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Banshkhali shooting: Eminent citizens urge China to bring its companies to book Inside the power plant. Photo: Mostafa Yousuf Star Digital Report Star Digital Report Eighty-one eminent citizens today urged the Chinese government to bring to book Chinese companies involved with SS Power I Plant in Chattogram's Banshkhali upazila, where seven workers were killed in police firing during a protest on April 17. The citizens' group, consisting of academics, lawyers, university professors, rights activists, politicians, filmmakers, writers, cultural activists, NGO executives and journalists, made ...

On April 17, police opened fire at the Banshkhali Power Plant workers. They were asking for something very simple—payment of due wages, increased wages, reduction of working hours to half days on Friday and break during iftar. Whether we choose to view these requirements as their "demands" or "rights" depends on what we think should be the minimum standard of living for a worker. So far at least seven workers have died as a result of being shot by the police. In the aftermath of this all-too-familiar tragedy, we need to question why usually it is the workers who get penalised instead of the...

Ensure justice for Mushtaq, abolish DSA Demand 66 writers Star Report Star Report Sixty-six writers of Bangladesh have issued a statement demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who died in jail custody, and the abolition of the Digital Security Act (DSA). Stating that criticising the government is a citizen's right in any civilised country, they said that this law [DSA] is contradictory to the 39th amendment of Bangladesh's constitution and the Right to Information Act. The DSA also goes against human rights, they added. The government has to a...

But the university administration is in two minds over whether or not to reopen the halls since the government has not given any instructions. Tabia Islam, a protesting student, said on Sunday the female students have not returned to the halls due to security reasons but they expect the authorities to reopen all the residential halls within 24 hours. The students, enraged by clashes with locals of Gerua village next to the campus on Friday, broke into the closed dormitories during demonstration on Saturday. Before entering the halls, the students marched towards the residence of Vice-Chancell...

‘In 50 years of independence, safe society for women still a far cry’ Speakers say at an anti-rape rally Photo: Star Star Digital Report Star Digital Report In the 50 years since Bangladesh's independence, those in power have claimed of many developments in the country but they still haven't been able to ensure a safe and secured society for women, speakers said at an anti-rape rally today. Citing data, the speakers held the government responsible for the rise of rapes in the hill tracts and on plain land. "Rape is a crime where the criminals, i...