2023 Investment Climate Statements: Bangladesh
Bangladesh is the most densely populated non-city-state country in the world, with the eighth largest population (170 million) within a territory the size of Iowa.
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2023 Fiscal Transparency Report: Bangladesh
During the review period, the government made its executive budget proposal and enacted budget publicly available, including online.
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2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Bangladesh
The Government of Bangladesh does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so…..
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U.S. Embassy Guides American Companies on Investing in Bangladesh with Two New Reports
Do you want to know what U.S. companies are being told about the opportunities and risks of investing in Bangladesh? Or are you considering doing business with another country and want to know the basics? Two reports published this week will tell you.
Read More» U.S. Department of State Publishes 2022 Trafficking in Persons Report: Bangladesh has made Key Progress to Combat Human Trafficking
Yesterday, the U.S. State Department published the 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. This is the 22nd annual report. The country report for Bangladesh includes 18 priority recommendations ranging from increasing prosecutions and expanding victim services to enhancing law enforcement training and collaborating across borders.
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2021 Investment Climate Statements
Buoyed by a young workforce and a growing consumer base, Bangladesh has enjoyed consistent annual GDP growth of more than six percent over the past decade, with the exception of the COVID-induced economic slowdown in 2020.
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2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Bangladesh
The constitution designates Islam as the state religion but upholds the principle of secularism. It prohibits religious discrimination and provides for equality for all religions.
Read More» 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bangladesh
BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ANNOUNCEMENT: The Department of State will release an addendum to this report in mid 2021 that expands the subsection on Women in Section 6 to include a broader range of issues related to reproductive rights. Bangladesh’s constitution provides for a parliamentary form of government in which most power resides in the Office of the …
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What Still Needs to Happen to Win the Fight Against Human Trafficking
In late 2019, we learned of the harrowing plight of Suma Akter, a Bangladeshi woman in Saudi Arabia who secretly recorded and shared on social media her story of abuse and exploitation abroad.
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Release of the 20th Annual Trafficking in Persons Report
The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking.
Read More» Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt (END) Wildlife Trafficking Report 2019
Today the U.S. Department of State submitted the third annual report to Congress as required by the Eliminate, Neutralize, and Disrupt Wildlife Trafficking Act of 2016 (the END Wildlife Trafficking Act).
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Bangladesh Human Rights Report 2018
Bangladesh’s constitution provides for a parliamentary form of government, but in fact, most power resides in the Office of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party won a third consecutive five-year term in an improbably lopsided December parliamentary election that was not considered free and fair, and was marred by …
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Documentation of Atrocities in Northern Rakhine State
The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), with funding support from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL), conducted a survey in spring 2018 of the firsthand experiences of 1,024 Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh. The goal of the survey was to document atrocities committed against residents in Burma’s northern Rakhine …
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Bangladesh 2017 International Religious Freedom Report
The constitution designates Islam as the state religion but upholds the principle of secularism. It prohibits religious discrimination and provides for equality for all religions.
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Trafficking in Persons Report 2017
“Human trafficking is one of the most tragic human rights issues of our time. It splinters families, distorts global markets, undermines the rule of law, and spurs other transnational criminal activity. It threatens public safety and national security. “But worst of all, the crime robs human beings of their freedom and their dignity. That’s why …
Read More» Bangladesh 2016 Human Rights Report
Bangladesh is a secular, pluralistic, parliamentary democracy. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League (AL) have retained power since the January 2014 parliamentary elections, which most international observers characterized as controversial and falling short of international standards.
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BANGLADESH 2015 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT
The constitution designates Islam as the state religion but upholds the principle of secularism, prohibits religious discrimination, and provides for equality for all religions. Minority religious groups reported the government discriminated against them in property disputes.
Read More» ANNUAL FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2016
The State Department released the 2016 Fiscal Transparency Report on July 28, 2016 pursuant to Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016. The report found that 76 of 140 governments reviewed by the Department met minimum requirements of fiscal transparency.
Read More» 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report Published
DHAKA, JULY 1, 2016 – The U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the release of the 2016 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP Report) on June 30 in Washington, DC. As required by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), the TIP Report assesses governments around the world on their efforts to combat modern slavery.
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