16 Days of activism: Will the dystopia for women ever end?
TDS: The Women’s Affairs Reforms Commission made 423 recommendations. How much has been implemented?
9 December 2025, 18:12 PM
9 December 2025, 18:12 PM
16 Days of activism: The abuse that leaves no bruise
When 32-year-old Akhi (not her real name) finally left her marriage last year, it was not the beatings that drove her away. It was the slow erasure of her being.
6 December 2025, 18:43 PM
6 December 2025, 18:43 PM
Need stronger political will for disability inclusion
As the country is set to observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, Ekushey Padak-winning activist Md Saidul Huq has urged stronger political commitment to ensure the full participation of persons with disabilities.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
12 parties sign children’s rights manifesto
Twelve political parties yesterday endorsed a child rights manifesto outlining 10 non-negotiable commitments co-created by children and young people and supported by UNICEF ahead of the 2026 national election.
1 December 2025, 18:10 PM
1 December 2025, 18:10 PM
16 days of activism: AI fuelling cyber violence against women
Experts warn justice system ill-equipped to handle digital crimes
30 November 2025, 18:40 PM
30 November 2025, 18:40 PM
Empowered to stand on their own
When her husband fell ill in 2013 and could no longer work, 36-year-old Moni Begum from Sherpur’s Nakla upazila suddenly became the only earning member of her family. However, she refused to give up.
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
16 Days of activism / When danger strikes, where can women turn?
Since Sharmin Akter (not her real name), 40, from Gazipur’s Kapasia, was married at just 12, she has endured relentless violence and abuse, describing the daily ordeal like “three meals a day”.
24 November 2025, 18:00 PM
24 November 2025, 18:00 PM
World children’s day: 9% children doing hazardous work
Bangladesh is witnessing a troubling rise in child labour, with the latest government survey showing that about 9.2 percent of children aged 5-17 are engaged in work, up from 6.8 percent in 2019.
19 November 2025, 18:25 PM
19 November 2025, 18:25 PM
Violence against young women and girls with disabilities: An everyday affair
Worldwide, young women and girls with disabilities face up to 10 times more violence than women and girls without disabilities, and Bangladesh is no exception.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM
An undernourished nutrition budget
Twenty-five-year-old Rima Rani Paul is currently in her eight month of pregnancy. When she visited the doctor recently, she was recommended a balanced diet, rich in nutrient-dense foods, as the fetus was not growing as expected.
3 December 2021, 18:00 PM
Global Handwashing Day: Hand hygiene for all a far-off goal
Mohammad Harun, a sales executive at a ceramic store, was pleasantly surprised to see a handwashing station at the entrance to his office this July.
14 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Child Rape Survivors with Disabilities: The never-ending road to justice
“It makes me so angry when I see the man who raped my 13-year-old daughter with disabilities proudly roaming around the neighborhood, saying, ‘What’s so wrong with raping a retard? She’s a reject any way!’” lamented a frustrated Mujtoba Ali*, a construction worker in Bogura.
10 October 2021, 18:00 PM
813 girls raped in last 8 months
Even though rape laws were amended last year to allow for the death penalty, a total of 813 girl children were subjected to rape, of whom 110 were subjected to gang rape in the first eight months of this year, revealed a report.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Time for action is now
On July 11, three under-five children drowned in two unions of Netrakona’s Kalmakanda upazila. The incident, however, was not highlighted in the media, as child drowning still remains one of the neglected and underreported issues in Bangladesh.
14 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Vaccination Drive: Are transgender people left out?
Getting tested and vaccinated for Covid-19 was no less than a trauma for Tanisha Yasmin Chaity, a young transwoman and a development worker based in Cox’s Bazar.
8 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Health disparities of transgender youth: Still left in the lurch
30-year-old Mugdha* a transgender woman of Rajshahi, still depends on traditional healers or dispensaries when she feels unwell, considering the disparities she faces at hospitals.
2 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Notarising child marriage!
Fatema Begum of Kalyanpur slum, locally known as the “Kalyanpur Pora Bosti”, got married to Md Mohsin in March, this year.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Country’s lone human tissue bank serving in silence
When Shreyon Paul suffered a second-degree burn to his back, doctors at a local hospital were not sure if the nine-year-old would ever fully recover.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Covid-19 Vaccine: A costly dilemma over pregnant women?
The government is yet to decide whether to vaccinate pregnant women despite a WHO recommendation to that end and an alarming rise in the number of pregnant Covid-19 patients.
31 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Never called back to work
A few weeks ago, the photo of 65-year-old Asiya Begum -- a house-help who was walking for two hours, wading through ankle-deep water, to reach her home at Hemayetpur from her employer’s house at the capital’s Lalmatia -- went viral on social media.
28 July 2021, 18:00 PM
World Drowning Prevention Day: Drowning remains dominant reason of child deaths
Contrary to popular belief, the most dominant cause children’s deaths in Bangladesh is not malnutrition or diarrhoea.
24 July 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Bhalo’ bridges gap for small cattle farmers
Two years ago, Obaidul Huq quit his teaching job at a private school in Dhaka out of frustration and decided to go back to his village home in Kurigram’s Buribari union.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
World Population Day: Sylhet wakes up to family planning
At 26, Bina Roy, a tea garden worker at Khejuri Tea Garden of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, is already a mother of four after getting married at 16.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Evidence Act: Experts laud govt move to scrap section
Rights activists and legal experts welcomed Law Minister Anisul Huq’s announcement about removing from the Evidence Act a provision allowing “negative” remarks about the character of a rape victim in a rape case.
1 July 2021, 18:00 PM
They are called “untouchables”
26 years ago, a young Md Riajuddin came to Dhaka, from Mymensingh, to make a decent living.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Activists, rights bodies incensed
The attitude of some lawmakers towards women has become a matter of great concern, said women’s rights activists as well as organisations working for women’s rights and empowerment yesterday.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ending Hazardous Child Labour: Tk 284cr project in a shambles
More than three years ago, the government had taken up a project with the aim of eliminating hazardous child labour from Bangladesh by 2020.
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Female Entrepreneurs: Stimulus schemes hardly reach them
Thirty-year-old Dipali Nokrek made a career out of doing one thing -- making people look beautiful.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM