The lead crisis we cannot see
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Unheard Voices
Who recycles Bangladesh’s garment waste?
3 September 2026
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Bangladesh running out of options on Rohingya crisis: Is there a way out?
2 September 2026
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Construction of the Sugandha-Kalatoli beach road / A grave threat to Cox’s Bazar’s sand dunes
29 August 2026
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Why have Nihar Koli and Samrat been sent back to their alleged abusers?
22 August 2026
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The reality of vocational training for Bangladeshi women
22 August 2026
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Can we save young Bangladeshis from deadly Mediterranean crossings?
22 August 2026
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Breastfeeding in Bangladesh: What is holding mothers back?
15 August 2026
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Fidel Castro at 100 / Why Fidel Castro’s legacy still haunts Washington
14 August 2026
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Thirst in the Sundarbans: The water crisis facing Munda women
12 August 2026
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Unheard Voices
Dhaka’s forgotten girls: Living without safety, identity or rights
One of the less visible but most damaging barriers is the absence of legal identity.
21 November 2025
Why is secondary education becoming unaffordable?
The soaring costs are turning secondary education into a secondary priority, overshadowed by the daily struggle for survival.
21 November 2025
The hands that clean, the Harijans we refuse to see
Our stomachs often remain empty—not because we do not work hard, but because life is unfair
14 November 2025
Who owns Dhaka’s streets?
The informal economy is not a leftover of "under-development" but continues to operate across advanced societies.
14 November 2025
RMG’s automation and green growth have a gender problem— Don’t ignore it
One often overlooked dimension of this transition is the interplay between automation, decent work, and the care economy.
7 November 2025
Why Bangladesh still believes teachers should be poor
Teachers' demands today are so modest that they almost reflect their learned helplessness.
7 November 2025
The hidden workforce: Inside Dhaka’s domestic work economy
The fundamental question is what can be done for the well-being of domestic workers in Bangladesh.
31 October 2025
Hearing the sonic image of Tiger: Survival lessons from the Sundarbans
How do the prey -- humans -- and the predator -- the tiger -- share forest space and survive together? Can the prey and predator truly live together?
31 October 2025
Will visually impaired voters be able to cast their vote?
Should it take a courtroom to remind us that democracy does not belong only to the able-bodied?
24 October 2025
A wetland losing its farmers
Men who once harvested rice now drive auto-rickshaws along the asphalt.
24 October 2025
The disappearing snails of Sundarbans
Snails and mud clams also play a vital role in maintaining aquatic ecosystems by absorbing harmful substances from river and canal beds.
17 October 2025
How many more workers have to die before impunity ends?
We need a new image of the labour movement, and a new class of entrepreneurs who will see workers not merely as tools for profit but as partners in progress.
16 October 2025
The slow death of Lawachara Forest
Dawn no longer breaks with the chirping of birds in Lawachara National Park — only with the rustle of leaves falling from dying trees. The cries of monkeys echo through the emptiness where deer once danced.
10 October 2025
Scars of July: How are the injured now?
Despite promises of financial support and rehabilitation, many are still waiting for aid to arrive.
10 October 2025
Encroached and evicted: The vanishing Rakhines of Bangladesh
The very land that the Rakhines once regarded as their mark of existence is now shrinking
3 October 2025
How salinity corrodes the lives of Sundarbans women
Satkhira is one of the areas most affected by salinity, where both surface and groundwater are increasingly saline.
3 October 2025
Reading tiger pugmarks: Human–tiger co-existence in the Sundarbans
In the shifting mudflats and mangrove thickets of the Sundarbans, survival is a constant negotiation.
26 September 2025
Empty homes, empty promises: Who will stand by our parents?
There was a time in Bangladesh when the family home was more than just a roof over one’s head—it was a living institution. Generations grew together under its shade, sharing meals, quarrels, stories, and responsibilities.
26 September 2025
Where safety never reaches
Behind the walls and the daily chaos lies a harsher reality for the marginalised communities living in Dhaka’s bursting slums.
19 September 2025
The last monkeys of Sadhana Aushadhalaya
In Gandaria, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Puran Dhaka, two unlikely legacies are fading together: a century-old herbal medicine company and the monkeys that once thrived in these streets.
19 September 2025