Homes await staffers, seniors await care
1 October 2026
Eight government-run Shanti Nibash facilities built to shelter elderly people remain non-operational due to delays in staff recruitment, leaving Bangladesh without a functioning state-run residential care system for older citizens.
1 October 2026
First responders from within the hills
26 September 2026
The monsoon in July 2024 brought more than rain to remote Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari.
26 September 2026
From daily wages to their own businesses
12 September 2026
With training, market links and community support, women in Khagrachhari’s Guimara finding new ways to support their families
12 September 2026
Child development centres: The caged promise of a second chance
3 September 2026
Truck driver Roka Mia still remembers the last phone call from his only son.
3 September 2026
A long road to better nutrition in the hills
3 September 2026
Bishwabala Tripura, 47, a mother of five from Khagrachhari’s Guimara upazila, knows that keeping a child healthy in the remote hills involves more than simply providing food.
3 September 2026
Business Plus / Women built the RMG might. Now they are losing ground
25 July 2026
Women once made up 80% of the garment workforce, that share has fallen below 55%
25 July 2026
Claims of free-roaming dog relocation resurface in Dhaka’s Baridhara DOHS
1 July 2026
Baridhara DOHS Parishad points to DNCC, while residents raise concerns over missing dogs
1 July 2026
‘I just want to save my child’
21 May 2026
Two-year-old Habib has already spent 19 days inside the crowded wards of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
21 May 2026
Mothers in chars find hope close to home
Just a week ago, 20-year-old Murshida Akter gave birth to a baby boy at a small health centre in a remote char area of Chowhali Upazila, where childbirth often comes with as much fear as joy.
10 May 2026
RMG sector: Myriad abuses of women workers
Samia Khatun (pseudonym), 31, has faced injustice since her first day as a worker at a garment factory in Tongi, when she was just 16.
9 May 2026
For women in Dhaka, the journey home remains fraught with fear
From rickshaws to buses, many women say commuting at night has become an anxious calculation shaped by harassment, insecurity and weak accountability
22 April 2026
Laws exist, but online violence against women continues
Victims, activists and researchers say the gap between legal protection and real-world redress remains wide
17 April 2026
Rape accused still absconding, JU student alleges threats to force case withdrawal
Accused has kept up pressure through threats, social media posts and intermediaries, she says
7 April 2026
Dog removal move sparks outcry in Baridhara
Fresh attempts to remove community dogs from Baridhara DOHS have drawn criticism from residents and animal welfare advocates, who warn the move risks repeating a history of cruelty in the area.
28 March 2026
Baridhara DOHS dog removal move sparks fresh outcry
Residents and animal welfare advocates say attempts to remove community dogs risk reviving a history of cruelty and may violate the law
27 March 2026
One woman’s fight for the children of Korail slum
On most evenings in Korail slum, as the narrow lanes grew quiet and day labourers returned home, a small room would fill with nearly 30 children.
13 March 2026
Only three women in the new cabinet
Only three of the 49 members in the newly announced cabinet are women, accounting for just 6 percent of the government’s top executive body.
18 February 2026
Saraswati Puja: DU, JnU mandaps spotlight attacks on media houses
The Saraswati Puja celebration of Dhaka University’s Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, held at Jagannath Hall yesterday, featured the themes of mob violence and arson attacks on Bangladeshi media houses.
24 January 2026
DU Saraswati Puja mandap spotlights attacks on Bangladeshi media houses
Journalism students use theme to condemn attacks on The Daily Star and Prothom Alo
23 January 2026
Saint martin’s 20-bed hospital: When the sea stands between life and death
Forty-five-year-old fisherman Roton Mollah has been raising his young daughter alone for the past year after losing his wife and unborn child while trying to reach medical care from Saint Martin’s Island.
2 January 2026
Record high C-section births raise concerns
Israt Jahan, a 21-year-old student of Dhaka University, gave birth to a girl a year ago. Conceiving shortly after her marriage, she chose to undergo a C-section for delivery.
12 December 2025
Jaflong Khasia Punji: Touring more like a local, less like a tourist
Stay briefly with the ethnic people, support community-led tourism, livelihoods
12 December 2025
Life inside DU female halls following a quake
A 5.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the capital and surrounding areas on Friday, triggering panic among people across the city.
22 November 2025
Child marriage still a bleak shadow on Bangladesh
Progress on ending child marriage remains alarmingly slow, particularly among adolescent girls aged 15-19, MICS findings
19 November 2025
Hope rises in coastal towns as ADB projects tackle flood and water woes
Upgrades bring visible relief, but clean water and women’s safety remain challenges
5 November 2025
Bleeding in silence: Unheard struggles of Bangladesh's women tea workers
Under the blazing sun in Moulvibazar’s Madhabkunda Tea Estate, 43-year-old Apola Kumari picks around 23 kilograms of tea leaves daily for Tk 178.
30 October 2025
Allegations of irregularities surface even though observers say Rucsu Polls peaceful
Democratic Students' Council alleges of lack of level playing field
16 October 2025
Mehedi, songs, and smiles: Campus turns festive ahead of Rucsu polls
Voters and candidates soaking in the final hours
15 October 2025