Tahira Shamsi Utsa

Yasmin represents the millions of women excluded from the labour force, who say that family and household work is a significant setback to their employment.

Roughly two decades ago, Dhaka’s street food scene was all about simplicity: crispy piyajus and singaras, deep-fried puris, or spicy jhal muri. Depending on the season, you would also find a variety of pithas -- comforting, traditional and closely tied to local flavours. 

Amid the worldwide development of electric vehicles, which is changing the traffic landscape away from fossil fuels, Bangladeshi mechanics brought their humble version of an e-vehicle to the road: a battery-run rickshaw -- awkwardly wired, with visible battery units slinging on the back.

Dhaka’s bustling streets are both a workplace and a home for 14-year-old Amina.

The increasing exodus of educated professionals from Bangladesh reveals a complex web of barriers facing the nation’s brightest minds. 

On the bustling streets of Dhaka, where traffic moves like molasses and the air hangs heavy with exhaust fumes, a new breed of urban warriors has emerged.

Inside the straw-roofed clay houses that line the dusty streets of Alipur union in Satkhira Sadar upazila, a silent crisis is unfolding.

Fashion brands and retailers are witnessing increased customer footfall ahead of Durga Puja, the biggest annual festival for Hindu community, despite rising prices and political uncertainty.

In the shadowy predawn hours, the air in Ashulia, a small industrial town on the outskirts of Dhaka, is thick with anticipation.

Says brother of 23-year old who was shot in Mirpur

Many may be surprised to learn that the most cost-effective way to transfer money from one place to another without a bank is through the post office.

Rahman Ali, a 68-year-old retired primary school teacher, begins his day in a serene village in the northwestern district of Bogura with a routine he has perfected over the decades.

The food ministry spent less in fiscal 2022-2023 compared to fiscal 2009-2010, according to data on expenditure over the last 13 years.

For Ayesha Islam*, every day is like a battle.

Mang Pu Mro, 78, from Kranchipara of Bandarban’s Alikadam upazila, is among the last seven speakers, all of whom are elderly, of Rengmitcha language.

In 2022, some 17.4 percent of households were led by women, up from 16 percent the year before and 15 percent in 2020. It was 11.6 percent in 2013.

Just five years ago, if you told someone that they could commute to and from the Boi Mela in just an hour, they would have laughed at you and called you delusional.

The award recognises those who exceed expectations in safeguarding refugees, displaced individuals, and stateless people

Every day, Fatima Islam fights a silent war to protect her 12-year-old daughter, Nisha, who has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), from a society that is yet to fully embrace children with special needs.

Shanta Akhter, a 29-year-old garment worker, lives in a small room in the basement of a building in the capital’s Mirpur-7.