July 2, 2021
Many apparel workers walk to work
Many garment workers faced trouble yesterday as they walked to their workplaces in absence of public transport and for not having any transport arranged by the factories on the first day of a week...
April 25, 2021
‘Feel unlucky to have survived’
Nilufar Yeasmin was 25 when Rana Plaza collapsed. She was an operator at Phantom Apparels on the fourth floor of the building.
February 14, 2021
February brings hope for florists
Days will be longer for the flower growers for the next couple of months thanks to its increased demand because of back-to-back national events, beginning with Pahela Falgun and Valentine’s Day...
February 11, 2021
How Savar became a hub of rose cultivation
Sabed Ali was 16 years old when he began working as a gardener at Bangladesh National Zoo.
January 21, 2021
Dreaming anew with jute
On June 15, 2017, a section of a clay wall crashed and fell on 18-year-old Sabina Yeasmin, paralysing her from the waist down. The incident happened just when she was about to sit for her HSC exams...
December 11, 2020
A mess 28yrs in the making
Savar Municipality authorities have failed to arrange a landfill or garbage dumping station in its 28 years of establishment, hampering waste management to a great extent.
December 6, 2020
‘Riverbank grabbers mustn’t contest in polls’
Savar residents yesterday urged authorities to bar riverbank grabbers from contesting in elections.
November 19, 2020
Garment workers stage sit-in in Ashulia for arrears
Workers of A-One BD staged a sit-in in front of the Ashulia Press Club for the second consecutive day yesterday, demanding ten months arrears from their factory in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone ...
October 9, 2020
Another month-old rape surfaces only after video release
Two accused among 15 in a case for gang-raping a girl and assaulting another in Savar confessed to court of the crime yesterday.
September 25, 2020
Not a one-off crime
Four days after the murder of Savar schoolgirl Nila Roy, information about the dubious past of prime accused Mizanur Rahman (20) has started to surface. Mizan, who allegedly stabbed Nila in an...