elder care

International Day of Older Persons / Dhaka is not for old people, but it is their city too

We have built a society where many elderly people are entirely dependent on others to go out.

A new era in elderly care

Dr Asha Islam Nayeem, a professor in the Department of History at the Dhaka University, has a heart-wrenching story.

Our forgotten elderly

In many cities around the world, elderly people literally cannot cross the road because the timing on crossing signals is too brief. At least we don’t have that problem in Dhaka, if only due to the absence of functional traffic lights.