DMCH, volunteers step up to save lives
Md Ismail was waiting for passengers in his battery-powered auto-rickshaw in Jatrabari’s Kajla area on July 18.
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A relatively calm Dhaka
After days of endless violence, parts of Dhaka were relatively calm yesterday, the second day of the ongoing curfew.
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A desolate Dhaka
All major roads and streets in Dhaka wore a deserted look amid curfew yesterday.
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Moshar Machine promising a solution to mosquito menace
When the entire country is grappling with mosquito menace, a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and his team have come up with an ingenious solution that promises to be an effective tool in mosquito control.
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Beating the heat with ‘cool’ initiatives
April 22 was one of the hottest days Dhaka has ever experienced in the last 65 years. While many city dwellers preferred to stay in the comfort of their homes, some students of the department of philosophy at Jagannath University had other plans.
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Irresistable Antarctica
Mohua Rouf is one of the few Bangladeshis who have ever set foot on the world’s southernmost continent, Antarctica. She spent six days in the icy abode of penguins, seals and whales which is arguably the least-trodden place on earth by humans.
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Dhaka’s vanishing wildlife
Gendaria, a neighbourhood in Old Dhaka, once known for its spacious roads and European style colonial buildings, has lost much of its grandeur.
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RMG Workers’ Life After Protests: Plagued by uncertainty
Since the announcement of the new wage, the workers have been reiterating that it will not bring them any semblance of relief, but fighting for it has brought on all kinds of trouble.
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December 6, 2021
Crushed by rising inflation
“I simply cannot describe what I’m going through,” Tashdiq Hasan says, summing up his current financial pressure.
December 3, 2021
Playground only exists on paper
In the western corner of the National Parliament building adjacent to the Mirpur Road in the capital, a signboard with the inscription “proposed playground for children with disabilities” can be seen erected on a field covered with thick vegetation.
November 27, 2021
Dhaka’s Brahma Samaj: Reminiscent of an enlightened past
In a corner of Old Dhaka’s Patuatuli neighbourhood sits a temple where all faiths are respected, and followers of various faiths join in prayers and ceremonies. The temple belongs to Brahma Samaj, a monotheistic faith that evolved through the reformist movement of Hindu religion during late 18th century.
November 18, 2021
Small Businesses Drowning In Debt: Deprived of help for no documentation
Basudeb, who hails from a remote village in Patuakhali, thought he had carved out a comfortable life for himself and his family in Dhaka.
October 10, 2021
Depression in Pandemic: Cutting deeper thru the youth
Imrul Kayes, a student of mass communication and journalism at Rajshahi University, was suffering from severe depression.
September 9, 2021
School Reopening: Cautious optimism all around
Fourteen-year-old Shahabul Alam never thought a day would come where he would be impatient to get back into the classroom.
September 5, 2021
Lost lives, abandoned homes: East Jurain hit hard by dengue, locals blame city corporation
Hafiza, a mother of two children from East Jurain’s Khaja Mahbub Ali Road, has been suffering from dengue fever for more than 20 days. Her 12-year-old son, who was also infected, recently recovered after 13 days of a life or death struggle at a local hospital.
September 2, 2021
Kumudini: A trailblazer in healthcare charity
When Covid-19 patients are spending hundreds of thousands of taka to get treatment at hospitals and clinics, a hospital in Mirzapur -- a small town in Tangail district -- has been providing free treatment for all Covid-19 patients since May last year.
August 25, 2021
How Rohingya youth are fighting for education
Abdul Aman, a Rohingya boy of 18, was a student of grade eight in 2017. His dream was to travel abroad for higher education after completing his school.
August 24, 2021
Covid-19 Treatment Cost: Families go broke at pvt hospitals
When Covid patient Rokeya Sultana was fighting for her life in the ICU of a private hospital last week, her son Mamunur Rashid was found frantically talking over the phone with someone trying to convince that person to buy a piece of land from him.
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