RAJBARI: District Administration, Rajbari brought out a victory rally yesterday marking UNESCO recognition of the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Myanmar using ‘abusive laws’ to punish critics: HRW

Reuters, Yangon :Myanmar’s government under Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has used repressive laws to prosecute peaceful critics, dashing hopes that its first democratic leader in decades would safeguard free speech, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. Freedom of expression has been deteriorating since her administration came to power in 2016, with prosecutions creating a “climate of fear” among journalists, the rights group said in its report, “Dashed Hopes: The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in Myanmar”.“Aung San Suu Kyi...

16 Feb 2019, 12:00 am