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On 27 June 2013, a case against Hasina and 24 other Bangladeshi Ministers and security personnel was lodged at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the alleged violation of human rights. [135] She has been "credited internationally" for the achievement of some of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals . [ 136 ]
The Bangladeshi press is diverse, outspoken and privately owned. Over 200 newspapers are published in the country. Bangladesh Betar is the state-run radio service. [1] The British Broadcasting Corporation operates the popular BBC Bangla news and current affairs service. Bengali broadcasts from Voice of America are also very popular.
Caused by: Reinstatement of the pre-2018 quota system in government jobs following the Bangladesh High Court's declaration of the 2018 circular as illegal.: Goals: Initially focused on quota reform, it later became a non-cooperation movement demanding the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas' resignation.
Sikhism in Bangladesh has an extensive heritage and history, although Sikhs had always been a minority community in Bengal. Their founder, Guru Nanak visited a number of places in Bengal in the early sixteenth century where he introduced Sikhism to locals and founded numerous establishments.
Other reports about previous presidents, including some by Bangladesh's newspaper of record the Daily Star, ... 24 December 1973 1 year, 346 days AL: 3
Women in Bangladesh are engaged in many work activities, from domestic work inside the home, to outside paid work. Women's work are often undervalued and under-reported. [14] The Bangladeshi government has set aside a substantial annual budget of around $100 million to promote the advancement of women in various areas.
The Daily Prothom Alo (Bengali: প্রথম আলো) is a Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka. It is the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. [2] According to the National Media Survey of 2018, conducted by Kantar MRB Bangladesh, Prothom Alo has a daily
By 1985, through revenue raised from the Concert for Bangladesh live album and film, an estimated $12 million had been sent to Bangladesh, [6] and sales of the live album and DVD release of the film continue to benefit the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF. Decades later, Shankar would say of the overwhelming success of the event: "In one day ...