Hospitals breach disposal rules
Many healthcare facilities across the capital have been breaching their legal obligations on safe disposal of medical waste, but a decade-old system is failing to hold them accountable.
How liquid waste causes health risk
A 250-bed hospital in Dhanmondi produces about 4,000 litres of liquid waste a day. The liquid is treated to ensure that it doesn’t spread infection when disposed of.
Safety takes a back seat
A worker hacks away at a pipe-like object at a small scrap shop in Old Dhaka’s Islambagh. The sound of his hammer crashing against the pipe is instantly followed by bits of plastic flying off in all directions. Flecks of yellow and red tint the air.
The shady ‘recycle-man’
He is an apparent big shot in the black market of medical recyclables. Probably in his late thirties, the man keeps close supervision over his business and is careful to leave no footprints behind.
Medical Waste: 2 treatment devices stay idle for 4yrs
At a time when safe disposal of medical waste is a nationwide concern, two waste treatment devices have been sitting idle since 2015.
Communal Attacks Over FB Posts: Instigators still on the loose
It is always the same story – a Facebook image, post, or message hurting religious sentiments, an outpouring of rage both on social media and on the streets, ending in attacks on minority communities.
Testing Fish Feed: Importers cash in on legal loopholes
A battle between the Chattogram customs and fish feed importers over the jurisdiction of the port authority to check hazardous substances in imported consignments has laid bare loopholes in the import policy.
Checking eyes from miles away
Samira Begum’s eyes were itchy and watery for a few days when she finally decided to get a check-up at the Puthia Upazila Health Complex of Rajshahi on September 17.
March 8, 2019
Linking women to empower women
Dulali Khatun loves to introduce herself as one of the “Kallyanis” -- someone who tries to improve people's lives by offering goods, services and access to digital information.
March 5, 2019
Suspended in name, ‘blacklisted’ for life
Arif Hossain* has been worried about his future since his name and photo was put on a list of “suspended” workers outside his garment factory in Ashulia in the middle of January.
February 21, 2019
Battling to keep mother tongue alive
About a decade ago, Bivuti Chakma and his companion Jyoti Chakma pondered on how to penetrate the digital world with their native language. Far away from them, Manik Soren, from the Santal community, embarked upon doing the same.
February 15, 2019
Int'l Childhood Cancer Day Today: Love will keep us alive
Seven-year-old Rohan complains of being confined to a bed all day long. At the assurances of his caregivers that he will recover soon enough, Rohan's youthful, wide eyes dart between their faces and the tubes protruding from his arms and leading to a saline drip, placed next to his bed.
February 10, 2019
Reporting of adverse drug reaction crucial
A 15-year-old boy died in 2005 following intake of Levofloxacin that is prescribed to treat bacterial infections. He had suffered severe forms of adverse drug reaction, but it was too late by the time it was diagnosed.
February 2, 2019
Murder, not suicide
Depending entirely on the autopsy report, detectives had been claiming that Nilufa Akhter died by suicide in February 2016. The focus of Nilufa's case had shifted to suicide from murder after police got the forensic results.
January 26, 2019
Medical Exam of Rape Victims: Police not following HC directives
Shaila, 14, came out of the garment factory she works for in the capital's Mohammadpur Beri Bandh area and saw her ex-boyfriend Billal, employed at the same RMG unit, waiting outside.
January 24, 2019
Risha murder trial sees the light at last
The trial of the sensational Risha murder case can finally resume as the Children's Act, 2013, has been amended plugging loopholes the defence exploited to stall the proceedings.
January 12, 2019
Left candidates' eyewitness accounts of polls
The administration together with the law enforcement agencies played a role to influence the December 30 polls outcome in favour of the ruling Awami League, the Left Democratic Alliance candidates have alleged.
December 28, 2018
Where are the women in the manifestos?
The manifestoes of different political parties came one after another over the last three weeks, and to the dismay of women's rights activists, promises made ahead of the 11th general elections lack any determination to even try and establish a fair, equal society for women.
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