Gafargoan railway police rescued four girls from the clutches of child traffickers during a raid on a Dhaka-bound train from Mymensingh

Rights activists at a national consultation yesterday said harmony in the laws related to trafficking and rescuing the victims in the Saarc countries is a must to repatriate the victims as well as to protect their rights.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the ulema, mashaikhs and all other Islamic scholars and religious leaders to stand guard against the ‘evil’ force which is out to misguide people using the name of Islam, the religion of peace.

Home minister Sahara Khatun said this to journalists after a meeting at the National Acid Control Council on Thursday. She said that the council had been formed in 59 of Bangladesh’s 65 districts with a view to reducing acid terrorism.

A delegation of Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry meets President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban in the capital yesterday.Photo: PID

AGAINST the backdrop of increasing incidents of extra-judicial punishments inflicted on underprivileged women in the rural regions, leading to whipping and caning in the name of fatwa, the High Court (HC) has ordered the law enforcers and local government bodies to take immediate measures against such penalties. The HC’s order came after hearing a public [...]

THE other day while going through the New DOHS, Mahakhali, I saw a young lady smoking on the road. I see women doing it everyday at IBA, Dhaka University. I also found ladies to be more perfect than men. But I wonder, why do these women smoke? I think, I have an explanation. In most [...]

Notwithstanding a change in social attitudes towards women’s employment, and involvement in the community and public life during the last decade, social curses like dowry, rape and violence have not declined. In the marriage market, monetary and asset transaction still exist at all levels, indicating the commodity status of a girl, which costs very little [...]

TRAFFICKING is a serious crime and involves human rights abuses. Thousands of women and children fall victims to the crime every year, causing them great harm. Despite international commitment to combat trafficking and all the writings against the crime, there still is a big gap between the cup and the lip. Many countries are still [...]

The increased global scope of corporate activity today demands that businesses remain attentive to the many ways their operations can both positively and negatively affect human rights around the world. Although the connection between business and human trafficking may not be initially evident, human trafficking should be of pressing concern to companies especially those with [...]

The man and 21 women, arrested from the city Thursday on suspicion, were sent to jail and safe home following a court order Friday. The chief judicial magistrate gave the order after they were produced before the court in the morning. Rejecting their bail prayers, the court ordered to send eight minor girls to the [...]

There  is a prevailing phenomenon and this is the bad behavior by rickshaw-pullers, drivers of CNGs, taxis or even conductors of buses, with female passengers, from girls to older women. Why do these people behave so boorishly with womenfolk? When I asked a few of them, they denied ever doing anything like but admitted that [...]

Speakers at a workshop here yesterday said 119 women fell victim of acid violence and 419 were raped during the last 10 months across the country. They said violence against women had risen due to lack of proper initiative against this vice and also awareness among the people in the country. Human Rights Organisation ‘Odhikar’ [...]

Trafficking in human beings, especially women and children, is a heinous crime that violates all tenets of human rights and dignity-that is how the Indian Women and Child Development minister Renuka Chowdhury expressed her reaction while attending a South Asia regional conference in New Delhi recently. The three-day regional conference was organized by the United [...]

HUMAN trafficking has spread slavery to every continent and most countries. It goes on a par with the drugs and illegal arms trade ad is one of the most profitable forms of illegal activity. Bangladesh is a source as well as transit for men, women and children trafficked for forced labour and commercial sexual exploitation. [...]