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Bangladesh's press freedom ranking was primarily declined due to several other issues such as "violence by political activists", arbitrary blocking of news publishers, self-censorship, restricting some news media from attending government press conferences, arbitrary arrest and detention, physical attacks carried out against journalists by ...
In August 2018, Shahidul Alam, was arrested after he an interview critical of the government of Bangladesh on Al Jazeera English. [ 5 ] On 20 March 2019, the government blocked aljazeera.com after it published report that implicated Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique , Defense Advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in the abduction of his ...
Students in Bangladesh began a quota reform movement in early June 2024 after the Bangladesh Supreme Court invalidated the government's 2018 circular regarding job quotas in the public sector. The movement escalated into a full-fledged mass uprising after the government carried out mass killings of protesters, known as July massacre , by the ...
Today, she is the longest-serving leader in the history of Bangladesh, a predominantly Muslim nation of over 160 million people strategically located between India a Sheikh Hasina once fought for ...
A mob led by ATM Akram Hossain Talim, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, vandalized Bagerhat Press Club. [126] Another Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, Fakir Tariqul Islam, vandalized the office of the chairman of Bagerhat Sadar Upazila. [126] The home of journalist Ibrahim Khalil in Cox's Bazar District was vandalized on 5 August ...
Germany: A foreign ministry spokesperson emphasises that it is important that Bangladesh remain democratic amid the unrest in the country. [418] European Union: Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley stated that he "wants to see a quick resolution of present situation" and urges the government for "avoidance of further violence and bloodshed".
Public humiliation or public shaming is a form of punishment whose main feature is dishonoring or disgracing a person, usually an offender or a prisoner, especially in a public place. It was regularly used as a form of judicially sanctioned punishment in previous centuries, and is still practiced by different means (e.g. schools) in the modern era.
The non-cooperation movement, [a] also known as the one-point movement, [b] was a pro-democratic disinvestment movement and a mass uprising against the Awami League-led government of Bangladesh, initiated within the framework of 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.