Bangladesh’s climate-displaced / From lost homes to life in Dhaka’s slums
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Unheard Voices
Buried by development: The human cost of river dredging in Dumuria
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Unheard Voices
Char contracts: Surviving river erosion without the state
8 July 2026, 00:01 AM
Unheard Voices
When extreme heat becomes a death trap for Bangladesh’s workers
6 July 2026, 00:10 AM
Unheard Voices
The slow disappearance of Kuakata’s Rakhines
4 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Unheard Voices
The cost of conservation in the Sundarbans
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Unheard Voices
A 300-year-old shrine and the legend of Oggean Thakur
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM
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My father retired. Why can't my mother?
19 June 2026, 08:25 AM
Unheard Voices
Why extreme heat hits girls hardest in Dhaka’s informal settlements
16 June 2026, 08:30 AM
Unheard Voices
The killing of Sonadia’s mangroves: An eyewitness account
13 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Unheard Voices
We don’t need more data - we need to understand it
The question is no longer about data scarcity, but about data governance: who holds it, who uses it, and to what end.
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Dhaka’s forgotten girls: Living without safety, identity or rights
One of the less visible but most damaging barriers is the absence of legal identity.
21 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Why is secondary education becoming unaffordable?
The soaring costs are turning secondary education into a secondary priority, overshadowed by the daily struggle for survival.
21 November 2025, 18:00 PM
The hands that clean, the Harijans we refuse to see
Our stomachs often remain empty—not because we do not work hard, but because life is unfair
14 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Who owns Dhaka’s streets?
The informal economy is not a leftover of "under-development" but continues to operate across advanced societies.
14 November 2025, 18:00 PM
RMG’s automation and green growth have a gender problem— Don’t ignore it
One often overlooked dimension of this transition is the interplay between automation, decent work, and the care economy.
7 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Why Bangladesh still believes teachers should be poor
Teachers' demands today are so modest that they almost reflect their learned helplessness.
7 November 2025, 18:00 PM
The hidden workforce: Inside Dhaka’s domestic work economy
The fundamental question is what can be done for the well-being of domestic workers in Bangladesh.
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Hearing the sonic image of Tiger: Survival lessons from the Sundarbans
How do the prey -- humans -- and the predator -- the tiger -- share forest space and survive together? Can the prey and predator truly live together?
31 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Will visually impaired voters be able to cast their vote?
Should it take a courtroom to remind us that democracy does not belong only to the able-bodied?
24 October 2025, 18:00 PM
A wetland losing its farmers
Men who once harvested rice now drive auto-rickshaws along the asphalt.
24 October 2025, 18:00 PM
The disappearing snails of Sundarbans
Snails and mud clams also play a vital role in maintaining aquatic ecosystems by absorbing harmful substances from river and canal beds.
17 October 2025, 18:00 PM
How many more workers have to die before impunity ends?
We need a new image of the labour movement, and a new class of entrepreneurs who will see workers not merely as tools for profit but as partners in progress.
16 October 2025, 13:39 PM
The slow death of Lawachara Forest
Dawn no longer breaks with the chirping of birds in Lawachara National Park — only with the rustle of leaves falling from dying trees. The cries of monkeys echo through the emptiness where deer once danced.
10 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Scars of July: How are the injured now?
Despite promises of financial support and rehabilitation, many are still waiting for aid to arrive.
10 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Encroached and evicted: The vanishing Rakhines of Bangladesh
The very land that the Rakhines once regarded as their mark of existence is now shrinking
3 October 2025, 18:00 PM
How salinity corrodes the lives of Sundarbans women
Satkhira is one of the areas most affected by salinity, where both surface and groundwater are increasingly saline.
3 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Reading tiger pugmarks: Human–tiger co-existence in the Sundarbans
In the shifting mudflats and mangrove thickets of the Sundarbans, survival is a constant negotiation.
26 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Empty homes, empty promises: Who will stand by our parents?
There was a time in Bangladesh when the family home was more than just a roof over one’s head—it was a living institution. Generations grew together under its shade, sharing meals, quarrels, stories, and responsibilities.
26 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Where safety never reaches
Behind the walls and the daily chaos lies a harsher reality for the marginalised communities living in Dhaka’s bursting slums.
19 September 2025, 18:00 PM