Bangladesh lifts ban on YouTube for publishing mutiny meeting audio
Officials from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said Thursday that a ban on video-sharing website YouTube has been lifted, but did not comment on access to several other blocked websites that also posted a...
Bangladesh continues ban on websites that published mutiny meeting audio
Head of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Ziaul Islam said Tuesday that there are no plans in place to lift the ban on several websites that have posted a recording in which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
Bangladeshi officials said Saturday that the government is considering trying by court-martial the more than 1,000 border guards accused of participating in the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny , which killed dozens of top BDR...
Bangladesh police charge more than 1,000 in border guards mutiny
Police in Bangladesh on Sunday charged more than 1,000 members of the paramilitary Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in last week's border guards mutiny , which killed dozens of top BDR officers, including the...
The US State Department (DOS) on Wednesday released its 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . Announcing the release , Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the new Barack Obama administration...
Mistreatment of Myanmar's Rohingya minority requires coordinated regional response
Sean Mariano Garcia : "The mistreatment of the Rohingya at home is increasingly impacting countries throughout Asia and a two-pronged approach is needed to adequately address their plight. First, Myanmar's neighbors should begin a dialogue to improve the...
Rights group urges Myanmar to end persecution of Muslim minority
The government of Myanmar must stop systematically persecuting the Rohingya Muslim minority , and neighboring states should offer assistance to refugees, according to an open letter sent Friday by Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy...
New Bangladesh government committed to restoring 1972 constitution: justice minister
Bangladeshi Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shafique Ahmed on Thursday declared his government's desire to restore Bangladesh's 1972 constitution . The move signals an intent to return to the four principles of...
The Bangladesh Election Commission (BEC) on Tuesday released results for the country's Monday elections, in which voters elected Sheikh Hasina as prime minister and members of her Bangladesh Awami League party as...
Bangladeshi President and head of the military backed interim government Iajuddin Ahmed on Monday signed the Emergency Powers (Repeal) Ordinance 2008, lifting a two-year state of emergency in order to prepare for December 29 parliamentary elections. The...
