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).
December 7, 2018
End of a nightmare
Two minors engaged in forced labour in Dubai have been rescued by Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association (BNWLA).
September 25, 2018
A godsend for working mothers
Riyas wakes up early every day, eats his breakfast, and then heads to “Phulki” in the capital's Mirpur. Once there, he greets his friends and supervisor, then quickly gets on to business at hand: running in circles, building castles out of blocks, and herding a menagerie of stuffed animals.
September 13, 2018
Poor healthcare plagues RMG units
Four months into her pregnancy, Tahmina, 35, found herself under constant stress as she tried to meet the production quota in the RMG factory in Tejgaon where she had been working for the last four years.
August 27, 2018
Big bucks out of animal discards
Forty-year-old Abu Kalam dug into the towering garbage pile in search of bones at the landfill in the capital's Matuail. He seemed unperturbed by the foul smell which had perhaps taken a backseat to the money he could earn by selling discarded animal parts.
June 29, 2018
Attention they deserve some
It was a moment of pride when Parimal Kumar Das got his autistic son's SSC results this year, but memories of being turned down by other schools flashed through his mind.
May 7, 2018
A step forward for menstrual hygiene
Mansura Akhter Panna, 30, often recalls her dreadful days of menstruation when she entered puberty.
April 8, 2018
Taking care of the urban poor's health
A young girl with some documents in her hands sat in the waiting room of Nagar Shastho Kendra in the capital's Meradia.
January 23, 2018
Not a lonely fight, anymore
Shahana Chowdhury kept going back to the story of her 25-year-old son’s recent Hong Kong visit and repeatedly said how proud she was to have seen her autistic child along with 10 others win the best performance award in a cultural programme there. Her excitement was mixed with gratitude for Begum Nur Jahan Dipa, special educator at the Parents Forum for the Differently Able (PFDA)-Vocational Training Centre, who made it possible.
December 26, 2017
The spectre of online sexual harassment
Yeanur Rahman came to Dhaka with big dreams. She studied hard, aced her final exams maintaining a good GPA and got admitted into a public university in the capital. Things were going exactly as she had envisioned. Better yet, the freshman thought she had fallen in love with someone in her very first year.
December 25, 2017
Nuclear Medicine Instt gets cancer detection device
With an aim to detect cancer at its primary stage, the Nuclear Medicine Institute (NMI) is going to install a PET/CT scanner from early January next year.
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