How is this UN review of utmost importance as far as the state of human rights in Bangladesh is concerned? What could we reasonably expect from this political exercise?

The proportion of the budget allocated to children-focused programmes does not fully address the magnitude of the challenges.

The issue of child labour in Bangladesh is complex and deeply entrenched, but it is not insurmountable.

The state must protect their rights unconditionally

Those responsible must pay for their crime

Lu’s trip looked at how the two nations interact generally. If we focus on the visit's particulars, there were discussions that took place on governance, economic governance, strategy, and other economic concerns.

Human rights violations of Indigenous peoples, especially land-grabbing, continued unabated

Why can't Bangladesh ditch the inhumane colonial practice of arbitrary fettering?

The incident where an accused BNP leader was seen cuffed and fettered during his mother’s namaz-e-janaza in Gazipur has touched off outrage among rights activists and citizens.

Bangladesh must improve its human rights record

Why are persons with disabilities still denied their rights?

Denmark's players will travel to the 2022 World Cup without their families, local media reported on Tuesday, as the Danish FA (DBU) wants to minimise activity in Qatar as a protest against the country's human rights record.

Rising uncertainties are making global compromise and cooperation more unlikely

UN human rights chief's visit to Dhaka revealed contrasting expectations on the part of the government and rights groups.

It is mind-boggling that, by claiming that all those killed at the border “are criminals,” the head of BSF has acknowledged that his force has concurrently arrogated the roles of petitioner, judge, jury, and executioner.

Most recently, the UN passed a resolution making it a human right for everyone on Planet Earth to have a healthy environment. The environmental advocates had been lobbying for this for many years and finally succeeded.

There was a time when the US government left no stone unturned to oust the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela.

The government has finally responded to the Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances for the first time in 26 years.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today came down heavily on Amnesty International, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and Reporters without Borders (RSF) for what he called their “biased take on human rights, press freedom and corruption in Bangladesh”.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has questioned the quality of the US human rights report on Bangladesh, noting that Bangladeshi officials at the US Embassy in Dhaka prepare the initial draft collecting information from media reports and some NGOs.