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A Bangladeshi woman participates in a local community council meeting. Credit: World Bank Sitting cross-legged under a mango tree’s shade in the middle of a village in Rajshahi district, Bangladesh, I joined my colleagues and about ten women who were participating in a focus group discussion. The fieldwork marked the beginning of our in-depth research…
Srinagar upazila of Munshiganj was hit by two trucks. A motorcycle rider named Mizanur Rahman (40) died. Another person was injured in this incident. The accident took place at Baribarkhola intersection on Srinagar-Dohar road in Baghra Union at around 7:30 am on Friday. The deceased, Mizanur Rahman, is the son of late Oli Khalasi of…
At least 28 people, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli attack on a school used as a shelter for displaced families in Gaza. Another 54 people were injured. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported this information. The attack took place on Thursday at the Rufaida al-Aslamiya school near the Red Crescent headquarters in…
There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Bangladesh last year, according to the “2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bangladesh”. The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour published the report early today. Secretary of State Antony Blinken launched it. In December 2021, the US imposed sanctions on Rab…
In a span of less than 48 hours, 10 Indian aircraft were bombed. About which there is a fuss. It is not yet known who or who spread this bomb threat. But the central government of the country is shaken after the incidents of bomb attacks in airplanes came to light. India’s Ministry of Civil…
Hezbollah said it holds Israel “fully responsible” for pager explosions across Lebanon, which killed at least nine people and wounded 2,750 others, including a young girl. At least 200 of the wounded are in critical condition. Israel declined to comment on the detonations. The simultaneous explosions came less than 24 hours after the Israeli cabinet expanded goals for the war on…
Mymensingh’s Phulpur 3 children of two brothers drowned in water. The incident took place in Ramakrishnapur village of Rupsi union of the upazila on Thursday (June 13) afternoon. The deceased are Rafiqul Islam’s daughter Sania Akhtar (8), son Mehdi Hasan (6) and elder brother Mannach Ali’s daughter Nusrat Jahan (8) of Ramkushnapur village. Locals said…
