Need stronger political will for disability inclusion
As the country is set to observe the International Day of Persons with Disabilities today, Ekushey Padak-winning activist Md Saidul Huq has urged stronger political commitment to ensure the full participation of persons with disabilities.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
12 parties sign children’s rights manifesto
Twelve political parties yesterday endorsed a child rights manifesto outlining 10 non-negotiable commitments co-created by children and young people and supported by UNICEF ahead of the 2026 national election.
1 December 2025, 18:10 PM
16 days of activism: AI fuelling cyber violence against women
Experts warn justice system ill-equipped to handle digital crimes
30 November 2025, 18:40 PM
Empowered to stand on their own
When her husband fell ill in 2013 and could no longer work, 36-year-old Moni Begum from Sherpur’s Nakla upazila suddenly became the only earning member of her family. However, she refused to give up.
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
16 Days of activism / When danger strikes, where can women turn?
Since Sharmin Akter (not her real name), 40, from Gazipur’s Kapasia, was married at just 12, she has endured relentless violence and abuse, describing the daily ordeal like “three meals a day”.
24 November 2025, 18:00 PM
World children’s day: 9% children doing hazardous work
Bangladesh is witnessing a troubling rise in child labour, with the latest government survey showing that about 9.2 percent of children aged 5-17 are engaged in work, up from 6.8 percent in 2019.
19 November 2025, 18:25 PM
World children’s day / 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, 18:25 PM
Persons with disability protected on paper, excluded in reality
At just 21, Jyoti Hossain from Jhikargachha, Jashore, is fighting not her disability but rather a system that refuses to include her.
15 November 2025, 20:04 PM
World Population Day: Sylhet wakes up to family planning
At 26, Bina Roy, a tea garden worker at Khejuri Tea Garden of Sreemangal upazila in Moulvibazar, is already a mother of four after getting married at 16.
10 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Evidence Act: Experts laud govt move to scrap section
Rights activists and legal experts welcomed Law Minister Anisul Huq’s announcement about removing from the Evidence Act a provision allowing “negative” remarks about the character of a rape victim in a rape case.
1 July 2021, 18:00 PM
They are called “untouchables”
26 years ago, a young Md Riajuddin came to Dhaka, from Mymensingh, to make a decent living.
28 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Activists, rights bodies incensed
The attitude of some lawmakers towards women has become a matter of great concern, said women’s rights activists as well as organisations working for women’s rights and empowerment yesterday.
14 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Ending Hazardous Child Labour: Tk 284cr project in a shambles
More than three years ago, the government had taken up a project with the aim of eliminating hazardous child labour from Bangladesh by 2020.
11 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Female Entrepreneurs: Stimulus schemes hardly reach them
Thirty-year-old Dipali Nokrek made a career out of doing one thing -- making people look beautiful.
9 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Tax rebate proposed for employing transgender people
To ensure employment, standard living, and social and economic integration of members of the transgender community in Bangladesh, the government has proposed to enact special tax incentives in the proposed budget for those who will employ transgender workers.
3 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Pandemic Impact on Women: Budget must reflect govt’s relief efforts
The Covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected women more than men in terms of monetary and other losses, economists and women rights activists say.
31 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Biodegradable Shaathi Pads: Helping Women and the Environment
Have you ever imagined how many disposable pads a menstruating woman or girl uses in a year or how much they actually cost?
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Safe motherhood day: New mothers skip check-ups for fear of Covid
Thirty-one-year-old Mushfika Akter, a teacher at a renowned school in the capital, is currently in her eighth month of unplanned pregnancy.
27 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Transgender volunteers winning hearts at DMCH
Holding a placard inscribed with “I am a volunteer. How can I help you?” Sagarika was waiting at the entrance of Dhaka Medical College Hospital’s Covid-19 unit. As soon as an ambulance arrived, she rushed towards it, helping the patient get off from the vehicle.
5 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Husband dies, wife still on life support
Ashikuzzaman Khan, a computer engineer, who was injured in the deadly fire in Old Dhaka’s Armanitola on April 23, died on Wednesday night while undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and Plastic Institute.
29 April 2021, 18:00 PM
National Household Database : Project delayed, data obsolete
The government project undertaken to prepare the country’s first-ever poverty registry has not been completed in more than seven years, with the data collected for it already rendered useless.
27 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Deplorable Sanitation Conditions in Dhaka Slums: Women bear the brunt of it
Thirty-year-old Aklima Akter of Mirpur’s Duaripara slum shares her tiny and slippery “hanging latrine” with over 80 people in her neighbourhood.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Transgender youth and the right to access public washrooms
Although the practice of open defecation was declared 0 percent in Bangladesh in 2017, 22-year-old *Nishita Nisha, a member of the third gender community in Dhaka, said that she is still sometimes forced to defecate in parks, footpaths or alleys.
11 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Law there, awareness little
The government has enacted the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act in 2010 that ensures the victims’ rights to law enforcement officers’ assistance, required medical facilities, and legal services.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM
F-commerce boom amid the pandemic: How women are taking the lead
When her husband faced a huge pay cut a month after the outbreak of Covid-19, advocate Noorjahan Kabir was left with no choice but to step forward to help her seven-member family.
7 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Compensation for Rape Victims: Crippled law cares little
Compensation for rape victims and their family members remains elusive in the existing criminal justice system, with a clear mandate absent in the relevant law, say legal experts.
5 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Menstrual hygiene of young RMG workers: Still a long way to go
24-year-old Shirina Akter, who is employed at a ready-made garment factory in Savar’s Nishchintapur, works around 10 hours every day to manage her family of five. But during her periods, she cannot always work for such a long time, and is forced to skip work on the first or second day.
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Tricked, sold to a pimp for Tk 20,000
After her father died, around two years ago, Rimu came to the capital from Jamalpur and started working at a readymade garment factory.
22 January 2021, 18:00 PM