An older person's well-being depends not only on physical health but also on whether they remain connected to meaningful relationships with their family and community

A decomposed body in Mirpur-11 exposes the fragility of elder care in modern life

We have built a society where many elderly people are entirely dependent on others to go out.

Dr Asha Islam Nayeem, a professor in the Department of History at the Dhaka University, has a heart-wrenching story.

In many cities around the world, elderly people literally cannot cross the road because the timing on crossing signals is too brief. At least we don’t have that problem in Dhaka, if only due to the absence of functional traffic lights.