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For the past six months, Rehnuma has repeatedly seen a particular type of case. While chemical burns are not new to her,...
31/05/2026

For the past six months, Rehnuma has repeatedly seen a particular type of case. While chemical burns are not new to her, the cases she has been encountering recently are markedly different.

Although these are chemical burns, they share specific characteristics: the affected area is small and localised, but the injuries are unusually deep. Around 95% of the patients are female, most aged between 15 and 30.

Concerned by the trend, Rehnuma discussed the cases with colleagues and senior physicians, including Dr Mohammad Shariful Islam. Dr Sharif, an associate professor at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, says he has been seeing such cases for about a year. While numbers were higher six months ago, he still treats three to four patients monthly. Hospitals in Khulna, Chattogram and Rajshahi report similar cases. Potassium chlorate mixed with sugar can create a highly combustible reaction capable of causing severe burns or explosions.

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𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

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The situation is really of serious concern — in fact, frightful. The phenomenon is being termed as an "invisible epidemi...
26/05/2026

The situation is really of serious concern — in fact, frightful. The phenomenon is being termed as an "invisible epidemic". The victims of this epidemic are identified as a generation of "prisoners of devices". The whole society, including parents, teachers, seniors are quite concerned and stressed about the situation.

A survey carried out in several schools of Dhaka has revealed that children and teenagers are glued to the screens of various devices — these machines have engulfed them, they are just screen addicts. There is a perception that this has been happening, but now the issue is knocking on our conscience with facts and figures.

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You will not find any place officially called Gulistan in Dhaka City Corporation records. On paper, the area is Bangaban...
26/05/2026

You will not find any place officially called Gulistan in Dhaka City Corporation records. On paper, the area is Bangabandhu Avenue, earlier known as Jinnah Avenue.

Yet for generations of Dhaka residents, the name Gulistan has meant far more than a road. The identity of the neighbourhood grew from a single landmark: Gulistan Cinema Hall.

Near Fulbaria Railway Station, the cinema gradually became the centre of a growing urban district. Offices, restaurants, shops, and movie businesses gathered around it. Over time, the entire area inherited the name of the hall.

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In 2020, UNICEF identified Bangladesh as the fourth most seriously affected country in the world by the number of childr...
24/05/2026

In 2020, UNICEF identified Bangladesh as the fourth most seriously affected country in the world by the number of children impacted by lead poisoning. That ranking did not trigger a national screening programme. It did not prompt a major regulatory response to the industries driving the contamination. Public and institutional responses remained limited.

That silence has a cost. A 2024 study by economist Bjorn Larsen, commissioned through Pure Earth, estimated the combined health burden of lead exposure in Bangladesh at $28.6 billion in 2019 alone, equivalent to 6 to 9% of GDP. IQ losses from childhood lead exposure cost an estimated $16 billion per year in lost lifetime productivity.

The clinical data on blood lead levels in Bangladeshi children constitutes, by any international standard, a public health emergency.

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After arriving in Kamrangirchar following his SSC examinations, Sajib Sheikh became involved in Dhaka’s growing plush to...
22/05/2026

After arriving in Kamrangirchar following his SSC examinations, Sajib Sheikh became involved in Dhaka’s growing plush toy industry. Losing almost everything during the pandemic, he is now rebuilding the business with microcredit support

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The Padma River once defined life in large parts of Bangladesh. Elderly residents in Rajshahi still remember a river so ...
22/05/2026

The Padma River once defined life in large parts of Bangladesh. Elderly residents in Rajshahi still remember a river so vast that villages measured seasons by its moods. Fishermen read its currents like maps, farmers waited for its floods to renew their soil, and boats stitched together commerce across the delta.

But now, during the dry season, large stretches of that same river resemble broken sandbanks. The transformation has become more than an environmental crisis; in Bangladesh's political imagination, it is evidence of how water can be turned into a weapon.

That anxiety has intensified as the 30-year Indo-Bangladesh Ganges Water Sharing Treaty expires in December 2026. Signed in 1996, the treaty established a formula for sharing dry-season flows of the Ganges at the Farakka Barrage in India's West Bengal before the river enters Bangladesh as the Padma. But the agreement never fully resolved the deeper issue: Bangladesh, as the lower riparian state, remains dependent on upstream decisions taken by India.

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In October 2024, Saudi Arabia announced vacancies to recruit 500 qualified nurses from Bangladesh to address the kingdom...
21/05/2026

In October 2024, Saudi Arabia announced vacancies to recruit 500 qualified nurses from Bangladesh to address the kingdom's growing demand for healthcare professionals. The offered salary exceeded Tk1 lakh per month.

Candidates were required to have at least three years of experience, proficiency in English and certification through the Saudi Prometric examination.

Only 300 nurses applied for the positions. Ultimately, 215 secured jobs as nurse specialists at hospitals under the Saudi Ministry of Health.

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Talking to The Business Standard, a teacher and mother of a child said the social environment no longer feels as safe as...
20/05/2026

Talking to The Business Standard, a teacher and mother of a child said the social environment no longer feels as safe as it once did.

"In our childhood, we played a lot outside. Our parents often did not even know where we were going. At that time, perhaps our surroundings were comparatively safe. But now in urban society, we do not even know properly who lives in the next flat; we have no idea about their family background either," she said.

Regarding the security of her own child, she added, "Now I cannot easily trust anyone outside my own family. I do not even let my child play alone in the next flat. If they go to play somewhere, I go with them."

For many parents, the fear now extends beyond isolated incidents into daily life – from accompanying children to school to closely monitoring where they go and who they interact with.

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"As the father of a daughter, I truly feel helpless today."This one line, posted by a netizen after news broke of the br...
20/05/2026

"As the father of a daughter, I truly feel helpless today."

This one line, posted by a netizen after news broke of the brutal killing of seven-year-old Ramisa Akter in Dhaka's Pallabi area, sums up the fear and helplessness of parents nationwide.

As the killing triggered widespread outrage, many kept questioning whether children are truly safe even within familiar surroundings and whether such repeated incidents of violence are reshaping how parents raise and protect their children.

"Where do the children go?"

"Who do they spend time with?"

"Who are the people living around them?"

These are no longer just random questions the parents ask, but rather a reflection of the collective psyche of the time.

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𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

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