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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May 1, 2021
Ravaged by job loss, pay cut
Hundreds of thousands of workers in the readymade garment sector have been laid off since last year, despite factory owners receiving a Tk 8,000 crore stimulus packagefrom the government to pay their salaries during the pandemic.
April 19, 2021
Adp Allocations for Health: Even in pandemic, only 21pc utilised
The health services division utilised only 21 percent of their allocations from the Annual Development Programme in the last nine months, said a report of the implementation, monitoring and evaluation division of the planning ministry.
April 18, 2021
Second wave sees crisis over a certain drug
“Please help me to find Actemra 400mg injection (Tocilizumab) for my Covid patient mother. She is currently in ICU. Please help…” read a recent appeal by Sazzad Hossain on a public Facebook group.
April 2, 2021
Integration has a long way to go
Sanzid Hasan was five when his parents, impoverished residents of Mohammadpur’s Geneva Camp area, discovered that he could not communicate as easily as other children.
March 21, 2021
People with Down Syndrome: Hardly any protection, inclusion
Zaheda was rushed to a private clinic in Chandpur district’s Shahrasti upazila on May 24 last year.
March 2, 2021
State-Run Jute Mills: Govt going for lease to private
The government has decided to lease out all 25 state-run jute mills to the private sector despite initial plans of reopening them either through joint venture, public-private partnership, or a government-to-government (G2G) agreement.
February 22, 2021
Remembering Maulana Azad when we most need him
When the Indian subcontinent was pushed into violent communal turmoil and was being partitioned as its consequence, one person firmly stood out as the guardian of secularism, unity and peace. He was Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
February 11, 2021
Disability Rights in Bangladesh: Lack of data hampering progress
How many people with disabilities are there in Bangladesh?
February 4, 2021
Cancer care in Bangladesh: A tale of scarcity and negligence
Due to overwhelming treatment costs, scarcity of trained professionals and unavailability of equipment, cancer care is still inaccessible to hundreds of thousands of cancer patients in Bangladesh.
December 24, 2020
Pornography spreads amid futile govt ban
The government initiative to block pornography websites has proved a futile exercise due to lack of technological knowhow and concerted efforts from the state agencies.
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