Shadma Malik

For safe consumption, rainwater needs proper harvesting

From ancient to modern times, harvesting rainwater has always been a backup plan to meet water needs.

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022: Time to put policy into action

Menstruation or period is a natural phenomenon for women of reproductive age and indicates a healthy life. Yet, many people—both men and women—consider the monthly period cycle as an illness.

Grooming industry in an anxious wait

The existential question confronting many right now: how do you look put together when even simple grooming could spread the virus?

Rooftop Gardening: Making Dhaka green again

Against the backdrop of a generation growing up in a dusty city that is fast losing its green, open spaces and is frequently topping the

Evicted Hajaribagh sweepers face uncertainty

The 'untouchable' sweeper community in Dhaka's Hajaribagh is facing uncertainty with fear of eviction hanging over their head. Hundreds of families have already been evicted in city corporation's drive. Others still remaining in buildings yet to be brought down are living in fear.

Helping little ones breathe

Zarif holds the mask and sits patiently for around ten minutes for the liquid asthma medicine to convert into a breathable mist.

Sromik Jigyasha: Legal aid at RMG workers' fingertips

A ready-made garment worker, Rekha was informed that some of her colleagues had been fired from the factory in Tejgaon without any prior notice. They were asked to leave without salaries.

Traditional stoves causing lung cancer in women

Ayena was trying to be as quick as possible, adding woodchips to the flame under a clay cooking stove by a roadside in the capital's Rampura. A crowd of half a dozen people was waiting for her to deliver the pithas (a kind of cake).

August 3, 2022
August 3, 2022

For safe consumption, rainwater needs proper harvesting

From ancient to modern times, harvesting rainwater has always been a backup plan to meet water needs.

May 28, 2022
May 28, 2022

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2022: Time to put policy into action

Menstruation or period is a natural phenomenon for women of reproductive age and indicates a healthy life. Yet, many people—both men and women—consider the monthly period cycle as an illness.

March 31, 2020
March 31, 2020

Grooming industry in an anxious wait

The existential question confronting many right now: how do you look put together when even simple grooming could spread the virus?

April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019

Rooftop Gardening: Making Dhaka green again

Against the backdrop of a generation growing up in a dusty city that is fast losing its green, open spaces and is frequently topping the

April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019

Evicted Hajaribagh sweepers face uncertainty

The 'untouchable' sweeper community in Dhaka's Hajaribagh is facing uncertainty with fear of eviction hanging over their head. Hundreds of families have already been evicted in city corporation's drive. Others still remaining in buildings yet to be brought down are living in fear.

March 1, 2019
March 1, 2019

Helping little ones breathe

Zarif holds the mask and sits patiently for around ten minutes for the liquid asthma medicine to convert into a breathable mist.

February 22, 2019
February 22, 2019

Sromik Jigyasha: Legal aid at RMG workers' fingertips

A ready-made garment worker, Rekha was informed that some of her colleagues had been fired from the factory in Tejgaon without any prior notice. They were asked to leave without salaries.

February 4, 2019
February 4, 2019

Traditional stoves causing lung cancer in women

Ayena was trying to be as quick as possible, adding woodchips to the flame under a clay cooking stove by a roadside in the capital's Rampura. A crowd of half a dozen people was waiting for her to deliver the pithas (a kind of cake).

December 26, 2018
December 26, 2018

Social challenges hold back women's economic participation

Social challenges have held back women's economic participation over the last decade, despite headway made in education, training, entrepreneurship, and jobs overseas.

December 17, 2018
December 17, 2018

Health insurance brings smile to RMG workers

Garment worker Mira breathed a sigh of relief when she learnt last November that she would no longer have to bear her healthcare bills.

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