Bangladeshi authorities should drop criminal charges against two senior members of the human rights group Odhikar and end the harassment of its workers, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said Thursday. Odhikar published a report on security forces abuses in June 2013. The international community should speak up and press […]
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party has said that opposition leader Khaleda Zia may change the country’s name in case she returns to power. The apprehension was expressed by the ruling Awami League (AL) party’s publicity secretary Hassan Mahmud while participating in a human-chain and protest programme Monday at the capital city’s Bangabandhu Avenue Monday, […]
