A hospital for poor
The Sarkari Karmachari Hospital could be an inspiration for our policymakers in designing healthcare services for our garment and expatriate workers and their families.
8y ago
Who to blame for 'lapses' in first autopsy?
The necessity for exhuming the body of Sohagi Jahan Tonu for a fresh autopsy has raised questions over the investigators' sincerity in probing the murder.
8y ago
Heavy vehicles still using risky bridge in Savar
It was around 3:30pm. A brick-laden truck was crossing the squeaking and rattling Bhakurta Steel Bridge over the Turag river in Savar.
8y ago
No charges pressed yet
Three years have passed since Tanwir Muhammad Taqi, a bright teenage boy, was brutally murdered in Narayanganj, but investigators
8y ago
Happiness In Sharing
Imagine that you are at work, and right through your window you see the sun setting far away, shedding orange light on the world's third highest mountain, Kangchenjunga.
8y ago
It's Pak carnage with US supply
Less than two weeks before Bangladesh's Independence, the then US President Richard Nixon had called Henry A Kissinger twice on December 4, 1971, asking if warplanes had been sent to Pakistan.
8y ago
Bangladesh’s Liberation War: The night of horror
A heavy rain on the night of March 29, 1971 uncovered parts of two mass graves on the Dhaka University campus, according to a US diplomatic cable sent from the erstwhile East Pakistan.
8y ago
Killers of Japanese national ‘used a bus as cover’
Killers of Japanese national Kunio Hoshi, who was shot dead in Rangpur's Alutari village on October 3, appeared to have used a bus as a
8y ago
October 5, 2015
Offenders being fleeced right under DMP's nose
Two youths are overcharging traffic violators right under the nose of Traffic West Division taking advantage of Dhaka Metropolitan Police's (DMP) newly introduced fine payment system, which some say is proving troublesome instead of easing sufferings.
October 3, 2015
Nat'l mental health instt a gigantic mess
Undergoing treatment at a psychiatric hospital, Riad astonished his family when the 14-year-old said he would take medicine only if he was allowed to smoke marijuana or drink alcohol afterwards. He was finally given sedatives and put to sleep.
August 19, 2015
Boast appeared a hoax
Police did not employ any security expert to monitor the electronic surveillance boasted in their multilayer security arrangements during this year's Amar Ekushey Boi Mela.
August 13, 2015
A regret for life
Mukuly Begum literally struggled to take her thirteen-month-old daughter on her lap.
June 2, 2015
Kidnapped, turned into slaves of past
“My arms and legs were tied in such a way that it was impossible for me even to change sides without help,” said Jewel, who was abducted and held captive by human traffickers in November last year.
May 23, 2015
Question marks over charge sheet
The charge sheet in Narayanganj seven-murder case has been dubbed "flawed" by legal experts.
May 20, 2015
Nur Hossain, his aides directly helped Rab in abducting and executing 7 people in Narayanganj
Rab men abducted and executed Narayanganj city councillor Nazrul Islam and six others with direct assistance from Nur Hossain and
May 7, 2015
Desperate Bangladeshi fortune-seekers embark on dangerous sea voyage to Malaysia
The voyage that Jewel Barua had made to Thailand on a cargo vessel crammed with several hundred deceived jobseekers tells of a harrowing journey redolent of a time when slave trade was a profitable business across continents.
May 6, 2015
Traffickers call departure points in Teknaf of Bangladesh ‘Malaysia airports’
Teknaf upazila is the south-eastern tip of Bangladesh, a perfect place for boats to set sail in secrecy.
May 5, 2015
Traffickers kidnap Bangladeshis and send to Malaysia as slave labour
Emran Hossain and Mohammad Ali Zinnat did an extensive investigation into human trafficking from Bangladesh to Malaysia. For over three months, they carried out a thorough research, interviewed trafficking victims, brokers and rights groups, and travelled to the southeastern coastal areas before reporting on the clandestine crime that brings to mind the horror of slave trade of the past.
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