I reject the minority tag. Here is why
The face of the minority keeps changing depending on national borders.
3m ago
Politics has to change to cure Bangladesh of economic ills
What is good politics for a party, or any party, may not result in good economics
3m ago
Hospitals breach disposal rules
Many healthcare facilities across the capital have been breaching their legal obligations on safe disposal of medical waste, but a decade-old system is failing to hold them accountable.
5y ago
How liquid waste causes health risk
A 250-bed hospital in Dhanmondi produces about 4,000 litres of liquid waste a day. The liquid is treated to ensure that it doesn’t spread infection when disposed of.
5y ago
Safety takes a back seat
A worker hacks away at a pipe-like object at a small scrap shop in Old Dhaka’s Islambagh. The sound of his hammer crashing against the pipe is instantly followed by bits of plastic flying off in all directions. Flecks of yellow and red tint the air.
5y ago
The shady ‘recycle-man’
He is an apparent big shot in the black market of medical recyclables. Probably in his late thirties, the man keeps close supervision over his business and is careful to leave no footprints behind.
5y ago
Medical Waste: 2 treatment devices stay idle for 4yrs
At a time when safe disposal of medical waste is a nationwide concern, two waste treatment devices have been sitting idle since 2015.
5y ago
Communal Attacks Over FB Posts: Instigators still on the loose
It is always the same story – a Facebook image, post, or message hurting religious sentiments, an outpouring of rage both on social media and on the streets, ending in attacks on minority communities.
5y ago
June 30, 2017
Coming back to life
The three-room flat in the capital's Paltan falls silent only when the children leave this home every afternoon to return to where they
May 4, 2017
Urban Poor: Caught in cycle of misfortune, debt, neglect
Rokeya Begum's family lived off paddy farming in Bajitpur upazila of Kishoreganj. Three years ago, adverse weather damaged their crops, leaving them with nothing to subsist on.
March 4, 2017
A law long overdue for Hindus
On February 17 this year, much to the surprise of many Bangladeshis, especially those from the Hindu community, Pakistan's Senate...
March 3, 2017
Weighed down by too many subjects
Soon after the academic year began in January, Masuma Marjan tried to make a routine squeezing in all the 13 subjects she must complete before her JSC exams. But the eighth grader quickly realised she doesn't even have the whole year for her preparation -- her exams are scheduled for November. So she has settled for studying the main subjects first, each carrying 100 marks, and then thumb through the “less-significant” subjects in whatever time she will have left.
February 13, 2017
Falgun Fest at DU: How it all began
What was an impromptu celebration of Pahela Falgun in 1991 tied a group of students from Dhaka University's Faculty of Fine Arts forever, with affection and a memory that transformed into a bigger event.
December 18, 2016
Textbooks not up to the mark
Ishaan pulls out three books on Bangladesh and Global Studies, as he explains how he has been preparing for his final exams in class-VI. Two of them are actually guidebooks which he says are must-read study materials for excelling in the subject.
October 27, 2016
Law that cries out for change
She has severed all ties with her husband and lived separately for more than four years now. But legally her marriage is not over yet.
June 9, 2016
Daredevils in Dhaka
Just the other day a truck laden with iron rods was lumbering ahead of us, as we were heading home in the middle of the night after work. The entire journey was freaking me out. I held my 15-month-old son tight against my chest.
September 19, 2014
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Many of the government officials working on food safety are corrupt, observed Humayun Kabir Bhuiyan, general secretary of the Consumers Association of Bangladesh.
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