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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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Tazreen Tragedy: ‘Got neither a penny, nor a fistful of rice’

Since the Tazreen Fashions factory fire on November 24, 2012, former senior sewing machine operator Shilpi Akter has left no stone unturned to support herself and her family of five, even though she had lost her ability for labour-intensive work.
23 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Outrage over MP’s rape comments

Human rights activists and feminists expressed grave concern over the words of independent MP of Bogura-7 Md Rezaul Karim Bablu, who said in parliament on Tuesday that feminists are to blame for the rape incidents across the country.
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Blamed, shamed

If the public and legal channels through which a survivor can report rape are not gender-sensitive, the consequences can be disastrous.
14 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Rural Indigenous Women: Their hard labour goes unrecognised

Mayadebi Tanchangya, of Bilaichhari upazila, toils away every morning till night to make ends meet for her seven-member family.
14 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Marital Rape, Child Marriage: Issues that are now even more pressing

No conversation about rape is complete without recognising this: marital rape, and underage marriage “under special circumstances” are both legal in this country.
10 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Anti-Rape Laws: Definition slanted against victims

When the law minister on Thursday announced that the law would be reformed to provide for death penalty for rape, activists, researchers and lawyers pointed out that far more crucial changes need to be made with immediate effect.
9 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Household Work: Millennial men not holding up their end

When 32-year-old Shabib Rahman (not his real name) got married in 2015, it came as a relief for him. From cleaning his room to arranging daily meals, everyday things he had to do for his six years of living alone in Dhaka he was now relieved of.
3 October 2020, 18:00 PM

Mongla female crab farmers struggling to survive

The time of the year that Priyanka Biswas usually waits with the bated breath - crab harvesting season - turned her down this year instead, pushing her towards the brink of nervous breakdown.
1 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Thankless as always

Thirty-two-year-old SM Sharmin, a marketing executive at a private organisation, was cooking while also speaking to one of her clients over the phone, and helping her eight-year-old daughter with her online classes.
22 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Ray in the darkness

Those with disabilities in the country have long faced societal barriers, negative perceptions, and discrimination, and 53-year-old Md Saidul Huq was no exception.
6 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Hospital Oxygen Supply: Samaritans step in

When the country’s hospitals were struggling to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply to critical coronavirus patients, a group of 14 Buet alumni came to their aid three months ago by installing central oxygen systems for treating Covid-19 patients.
4 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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For rural economy, burden gets heavy

Nargis Akhter, Md Lokman and their three children -- are one of many families who moved to their village homes or hometowns from cities due to the continuing Covid-19 economic fallout.
1 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Prioritise hygiene in light of coronavirus pandemic

Md Sagor, 27, a bus conductor, has to go to work every day amid the COVID-19 pandemic to sustain his family of four people.
31 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Int’l day of the victims of enforced disappearances: Truth dwells in their silence

Shafiqul Islam Kajol was missing for 53 days, discovered by law enforcers roaming the India-Bangladesh border in Benapole in the middle of the night, subsequently thrown in jail and denied bail for 3 months -- and yet the only investigation being done by the state is about a Facebook post by Kajol.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Masks from garment scraps: Rural women earning a living amidst the pandemic

When the countrywide school closure notice due to the Covid-19 outbreak was announced on March 17 this year, Johora Pervin and Abdullah Al Maruf -- both teachers -- lost their livelihoods and the income they needed to maintain their family of five in Rajbari.
26 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Some criticise, a few applaud bride leading bike convoy

A video of a bride driving a motorcycle to her holud ceremony recently went viral on social media triggering mixed reactions.
25 August 2020, 19:35 PM
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Cyberbullying now adds to her trauma

Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University and a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has fallen victim to cyberbullying, her family alleged.
15 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Blood Heroes in Pandemic: Donors carry on altruistic work

One night in May, around 11:00pm, Milon Hossain got a call from a Facebook-based blood donation group.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Covid-19 Pandemic: Palliative Care in a pickle

The ongoing Covid-19 outbreak has made palliative care services relatively inaccessible for patients with terminal illnesses, said doctors.
30 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Selling Bulls Online: A relief for female farmers

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the livelihoods of most farmers who have reared cattle for months for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha and are now facing a scarcity of customers.
27 July 2020, 18:00 PM

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