Workers there can form worker welfare associations (WWAs) but these bodies cannot engage in collective bargaining and cannot affiliate with outside unions, political parties or NGOs," says the report ...

Najib, imprisoned since August 2022 in one of several cases related to 1MDB, has been seeking a judicial review to compel authorities to confirm the existence of and execute a royal order issued by ...

Bangladesh's Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector has reached another milestone in its green journey, with 5 new USGBC-certified LEED factories added to its ranks. This brings the total to 258 certified ...

The law says nights in residential areas should be as quiet as 35 decibels, but in Dhaka neighbourhoods, the reality is almost three times louder ...

Credible reports by human rights organisations and media documented serious human rights abuses by the former ruling Awami League party’s student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League in July and August ...

Remittance inflows from expatriate Bangladeshis rose to $30.3 billion in FY2024-25 up from $23.9 billion in FY2023-24, marking a 26.8% increase. The United States surpassed the United Arab Emirates as ...

Recently, the Commerce Adviser rekindled concerns over Bangladesh's impending graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category, painting it as a "ticking time bomb" and expressing ...

Participants said they had travelled from different districts, with many arriving in Dhaka yesterday (12 August) to join the demonstration ...

The Bild newspaper first reported on the visit, which comes as Merz hosts meetings ahead of Trump's planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska ...

Media freedom improved significantly in Bangladesh under the interim government, says the 2024 Report on Human Rights Practices in Bangladesh released by the US State Department yesterday. "The ...

Bangladesh", highlighted that many incidents occurred during “remand” periods, when detainees could be held without a lawyer, and some resulted in deaths ...

According to the US State Department report there was one reported incident of an alleged enforced disappearance under the interim government ...