Civil Society

An aerial view of Geneva camp in Mohammadpur. Photo: Saiful Amin Kazal
Bangladesh

30 civil society members seek withdrawal of foreign secy's comment describing Urdu-speaking community as 'stranded Pakistanis'

They have demanded an end to the use of the term 'stranded Pakistanis' to refer to Bangladesh's Urdu-speaking community in the future

Women and Children Affairs Adviser Sharmeen S Murshid urged everyone to build a Bangladesh free from injustice on October 20. Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

Sharmeen for building new Bangladesh free from injustice, misrule

Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan stressed the need for cooperation between the government and the civil society at an event in the capital on 19 October. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Collaboration of civil society is essential for building an equitable state: Environment Adviser

The Just Energy Transition Network Bangladesh (JETnet-BD) raised their demands at a city hotel in Gulshan today to mark its launch. Photo: Collected
Energy

Abandon all coal-based power plants by 2027: Civil society

A civic dialogue titled "New Dreams and Realities for Chattogram" held on 11 September 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Chattogram's development must be handed over to its people, urges citizens

Chief Moderator of EquityBD Rezaul Karim Chowdhury said during a press conference today (29 June) in Dhaka.
Bangladesh

Fight graft instead of raising tax burdens: Civil society to govt

At the event organised by Equity and Justice Working Group, they said repatriation is the only way to solve the Rohingya problem. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Loans won’t solve Rohingya crisis, only worsen Bangladesh’s problems: Civil society 

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Civil Society demands budget allocation for road safety measures

Photo: TBS
Environment

'Lungs of Chattogram' at risk: Civil society demand cancellation of planned ramp construction on Tigerpass-CRB road

Leaders of Civil Society from Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs) took to the stage at the COP28 Global Climate Conference in Dubai. Photo: Courtesy
World+Biz

Civil society urges global 1.5°C commitment, compensation for vulnerable countries at COP28

Photo: Courtesy
Health

Real action, not words alone, needed to achieve UN Agenda 2030: Civil Society

European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019/ Reuters
Bangladesh

EU calls on Bangladesh to foster enabling environment for civil society to work 'without fear of reprisals'

The foreign minister met a number of former Bangladeshi diplomats, academics, security analysts and journalists at the Foreign Service Academy on Thursday (10 August). Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Momen, civil society discuss strategies to ‘manage foreign diplomats’