Tangila Tasnim

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.

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.

From rickshaws to buses, many women say commuting at night has become an anxious calculation shaped by harassment, insecurity and weak accountability

Victims, activists and researchers say the gap between legal protection and real-world redress remains wide

Accused has kept up pressure through threats, social media posts and intermediaries, she says

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.

Residents and animal welfare advocates say attempts to remove community dogs risk reviving a history of cruelty and may violate the law

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.