In a remote Garo village, an elderly Indigenous couple lives by themselves.
If such an appalling treatment persists, will the Indigenous people ever feel safe in this country?
Though the floodwaters didn’t linger in most places, they left behind uncertainty for lakhs of people.
There is a lack of recognition for Indigenous writers and publishers at national events like the Amar Ekushey Book Fair.
The government has directed all supermarkets, malls and shops of Dhaka city to adopt precautionary measures to stop the spread of Covid-19. However, the markets are struggling to maintain proper health and safety measures as there are large crowds of people shopping before Eid-ul-Fitr.
It was quite a pleasant surprise for Kawser Alam when he found Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) workers clearing the dumped waste in front of his house, a day after he lodged a complaint through an app called “Sobar Dhaka”.
Dhaka residents usually come across footpaths and roads being blocked by vendors and parked vehicles. As a result, they may have to jaywalk or manoeuvre their vehicles through the obstacles, hoping that one day authorities will clear the path.
Yesterday was the last day of this year’s Ekushey Boimela. Marked by a delayed start and a lockdown announcement midway, the book fair -- originally scheduled to end on April 14 -- ended two days earlier due to the surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.
The queue at Bangladesh National Museum was a little unusual this Friday. Things were getting a bit chaotic too. The issue laid with some who were being refused to enter. Waiting at the back of the line for a long time, they couldn’t believe they were being turned back.
Christmas, the biggest religious festival of the Christian community, is back again after a year-long wait, with the same exuberance among the community. Billions across the globe will observe the day, and Bangladeshi Christians will join in on the celebration as well.
Rock band Bleeding for Survival is the first ever band from Garo community-- an indigenous community of Bangladesh-- to be featured on the leading music streaming platform, GAAN app.
Reading about Bangladesh’s rich history gives us an understanding about the people’s struggles, and helps us realise and value their sacrifices.
People holding out their hands to stop speedy vehicles, buses stopping randomly to take in passengers, cars zooming past pedestrians crossing the road -- this is the chaotic scenario at the road crossing in front of Brac University at the capital’s Mohakhali.
Despite having a clear guideline issued from the Local Government Division, entrepreneurs under the government’s a2i programme are not getting proper support due to lack of coordination with ward councillors, they alleged.
Community centres are supposed to be a place where people of a neighbourhood gather, socialise and hold cultural and social events.
The two Dhaka city corporations have the mandate of keeping a check on food safety, but have been doing next to nothing to this end for several years.
It had nearly been an hour, but Khadiza Khatun was still moving from vendor to vendor with her empty bazaar bag in Tejgaon kitchen market.
After six months of staying indoors due to the coronavirus fallout, 56-year-old Aleya Akter is back with her weighing machine on the pavement right across a Badda supermarket.
