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, 18:00 PM
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, 20:56 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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, 18:00 PM
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
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, 12:06 PM
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, 18:00 PM
Allegations of irregularities surface even though observers say Rucsu Polls peaceful
Democratic Students' Council alleges of lack of level playing field
16 October 2025, 14:53 PM
Mehedi, songs, and smiles: Campus turns festive ahead of Rucsu polls
Voters and candidates soaking in the final hours
15 October 2025, 16:44 PM
Hazera Begum’s home of hope
In a narrow Dhaka neighbourhood where children of sex workers once drifted between hunger and the streets, a different rhythm now fills the days. Forty-two children wake for lessons, sit for exams, and dream of becoming doctors or officers.
4 October 2025, 18:57 PM
She laid down her life to save her students
On World Teachers’ Day, as students honour their mentors with gratitude, one name carries a deeper, more poignant weight: Mahreen Chowdhury.
4 October 2025, 18:00 PM
When water becomes poison
Women bear brunt as Satkhira’s salinity crosses WHO limit
16 September 2025, 18:34 PM
Ducsu AGS candidates: Rights, safety, reforms their top agendas
A total of 25 candidates are contesting for the post of assistant general secretary (AGS) in this year's Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) election, scheduled for September 9.
7 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Ducsu polls: History rewritten with record number of women candidates
For the first time in its history, the Ducsu polls will see the highest number of women vying for top positions, marking a significant shift in a space long dominated by men.
21 August 2025, 18:14 PM
Ducsu’s role in Bangladesh’s political DNA
The Dhaka University Central Students’ Union elections are deeply entwined with Bangladesh’s student politics, historically shaping national movements from the 1952 Language Movement to the 1969 Mass Uprising and the 1971 Liberation War.
20 August 2025, 19:59 PM
Childhood buried in trash
For the past decade, 18-year-old Raza has been wading through garbage to help his family survive.
5 August 2025, 18:21 PM
Inside the July uprising: Women led, the nation followed
With clenched fists and fierce voices, a group of fearless women stood before the locked gates of their residential halls on the night of July 14, 2024. There were no commands, no central leader -- only rage and a deep sense of injustice. They broke through the gates and poured into the streets.
28 July 2025, 18:18 PM
July uprising: Extraordinary powers of the ordinary people
The protests were loud, defiant, and spreading fast. But behind them was a quieter resistance
23 July 2025, 18:15 PM
‘Please help us find our children’
Parul wails in anguish as she searches for her 3rd grader daughter Nusrat
21 July 2025, 10:56 AM
From a broken past to a bright future
Imagine a room full of eight teenage girls huddled around a computer, hands trembling, hearts racing -- all waiting for their SSC results.
20 July 2025, 18:26 PM