December 26, 2018
Social challenges hold back women's economic participation
Social challenges have held back women's economic participation over the last decade, despite headway made in education, training, entrepreneurship, and jobs overseas.
December 17, 2018
Health insurance brings smile to RMG workers
Garment worker Mira breathed a sigh of relief when she learnt last November that she would no longer have to bear her healthcare bills.
December 7, 2018
End of a nightmare
Two minors engaged in forced labour in Dubai have been rescued by Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association (BNWLA).
September 25, 2018
A godsend for working mothers
Riyas wakes up early every day, eats his breakfast, and then heads to “Phulki” in the capital's Mirpur. Once there, he greets his friends and supervisor, then quickly gets on to business at...
September 13, 2018
Poor healthcare plagues RMG units
Four months into her pregnancy, Tahmina, 35, found herself under constant stress as she tried to meet the production quota in the RMG factory in Tejgaon where she had been working for the last four...
August 27, 2018
Big bucks out of animal discards
Forty-year-old Abu Kalam dug into the towering garbage pile in search of bones at the landfill in the capital's Matuail. He seemed unperturbed by the foul smell which had perhaps taken a...
June 29, 2018
Attention they deserve some
It was a moment of pride when Parimal Kumar Das got his autistic son's SSC results this year, but memories of being turned down by other schools flashed through his mind.
May 7, 2018
A step forward for menstrual hygiene
Mansura Akhter Panna, 30, often recalls her dreadful days of menstruation when she entered puberty.
April 8, 2018
Taking care of the urban poor's health
A young girl with some documents in her hands sat in the waiting room of Nagar Shastho Kendra in the capital's Meradia.
January 23, 2018
Not a lonely fight, anymore
Shahana Chowdhury kept going back to the story of her 25-year-old son’s recent Hong Kong visit and repeatedly said how proud she was to have seen her autistic child along with 10 others win the...