1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1116+ words) Bishwabala Tripura, 47, a mother of five from Khagrachhari’s Guimara upazila, knows that keeping a child healthy in the remote hills involves more than simply providing food. One of her children previously suffered from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), a condition she…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (627+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes Renewing the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty: What should Bangladesh do? Five reasons why Bangladesh shouldn’t join the Mecca Pact Construction of the Sugandha-Kalatoli…...

1+ mon, 10+ hour ago   (307+ words) British actress Lucy Davis, best known for playing Dawn Tinsley in the original UK version of “The Office”, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, which has spread to her bones. Davis shared the diagnosis in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (443+ words) The Daily Star Copyright: Any unauthorized use or reproduction of The Daily Star content for commercial purposes How Bangladesh's SEACO plan could strengthen trade across the Muslim world What it means for Bangladesh to join the Saudi-led maritime alliance Reading…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (78+ words) The Daily Star Even a few years ago, the “Maternal Death Free Kapasia Model” in Gazipur was showcased by the UNFPA as a best practice model for ensuring zero maternal deaths. However, according to a report in this daily, the…...

2+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (992+ words) The Daily Star Salinity and the unseen health burden in coastal Bangladesh For many years, salinity in coastal Bangladesh has been discussed mainly as an environmental, agricultural and livelihood problem. The familiar policy language has focused on crop loss, shrimp…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1108+ words) When 20-year-old Farzana Akter, a first-time expectant mother in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila, went into premature labour around midnight on October 18 last year, her family didn’t know where to seek help. “Everyone advised us against going to either the nearby Rayed…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (408+ words) Bangladesh has announced a historic commitment to create and deploy 25,000 midwives across its public health system by 2030, marking the largest investment in the country’s midwifery workforce to date. The announcement was made at the 34th Triennial Congress of the International Confederation…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (170+ words) Kaarina Kaisar, daughter of former Bangladesh national football team captain Kaiser Hamid, was laid to rest this morning (May 18) at her maternal grandparents’ home in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj. Her third janaza was held around 8:00am before she was buried in…...