Nilima Jahan

Have you ever heard of helpline 109? Or, are you familiar with mobile app “Joy”? Similar to the national emergency helpline 999, these two services are dedicated to receiving complaints of harassment, sexual hostility, violence and potential threats against women. But they stay unknown to many.

The first time she stood up to her stalker, unable to take months of harassment, she was beaten up in public, where hundreds of bystanders stood by and watched.

2019 has not been a comfortable year for the media globally. While nobody has yet tallied up the numbers internationally, 7,200 jobs were lost just in the U.S., according to the business and finance news organisation Business Insider’s own calculation.

Impunity under the radar

Last year, 24-year-old Otoshi* divorced her husband because she had an unhappy and abusive conjugal life. Even today, she hasn’t been able to share the actual reason behind her divorce with her family members, except with her mother. The rest of her family and relatives blame her for failing to lead a domestic life with her well-off husband with a government job.

It took two years for 42-year-old Solema Begum to meet a gynaecologist for a lump that was developing in one of her breasts.

A year and a half ago, five-year-old Ashik had to face the harshest reality of his young life.

According to the latest data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), Bangladesh witnesses six incidents of suicide for every

While waiting in front of the central library of the University of Dhaka, a small crowd drew my attention. I was trying to see what was

The #MeToo movement that burst into the spotlight in Hollywood in 2017 dismantled many perpetrators from their positions of power

Sitting on a bench on the premises of Bangabandhu Bidyaniketon, 50-year-old Majeda Begum was crying. She wasn’t the only one.

28-year-old Helena Akter, from Pirgachha, Rangpur, is currently battling for her life due to pulmonary tuberculosis, psychological trauma, and other health complications. According to her relatives, doctors of Rangpur Medical College Hospital even recommended

The death toll from dengue has broken all previous records. The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) had a budget of nearly 47 crores of taka for the control and surveillance of mosquitoes in the last fiscal year.

For years now, the Bangladesh railway has been suffering constant losses. In the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the net loss of this vital public transport system was more than Tk 180 million.

This May, an online portal deliberately used a photo of Shrabonty Ananna—a model and social media influencer—in one of their reports with the title, “Illicit relationship with the uncle, girl arrested for killing her newborn”. Since stories accusing women never fail

Seven years ago, Sazia Hasan Izu, a second-year student of home economics from the University of Dhaka, could not have imagined that she was going to shape her profession as a businesswoman by selling her grandmother’s homemade oil for hair fall solution. But

The High Court issued a rule on June 23 on why it will not send out instructions to set up air-conditioning in all district courts of the

Sitting in the cafeteria of The Daily Star, Nipa Begum aka Sohagi was taking her first meal of the day nearly at three in the afternoon. The dark circles beneath her eyes bore testament to her sleepless nights and exhaustion.

Last week, a post did the rounds on social media, featuring a visually impaired couple who were looking for a job to support their

Last week, a peon, who was also a night guard, of Poradanga Government Primary School of Kulotia Union of Monirampur upazila,