The dense mangrove forest on both sides of the road to the Bang Ben bay through Laem Son National Park is indeed intriguing.

An investigative report by this paper has unraveled the horrifying sexual abuse of Rohingya women while they make their perilous trips at sea.

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen moved to United States by the Center for Inquiry (CFI), New York-based advocacy group, which says that she received death threats, reports The Huffington Post.

A young woman in Mymensingh stages hunger strike to win back her husband who refused to accept her as wife even after one and half years of their marriage.

Rohingya, other survivors of dangerous boat voyages from Burma and Bangladesh describe horrific treatment by unscrupulous traffickers, says Human Rights Watch.

A Bangladesh delegation is ready to depart for Myanmar to verify nationality of the 208 migrants, victims of trafficking, rescued from sea recently.

A Bangladeshi national is said to be among nine traffickers held by Thailand police in view of the worldwide alarm over human trafficking.

UNHCR, OHCHR, IOM and SRSG calls upon leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to protect the trafficking victims now stranded at sea.

Condemning recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh, UN human rights experts warn that it is an alarming signal of deterioration of the space for freedom of expression.

Thailand and Malaysian police are expected to meet Friday to discuss human trafficking issues plaguing both nations.

It seems we do not care that a man just disappeared into the blues amidst allegation that the law enforcing agency was behind the Houdini act. He seems to have gone down the annals of disappearance of the likes of Ilias Ali, Chowdhury Alam and labour leader Aminul Islam.

It is the looming reality of implementation of the enclave swap that has triggered a wave of delight through the stranded Indian lands inside Bangladesh’s Panchagarh.

The ruling party in Bangladesh is using state mechanisms to curb the media, says a report published by London-based rights group Article 19.

Villagers may soon lead authorities to another traffickers' jungle camp in southern Thailand holding even more bodies than the 26 uncovered in the first after two days of digging. Yesterday, Thai authorities found 32 graves suspected to be of trafficked victims from Myanmar and Bangladesh in an abandoned jungle camp.

Employees at different hotels and restaurants in Pabna are forced to work 12 to 15 hours a day. And despite this long hours of work, they are poorly paid.

Ultimately, upholding women's rights will not only make economies work for women, it will also benefit societies as a whole by creating a fairer and more sustainable future.

Jailed former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed has approached renowned international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to defend him.

THE right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is not a new concept.

IN this present era human trafficking, a worst form of human degradation extends its malevolent drives more than ever to confine the human souls and their physical movement.

THE Human Rights Forum Bangladesh (HRFB), a network of 19 rights bodies, has expressed grave concern over the recent police proposal to amend the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act 2013, terming the recommendations as unconstitutional and in violation of fundamental human rights.