Interview / When you witness poverty at that level, you simply can’t look away: Runa Khan
2 September 2026
When Runa Khan first visited Bangladesh’s chars more than two decades ago, she encountered a level of poverty she had never seen before.
2 September 2026
Trapped in the dark
24 August 2026
For at least a million awaiting cataract surgery, main challenge is access, and for rural women, hurdles remain steepest
24 August 2026
World Breastfeeding Week / A mother’s gift, lifeline for another baby
6 August 2026
Digital app MilkShare connects donor mothers with babies in need across Bangladesh
6 August 2026
World hepatitis day: One in five Rohingyas has Hepatitis C
28 July 2026
One in every five adult Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar is living with Hepatitis C, a trend echoed among thousands of newly arrived refugees.
28 July 2026
July uprising: The forgotten faces from the working class
26 July 2026
Thirty-eight-year-old Goni Miah left his village in Sherpur’s Sreebardi with a modest dream: to earn an honest living by pulling a rickshaw in Dhaka and provide for his family.
26 July 2026
WHO launches drowning prevention roadmap as Bangladesh's child-care, SwimSafe programmes remain stalled
25 July 2026
New guidance highlights proven interventions as experts urge Bangladesh to revive suspended drowning prevention initiatives
25 July 2026
The price of convenience
18 July 2026
Every day, Safia Khan, a 30-year-old corporate professional in Dhaka’s bustling Mirpur neighbourhood, moves through a world saturated with plastic.
18 July 2026
Children’s drowning risk grows as care centres remain shut
15 July 2026
As monsoon rains swell the pond beside her home in Bajitkhila village of Sherpur, Nusrat Jahan Ritu grows increasingly anxious.
15 July 2026
International Women’s Day: The picture of violence against women is grim
While International Women’s Day is a global celebration of women’s rights, equality, and empowerment, the statistics from Bangladesh on violence against women paint a troubling and stark reality.
7 March 2025
Violence against women: Most victims abused by husbands
Women in Bangladesh are three times more likely to be physically abused and over 14 times more likely to suffer sexual violence from their husbands than from others, according to a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics survey on violence against women.
27 February 2025
Sexual violence: Protests flare on campuses
Students across the country took to the streets yesterday, outraged by the “government’s inaction” amid a series of incidents of rape and sexual violence against children in recent days.
23 February 2025
Sanitary napkin fiasco: Bangla Academy blames it on the event manager
The Bangla Academy has apologised for shutting booths selling sanitary napkins at Amar Ekushey Boi Mela allegedly because of complaints from religious groups.
17 February 2025
Chaity breaking barriers through beauty services
Tanisha Yasmin Chaity from Rajbari never let her identity as a hijra limit her aspirations.
3 January 2025
Surge in road crashes: Patient overflow pushes NITOR beyond capacity
The National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (NITOR) is struggling to manage an overwhelming number of patients, far exceeding its 1,000-bed capacity, leaving many to receive treatment on the floor or in overcrowded corridors.
29 December 2024
An endless wait for justice for rape victims and survivors
Nine years have passed since Sohagi Jahan Tonu was raped and murdered inside the restricted Cumilla Cantonment on March 20, 2016. The case filed for her murder was supposed to be resolved within 180 days. However, nine years on and there has been no significant progress.
9 December 2024
Battling bias at every step, a hijra entrepreneur turning pain into purpose
Life has never been easy for Avaa Muskan Tithi. However, a fateful day in 2022 made things worse.
8 December 2024
Teenager stabbed, mother injured; stalker still at large
On a bed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, a teenage girl lies motionless, her back marked by deep stab wounds, inflicted by a stalker whose relentless harassment escalated into a night of terror.
7 December 2024
Daring to dream
At 20, Ritu (not her real name) is determined to break free from her past and rewrite her life’s narrative.
7 December 2024
At least one woman raped nearly every 9hrs
Marium was only 10 years old when she faced the horrors of sexual violence in 2018..
24 November 2024
One-stop crisis centre: Conviction in less than 2pc cases
The one-stop crisis centres are supposed to provide comprehensive support to women and children victims of violence, offering healthcare, police assistance, legal aid and other services.
1 November 2024
A historic moment
For the first time in Bangladesh’s history, five female lawyers have been appointed as justices in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
13 October 2024
Want swift justice, fair compensation
The family of Md Shahjahan, a 24-year-old hawker from Dhaka’s New Market area who was killed in the capital the same day Abu Sayed died in Rangpur, is demanding swift justice and appropriate compensation for his death.
13 October 2024
A historic moment: The appointment of five female justices to HC Division of SC
For the first time in Bangladesh's history, five female lawyers have been appointed as justices in the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
13 October 2024
‘We refused to retreat, even with bullets flying’
When protests against the quota system in government jobs erupted in Bangladesh during June and July, students believed they were standing up against a system they saw as discriminatory.
12 October 2024
July uprising: The garage of compassion
On July 18, Dhanmondi-27 had become one of the flashpoints when protesters took to the streets to enforce the “complete shutdown” called by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement.
9 October 2024
Harassment of women in public spaces on rise
Aparajita Sangita, a young filmmaker and advocate for women’s rights, is still trying to overcome the shock of a traumatic encounter at the Panthapath signal in Dhaka last week.
8 October 2024
Rabbi’s martyrdom yet to get recognition
In the early hours of August 5, two young women were frantically searching for their 17-year-old brother, Ismail Hossen Rabbi, who had gone missing after leaving home the previous day to join the Anti-Discrimination student movement, breaking the lock on their tin-roofed house.
27 September 2024
Debt, desperation and displacement
Just six years ago, 37-year-old Kabir Hossain, a butcher from Bhashantek slum in the capital, enjoyed a comfortable life with his family of six.
19 September 2024