The first madrassa, or Islamic school, specifically for transgender students in Bangladesh opened last week in the capital city of Dhaka. It was a first not only in the country, but across South Asia, ...

I am authoring this article using an organizational pseudonym rather than my actual name. Anonymity is a common practice because of the persistent fear of the CSA. This law instills fear to the extent ...

As Bangladesh braces for the impact of COVID-19, with much of the country in lockdown, people with means have stocked food and hunkered down at home. But in a country where one in five people lives ...

Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, convener of Citizen's Platform for SDGs, today said amid rising fear and repression, vulnerable groups in Bangladesh say they have been forced into silence, with women, the ...

DHAKA, June 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When an elderly relative passed away, Sanjibani Sudha, a 26-year-old banker, was not permitted by her family to attend the funeral because she is a ...

A Catholic bishop has joined activists and netizens to congratulate a transgender person who made history by winning the post of chairperson of a local government body in a rural election in ...

This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual violence. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — Salma lives in a crowded refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. On a late evening in September 2023, she put on a colorful ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh (TrustLaw) - “If you are a hijra the undertaker refuses to bury you, and your body ends up in a river,” says Laily Sikder, one of the tens of thousands of hijras – transgender people ...

The Election Commission (EC) has published the final voter list ahead of the upcoming 13th national parliamentary election.