Asian Human Rights Commission BANGLADESH: Not denial, credible investigations required to administer justice to complaints of disappearancesToday, 30 August 2013, is the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance. According to the UN Resolution A/RES/65/209 adopted in the Sixty-fifth Session of the General Assembly, the 30th day [...]

Last Saturday night, Adilur Rahman Khan arrived home in Dhaka after visiting his family over Eid to find a group of men waiting outside his house. Mr. Khan, secretary of the prominent Bangladeshi human rights group Odhikar, had been expecting this day might come, but being confronted by members of the Detective Branch, who were [...]

More than 1100 dead, many others coping with temporary or permanent disabilities, and people still missing. The 24 April 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse – Bangladesh’s worst ever industrial disaster – has left the country reeling and Bangladeshi rights groups working overtime to help affected families. Nearly two months after the building [...]

History And Team Highlights The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) was formed in 1972, after the country won its independence in 1971. It got affiliated to the AFC and FIFA in 1973 and 1976 respectively, and played its first ever international game against Thailand on … [Read More]

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The Bangladesh Embassy will hold job fairs in three cities, the embassy announced here Wednesday. A senior official from the Bangladesh Embassy said the fairs are to be held in Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam. "We are working out the details and awaiting permission from authorities to hold the events to help our countrymen to benefit [...]

Wal-Mart plans to field questions from investors at a briefing on Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. Carol Schumacher, Wal-Mart's vice president of global investor relations, told the Journal that the company's goal was "to provide an update on this area of the business and to give you the opportunity to ask questions." [...]

Aug. 28 (BusinessDesk) - Bangladesh has become the latest country to halt imports of New Zealand milk powder as it conducts tests for excessive levels of nitrates. The hold-up comes after Sri Lanka last week lifted its ban on the sale of Fonterra Cooperative Group milk products that was imposed after local testing reportedly [...]

Two Bangladeshi cricketers have reportedly denied that they were involved in corruption after it was confirmed that they were among the players charged with match-fixing following a probe earlier this month by the International Cricket Council (ICC). According to the Daily Times, pace bowler Mahbubul Alam and left-arm spinner Mosharraf Hossain were charged under the [...]

Shakib Al Hasan , the Bangladesh allrounder, is likely to miss the beginning of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League with a hairline fracture to his thumb, which could put him out of cricket for three to four weeks. Shakib had met with the national coach Shane Jurgensen upon his return [...]

Mosharraf was charged for alleged match-fixing in Dhaka Gladiators' February 2 BPL match against Chittagong Kings earlier this year. Mahbubul, his Gladiators team-mate, … [Read More]

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