The Generalized System of Preference (GSP) for Bangladeshi products in the US market was suspended in 2013. One of the conditions for getting back the desired GSP benefits was the abolition of child labor. But child labor still exists in Bangladesh in the production of clothing, leather goods, dried fish and bricks, according to a […]
A prominent Rohingya Muslim leader who once visited the White House was shot and killed Wednesday by unidentified gunmen at a refugee camp in Bangladesh, police officials and rights groups said. Mohib Ullah, 46, was a renowned advocate for Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority and rose to prominence as a community leader among his fellow refugees […]
10 international human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have called the UN and relevant countries to take final action, noting that the country’s government has failed to address widespread allegations of torture and ill-treatment in custody against Bangladesh’s security forces. The statement also stated that the brutal treatment of detainees by law enforcement and […]
