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April 28th, 2016 at 10:24 AM

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Media Development Programme In Barisal: Fundamental need and rights to be addressed for people in southern Bangladesh

Journalists, media gatekeepers, representatives of Civil Society Organisation(CSOs) and non-government organisations(NGOs) based in Barisal have expressed their opinion to take multiple effective measures to ensure fundamental needs of rural...

April 28th, 2016 at 10:13 AM

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LGBT magazine editor's killers left a list of targets

Some important documents left behind by the killers of Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Tonoy include a list of targets, police said. Though the list does not bear any name, the documents say the targets are any individuals or professionals like...

April 28th, 2016 at 10:04 AM

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Violence against women rises 74%

By Mansura Hossain Violence against women rose by 74 per cent in 2015 compared to the year before, says a report of BRAC. The report was prepared on the basis of field reports done by BRAC staff working in 55 districts across the country. The...

April 28th, 2016 at 9:58 AM

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Workplace safety fails to keep pace with industrialisation

By Srinivas Reddy Every day, 6,300 people die around the world as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases -- more than 2.3 million deaths per year. The human cost of this daily adversity is vast and the economic burden of...

April 26th, 2016 at 9:52 AM

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The Khapra Ward Day: The Moment and the Movement

No history is mute. No matter how much they own it, break it, and lie about it, human history refuses to shut its mouth. Despite deafness and ignorance, the time that was continues to tick inside the time that is. —Eduardo Galeano Who are those?...