minority rights

Indigenous debate: A nation’s heart beats in every leaf

The factual words of reports often fail to capture the inward, private world of the “minority.”
25 January 2025, 05:00 AM

How Bangladeshis of all faiths can build mutual trust

The recent killing in Chattogram highlights the need for stronger interfaith trust.
4 December 2024, 02:00 AM

Reclaiming judicial independence and the struggle for justice

The independence of the judiciary cannot be viewed in isolation; it is fundamentally tied to the health of democracy.
17 October 2024, 02:00 AM

Enabling minority voices

Mahatma Gandhi had once said, to judge how civilised a nation is, just look at how it treats its own minorities. Going by this yardstick, Bangladesh does not make a passing grade.
10 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Minorities call for equal rights

Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Parishad, a platform of different religious minority groups, today demanded that the government ensure their proper rights and representation in all strata of life including in politics, administration, armed forces and business
4 December 2015, 14:41 PM

WHEN THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG - MODI'S RSS CHALLENGE

The news of a mob in Dadri, a UP village in India of beating to death an individual suspected of cow slaughter would have been normally viewed just as another communal incident.
14 October 2015, 18:00 PM

Probe eviction of 14 Hindu families

AT least 14 Hindu families have been evicted by land grabbers, allegedly at the behest of a local Jubo League leader, in Taltaliupazila of Barguna district.
30 March 2015, 18:00 PM

Plain land adivasis need help

It is disquieting to see that plain land adivasis are increasingly falling victim to land grabbing. A press conference organised by two minority rights groups on Tuesday revealed that in the last two months, two murders, a rape, a rape attempt and looting of 60 Santal houses took place in the northern part of the country.
25 February 2015, 18:00 PM