Women Empowerment Project of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has been working with 21 women groups since 2006 in Mymensingh Sadar and Muktagacha Upazila intending to form Somobay Shomity. In 2018, the project has registered 10 groups to the Government Co...

Fourth-grader Mahidul lives in a slum area in Ershad Nagar which is located at Tongi. Ershad Nagar is a densely populated slum area that is full of garbage and completely inappropriate for living. Most of the people are garments workers and day laborers living in Ersha...

Bangladesh is a densely populated country where 170 million people are huddling and struggling for a better future. Half of these populations are women and their economic participation has increased significantly in the last ten years. There was a time when women and g...

Bangladesh is a model country in terms of reducing poverty. It has made incredible progress in diminishing poverty, reinforced by constant economic growth. Bangladesh has more than condensed its prevalence of poverty over the past 20 years. Its economic growth has been...

Bangladesh is a land of natural calamities. Flood, cyclone, drought, famine destroy life and property every year. People live here fighting against the frequent natural calamities.

In recent years our country has experienced a great number of natural calamities. Among t...

Khadija married Dulal Mia who is a bus driver by profession. They have two sons. Their elder son Nahidul Islam attended only class eight and now he’s working in a company in Dhaka and younger son Jahidul Islam is attending class seven.

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Dengue fever has now become a serious problem in Bangladesh. Last week I have visited a hospital where many dengue patients were admitted for treatment. Each and every one of our country is panicky due to this dangerous disease. Scarcity of bed is one of the biggest pr...

Human trafficking is a crime violating human rights as well as health and cross-border issue. No country is immune to human trafficking. Each year, an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders. It has also become t...

Juthy is a 17-year-old girl who has spent almost two decades from her life in the slum area of Mymensingh city. She lives with her grandparents at Rellir Mor which is identified as the densely populated slum area in town. Her father Md. Zakir Hossain and mother Jorina...

The global community is celebrating the International Day of Peace today. The day is observed on 21 September every year. The International Day of Peace was first celebrated in 1982. It is recognized by the United Nations. It has been declared by the United Nations Gen...