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
The long, winding road to remedy for spousal violence
While covering a discussion on domestic violence last year, like many others in the audience, I was deeply touched by Rahela’s story of helplessness.
13 January 2022
Gender Sensitivity: Judiciary not trained enough
Rights activists have long been demanding effective gender sensitivity training for judges and lawyers dealing with cases of sexual violence so the victims, especially rape survivors, are treated with gender responsiveness and sensitivity throughout the legal process.
9 January 2022
Over half of Bangladeshi children under 5 don’t have birth registration
Fahima Begum, a 40-year-old domestic worker from Mirpur’s Kazipara area, was desperately running to print and photocopy shops in her area over two days in order to apply for the birth certificate of her five-year-old daughter Sathi.
6 January 2022
‘Anchal’ saving lives
In low and middle-income countries, many children die every year by drowning, usually when the parents are occupied with household chores or wage-earning activities.
1 January 2022
Rise in child abuse: Long way to achieve SDG goals
Nine-year-old Jeba (not her real name) has been having a very difficult time with excessive genital bleeding and pain, which has limited her ability to walk.
28 December 2021
Violence against young women and girls with disabilities: An everyday affair
Worldwide, young women and girls with disabilities face up to 10 times more violence than women and girls without disabilities, and Bangladesh is no exception.
9 December 2021
An undernourished nutrition budget
Twenty-five-year-old Rima Rani Paul is currently in her eight month of pregnancy. When she visited the doctor recently, she was recommended a balanced diet, rich in nutrient-dense foods, as the fetus was not growing as expected.
3 December 2021
Global Handwashing Day: Hand hygiene for all a far-off goal
Mohammad Harun, a sales executive at a ceramic store, was pleasantly surprised to see a handwashing station at the entrance to his office this July.
14 October 2021
Child Rape Survivors with Disabilities: The never-ending road to justice
“It makes me so angry when I see the man who raped my 13-year-old daughter with disabilities proudly roaming around the neighborhood, saying, ‘What’s so wrong with raping a retard? She’s a reject any way!’” lamented a frustrated Mujtoba Ali*, a construction worker in Bogura.
10 October 2021
813 girls raped in last 8 months
Even though rape laws were amended last year to allow for the death penalty, a total of 813 girl children were subjected to rape, of whom 110 were subjected to gang rape in the first eight months of this year, revealed a report.
29 September 2021
Time for action is now
On July 11, three under-five children drowned in two unions of Netrakona’s Kalmakanda upazila. The incident, however, was not highlighted in the media, as child drowning still remains one of the neglected and underreported issues in Bangladesh.
14 September 2021
Vaccination Drive: Are transgender people left out?
Getting tested and vaccinated for Covid-19 was no less than a trauma for Tanisha Yasmin Chaity, a young transwoman and a development worker based in Cox’s Bazar.
8 September 2021
Health disparities of transgender youth: Still left in the lurch
30-year-old Mugdha* a transgender woman of Rajshahi, still depends on traditional healers or dispensaries when she feels unwell, considering the disparities she faces at hospitals.
2 September 2021
Notarising child marriage!
Fatema Begum of Kalyanpur slum, locally known as the “Kalyanpur Pora Bosti”, got married to Md Mohsin in March, this year.
26 August 2021
Country’s lone human tissue bank serving in silence
When Shreyon Paul suffered a second-degree burn to his back, doctors at a local hospital were not sure if the nine-year-old would ever fully recover.
21 August 2021
Covid-19 Vaccine: A costly dilemma over pregnant women?
The government is yet to decide whether to vaccinate pregnant women despite a WHO recommendation to that end and an alarming rise in the number of pregnant Covid-19 patients.
31 July 2021
Never called back to work
A few weeks ago, the photo of 65-year-old Asiya Begum -- a house-help who was walking for two hours, wading through ankle-deep water, to reach her home at Hemayetpur from her employer’s house at the capital’s Lalmatia -- went viral on social media.
28 July 2021
World Drowning Prevention Day: Drowning remains dominant reason of child deaths
Contrary to popular belief, the most dominant cause children’s deaths in Bangladesh is not malnutrition or diarrhoea.
24 July 2021
‘Bhalo’ bridges gap for small cattle farmers
Two years ago, Obaidul Huq quit his teaching job at a private school in Dhaka out of frustration and decided to go back to his village home in Kurigram’s Buribari union.
19 July 2021
World Population Day: Sylhet wakes up to family planning
At 26, Bina Roy, a tea garden worker at Khejuri Tea Garden of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, is already a mother of four after getting married at 16.
10 July 2021