‘I just want to save my child’
21 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Two-year-old Habib has already spent 19 days inside the crowded wards of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
21 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Mother's Day / Mothers in chars find hope close to home
10 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Just a week ago, 20-year-old Murshida Akter gave birth to a baby boy at a small health centre in a remote char area of Chowhali Upazila, where childbirth often comes with as much fear as joy.
10 May 2026, 00:00 AM
RMG sector: Myriad abuses of women workers
9 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Samia Khatun (pseudonym), 31, has faced injustice since her first day as a worker at a garment factory in Tongi, when she was just 16.
9 May 2026, 00:00 AM
For women in Dhaka, the journey home remains fraught with fear
22 April 2026, 16:46 PM
From rickshaws to buses, many women say commuting at night has become an anxious calculation shaped by harassment, insecurity and weak accountability
22 April 2026, 16:46 PM
Laws exist, but online violence against women continues
17 April 2026, 15:41 PM
Victims, activists and researchers say the gap between legal protection and real-world redress remains wide
17 April 2026, 15:41 PM
Rape accused still absconding, JU student alleges threats to force case withdrawal
7 April 2026, 22:03 PM
Accused has kept up pressure through threats, social media posts and intermediaries, she says
7 April 2026, 22:03 PM
Dog removal move sparks outcry in Baridhara
28 March 2026, 02:56 AM
Fresh attempts to remove community dogs from Baridhara DOHS have drawn criticism from residents and animal welfare advocates, who warn the move risks repeating a history of cruelty in the area.
28 March 2026, 02:56 AM
Baridhara DOHS dog removal move sparks fresh outcry
27 March 2026, 15:29 PM
Residents and animal welfare advocates say attempts to remove community dogs risk reviving a history of cruelty and may violate the law
27 March 2026, 15:29 PM
Inside the July uprising: Women led, the nation followed
With clenched fists and fierce voices, a group of fearless women stood before the locked gates of their residential halls on the night of July 14, 2024. There were no commands, no central leader -- only rage and a deep sense of injustice. They broke through the gates and poured into the streets.
28 July 2025, 18:18 PM
July uprising: Extraordinary powers of the ordinary people
The protests were loud, defiant, and spreading fast. But behind them was a quieter resistance
23 July 2025, 18:15 PM
‘Please help us find our children’
Parul wails in anguish as she searches for her 3rd grader daughter Nusrat
21 July 2025, 10:56 AM
From a broken past to a bright future
Imagine a room full of eight teenage girls huddled around a computer, hands trembling, hearts racing -- all waiting for their SSC results.
20 July 2025, 18:26 PM
Lack of safe, hygienic restrooms: A constant struggle for Dhaka women
S M Moon, a 24-year-old graphic design student and small business owner from Dhaka’s Bashundhara Residential Area, faces a daily struggle just to move around the city.
14 June 2025, 20:41 PM
Nearly 9 out of 10 victims of rape were children
Between January and April this year, 87.56 percent of reported rape victims with known ages were children
24 May 2025, 18:31 PM