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.

2y ago

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.

2y ago

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?

4y ago

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

5y ago

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.

5y ago

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.

5y ago

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.

5y ago

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).

5y ago
December 12, 2017
December 12, 2017

Relief with tap on app

On a busy September evening last year, Limana Solaiman, a private service holder, waited at Kakoli in the capital for about one and a half hours to hail an auto-rickshaw home.

September 11, 2017
September 11, 2017

Lukewarm response to nurses' new uniforms

The government decision to change the nurses' uniform is being implemented slowly as the majority of the health care providers are reluctant to take up their new attire.

September 5, 2017
September 5, 2017

Surgery patients overrun Nitor

Patients had to queue up and wait long hours to undergo surgery at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic

August 31, 2017
August 31, 2017

Govt Hospitals on Eid Holidays: Many patients released

Eight-year-old Hridoy had a surgery at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital two weeks ago after he had suffered severe injuries to his abdomen while swimming in the Gournadi, Barisal.

August 7, 2017
August 7, 2017

An initiative to enhance quality of teaching

The Green University of Bangladesh has launched a faculty development programme aiming to improve teaching quality and motivate teachers to conduct research.

July 31, 2017
July 31, 2017

Hoping for the best

Watching a baby crawl across the floor is probably the best sight to behold for parents. But Shahida and Raju Mia, a couple from Gaibandha, are deprived of it, as Shahida last year gave birth to conjoined twins, who could hardly move as per their wish let alone crawl on the floor.

July 18, 2017
July 18, 2017

Too much to bear

Every time he left Dhaka Shishu Hospital, his parents would have a feeling that their son recovered completely.

May 14, 2017
May 14, 2017

Of a mother of 40 children

A mother she is of 40 children. She has not given birth to them but that doesn't make any less satisfactory the motherhood she tastes when she prepares food for them, gets them ready for school, holds them with affection as they fall sick and tells them stories in bed before sleep.

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