World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) is celebrated each year on 17 May to remind the world of the vision of the World Summit on the Information Society to build “a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented information society” based on fundamental human rights. This year the theme of the day is “Accelerating Digital Transformation in challenging times.” The whole world is suffering from the COVID-19 pandemic and several countries are under loc

Md. Ripon, an a-13-years old slum kid struggles to fulfill his dream in the Chalantika Slum area of the megacity Dhaka. Ripon is attending class-V at Islamia Govt. Primary School. Ripon operates his own business at the very early stage of his life. He sells fish in the local market besides his study. It’s been six years, Ripon along with his family relocated to Dhaka from his village called Chorpata located at Bhola district in the Barisal division. His parents moved to Dhaka

Freedom of information is a primary freedom and a human right, intrinsically bound up with the broader right to freedom of manifestation. It covers the right to pursue and gather information, and it complements the right to convey information which is the freedom to make information public via the right to press freedom. World Press Freedom Day is annually observed on May 3 to inform the international community that freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundament

International Labour Day is an official public holiday all over the world in various countries. It is observed every year to pay tribute to the contribution of workers across the world. May Day is also known as Workers’ Day or International Workers’ Day. May Day has different origin stories in different countries. However, the common theme in all countries in the labour class taking a stand against the exploitation they were subjected to. The origin of May Day is indissolubly