which remains…
David A. Andelman/Reuters Nicole Barthelemy, the quiet, gracious owner of one of Paris’s premier cheese shops on the Rue de Grenelle, told me this week, with real panic in her eyes, “I have never in 47 years been so afraid as I am today.” And with good reason. Only a few blocks away, on the…