For safe consumption, rainwater needs proper harvesting
From ancient to modern times, harvesting rainwater has always been a backup plan to meet water needs.
Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022: Time to put policy into action
Menstruation or period is a natural phenomenon for women of reproductive age and indicates a healthy life. Yet, many people—both men and women—consider the monthly period cycle as an illness.
Grooming industry in an anxious wait
The existential question confronting many right now: how do you look put together when even simple grooming could spread the virus?
Rooftop Gardening: Making Dhaka green again
Against the backdrop of a generation growing up in a dusty city that is fast losing its green, open spaces and is frequently topping the
Evicted Hajaribagh sweepers face uncertainty
The 'untouchable' sweeper community in Dhaka's Hajaribagh is facing uncertainty with fear of eviction hanging over their head. Hundreds of families have already been evicted in city corporation's drive. Others still remaining in buildings yet to be brought down are living in fear.
Helping little ones breathe
Zarif holds the mask and sits patiently for around ten minutes for the liquid asthma medicine to convert into a breathable mist.
Sromik Jigyasha: Legal aid at RMG workers' fingertips
A ready-made garment worker, Rekha was informed that some of her colleagues had been fired from the factory in Tejgaon without any prior notice. They were asked to leave without salaries.
Traditional stoves causing lung cancer in women
Ayena was trying to be as quick as possible, adding woodchips to the flame under a clay cooking stove by a roadside in the capital's Rampura. A crowd of half a dozen people was waiting for her to deliver the pithas (a kind of cake).
December 12, 2017
Relief with tap on app
On a busy September evening last year, Limana Solaiman, a private service holder, waited at Kakoli in the capital for about one and a half hours to hail an auto-rickshaw home.
September 11, 2017
Lukewarm response to nurses' new uniforms
The government decision to change the nurses' uniform is being implemented slowly as the majority of the health care providers are reluctant to take up their new attire.
September 5, 2017
Surgery patients overrun Nitor
Patients had to queue up and wait long hours to undergo surgery at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic
August 31, 2017
Govt Hospitals on Eid Holidays: Many patients released
Eight-year-old Hridoy had a surgery at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital two weeks ago after he had suffered severe injuries to his abdomen while swimming in the Gournadi, Barisal.
August 7, 2017
An initiative to enhance quality of teaching
The Green University of Bangladesh has launched a faculty development programme aiming to improve teaching quality and motivate teachers to conduct research.
July 31, 2017
Hoping for the best
Watching a baby crawl across the floor is probably the best sight to behold for parents. But Shahida and Raju Mia, a couple from Gaibandha, are deprived of it, as Shahida last year gave birth to conjoined twins, who could hardly move as per their wish let alone crawl on the floor.
July 18, 2017
Too much to bear
Every time he left Dhaka Shishu Hospital, his parents would have a feeling that their son recovered completely.
May 14, 2017
Of a mother of 40 children
A mother she is of 40 children. She has not given birth to them but that doesn't make any less satisfactory the motherhood she tastes when she prepares food for them, gets them ready for school, holds them with affection as they fall sick and tells them stories in bed before sleep.
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