November 20, 2021
Muggers desecrate graveyards by using them as base
It was around 5 o’clock in the morning.
November 18, 2021
Small Businesses Drowning In Debt: Deprived of help for no documentation
Basudeb, who hails from a remote village in Patuakhali, thought he had carved out a comfortable life for himself and his family in Dhaka.
November 10, 2021
Exploring Mirpur’s bazar of salvaged food
At Mirpur’s Mazar Road, three to four vans can be seen running an off-beat food business. Throughout the week, especially on the weekends, sellers set up shop with an offering of delicacies, all at...
October 30, 2021
DMCH’s ‘dirty’ laundry
People from across the country flock to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) for treatment. According to hospital authorities, around 4,000 patients remain admitted to this 2,600-bed public...
October 26, 2021
Life as a Constable: Under stress, in distress
When Jibon Sarker (not his real name) joined the police force as a constable about 10 years ago, he took it for a life-changing job. In many ways, it is; but not for the right reasons.
October 19, 2021
DOWN WITH THE FLU
With the country’s temperature remaining abnormally high over the last two months, the number of patients suffering from different infectious diseases has gone up, with children being the worst...
October 10, 2021
Spiralling Food Prices: Low-income group half-fed
For Razia Sultana, a 50-year-old widow with three children to look after and a Tk 22,000 of fixed monthly income, every paisa counts.
October 7, 2021
Dengue data dearth impairs health experts
Dengue became endemic in the country in 2000, but the government is yet to put in place an automated system that comes up with the exact number of cases, crucial to get a clear picture of the...
September 9, 2021
School Reopening: Cautious optimism all around
Fourteen-year-old Shahabul Alam never thought a day would come where he would be impatient to get back into the classroom.
August 30, 2021
Enforced Disappearances: Days in custody unaccounted for
There is a kind of enforced disappearance where a person is picked up or abducted, vanishes into thin air and is never heard from again.