The government should provide constitutional recognition to the indigenous people and take special measures for their economic, social and cultural development, urged the Parliamentary Caucus on Indigenous Peoples and Minority Affairs at a discussion yesterday.
Free press is under an onslaught from multiple spheres beginning from the legal system, to the corporate domination of the media, to politicisation of journalists, said speakers at an event organised by Sampadak Parishad yesterday.
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Bangladesh is celebrating 50 years of its independence. In the past 50 years, we have crossed many milestones on economic and social fronts and achieved many things that were once deemed impossible. Bangladesh has even qualified for LDC graduation this year. All these have been possible because of innumerable contributions from people belonging to myriads of professions and