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Nilima Jahan

Nilima Jahan is a Staff Reporter at The Daily Star, deeply passionate about advocating for human rights, with a focus on women, children, and persons with disabilities. She's a proud mom to two beautiful daughters—one in heaven and one on earth. Reach out to her at nilima.jahan@thedailystar.net.

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Seven teenage workers among dead, missing

At least seven of those killed or missing in the Arian Fashion fire in the capital’s Rupnagar were aged between 13 and 18.
15 October 2025, 18:41 PM
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50% women don’t know where to report abuse

BBS-UNFPA survey on violence against women reveals alarming figures
13 October 2025, 18:13 PM
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When motherhood comes with fear

For mothers across Bangladesh, love for their daughters comes with an inseparable companion: fear. From Dhaka’s crowded apartments to quiet village streets, raising girls in a patriarchal society demands constant vigilance, courage, and resilience.
10 October 2025, 18:05 PM
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Int’l day of the girl child / A nation’s daughters in peril

In a year shadowed by violence and uncertainty, Bangladesh’s girls have stood where courage is tested most. They are the first to lose when systems fail, yet the first to rise when the world needs rebuilding. From classrooms to clinics, protest lines to policy tables, they lead with resilience beyond their years.
10 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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World mental health day: The silent cries while on the job

Poor work conditions fuelling mental health crisis, costing trillions worldwide, WHO data shows
9 October 2025, 18:05 PM
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Child malnutrition: Country struggles to break free

Mitu Akter had the scare of her life when her daughter Raisa began showing alarming symptoms: pale skin, and swelling in her belly, hands, and feet.
2 October 2025, 18:23 PM
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Shishu Bikash centres: Govt cuts specialist care for children with special needs

For children with special needs, the 35 Shishu Bikash Kendras have been more than clinics -- they are lifelines offering hope in a country where proper, affordable care is rare.
13 September 2025, 18:17 PM
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In bamboo shelters, Rohingya women stitch new futures

About 34 kilometres southeast of Cox’s Bazar, the sprawling Rohingya camps in Ukhiya stretch across hills and valleys, their bamboo walls and tarpaulin roofs forming temporary shelters crowded with people and stories too often left untold.
12 September 2025, 19:00 PM
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What men think about #MeToo

The #MeToo movement that burst into the spotlight in Hollywood in 2017 dismantled many perpetrators from their positions of power
12 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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Life after a fire

Sitting on a bench on the premises of Bangabandhu Bidyaniketon, 50-year-old Majeda Begum was crying. She wasn’t the only one.
29 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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She Suffered in Silence

28-year-old Helena Akter, from Pirgachha, Rangpur, is currently battling for her life due to pulmonary tuberculosis, psychological trauma, and other health complications. According to her relatives, doctors of Rangpur Medical College Hospital even recommended
22 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Mission Impossible: Dengue control

The death toll from dengue has broken all previous records. The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) had a budget of nearly 47 crores of taka for the control and surveillance of mosquitoes in the last fiscal year.
8 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Journey by train… sitting on a bucket

For years now, the Bangladesh railway has been suffering constant losses. In the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the net loss of this vital public transport system was more than Tk 180 million.
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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The true story of fake news

This May, an online portal deliberately used a photo of Shrabonty Ananna—a model and social media influencer—in one of their reports with the title, “Illicit relationship with the uncle, girl arrested for killing her newborn”. Since stories accusing women never fail
18 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Her Business Revolution

Seven years ago, Sazia Hasan Izu, a second-year student of home economics from the University of Dhaka, could not have imagined that she was going to shape her profession as a businesswoman by selling her grandmother’s homemade oil for hair fall solution. But
11 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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No comfort at court

The High Court issued a rule on June 23 on why it will not send out instructions to set up air-conditioning in all district courts of the
4 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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A mother’s cry for justice

Sitting in the cafeteria of The Daily Star, Nipa Begum aka Sohagi was taking her first meal of the day nearly at three in the afternoon. The dark circles beneath her eyes bore testament to her sleepless nights and exhaustion.
27 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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The disabled need more than an allowance

Last week, a post did the rounds on social media, featuring a visually impaired couple who were looking for a job to support their
20 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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The man behind the bell

Last week, a peon, who was also a night guard, of Poradanga Government Primary School of Kulotia Union of Monirampur upazila,
13 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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Takes two to make one AND raise one

When Nasim Hossain, a senior manager at an international trading company, first heard the news from his wife Tanuja Islam that they
23 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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THE POWER POLITICS OF FIGHTING SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN THE WORKPLACE

Last month, Star Weekend, The Daily Star conducted an online survey to explore incidents of sexual harassment in the workplace.
9 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Old wine in a new bottle

This is a story of how “recruiting” companies lure people with promises of jobs that don't actually exist, and skive off money from them in exchange.
18 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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Don't rub against me

Since my student days, I've been a regular commuter on public buses in Dhaka city. When I was in college, the money that my father sent every month was barely enough to cover my tuition and living costs...
11 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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The Curtain Call

33 years back, cinema enthusiast Mohammad Mortuza started his career as a gatekeeper at the famous Ananda Cinema Hall in Farmgate, with a salary of Tk 400 per month.
4 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Down Memory Lane

Down Memory Lane

During a chat with my mother one evening, I asked her, "Which belonging of yours do you cherish the most?” I expected her to name her favourite kitchen utensils (which she guards with her life by the way) or her money pouch or that mobile phone of hers which she uses to video call anyone and everyone at the oddest of hours.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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Arming slums against disaster

In a disaster-prone city such as Dhaka, slum dwellers are often the most vulnerable to fires, earthquakes, water-logging and other disasters.
14 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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No room for (Hindu) Women

The Hindu Women's Rights to Property Act, 1937 completely excludes women from getting a share of their father's or husband's property if there are sons in the family. Even if there are no sons, not all daughters are equally eligible to inherit their father's property.
7 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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Digitally hers

What does a woman need to get out of an abusive situation?
7 March 2019, 18:00 PM

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