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Nilima Jahan

Reporter · SG

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 13, 2026
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Jul 15, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Nilima Jahan

    Court without bottlenecks within everyone’s reach (opens the original)

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    Forty-year-old Nazma Begum, a garment worker, found herself in a precarious situation after her husband, Asad Mia, verbally divorced her and forced her out of their home. Left without financial security or support, she struggled to provide for herself. Fearful of the cost, delays, and social stigma associated with the formal justice system, Nazma avoided police stations and district courts. On a neighbour’s advice, she filed a claim with the Village Court of Belabo Union Parishad in Narsingdi fo

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Nilima Jahan

    When you witness poverty at that level, you simply can’t look away: Runa Khan (opens the original)

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    “I saw a mother feeding her feverish child, who was not even a year old, a bowl of cold rice mixed with raw onion. I asked her, ‘Why are you feeding him now, in the late afternoon, instead of at night?’ She replied, ‘If I feed him now, while there is still daylight, I won’t have to spend money on fuel to cook tonight. His stomach will be full, he may forget his fever, and he’ll fall asleep.’ When you witness poverty at that level, you realise you simply can't look away.” In a wide-ranging interv

  3. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Nilima Jahan

    Trapped in the dark (opens the original)

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    Sixty‑five‑year‑old Salema Beowa, a widow from Charghat upazila in Rajshahi, has spent years watching her world slowly blur into shadows as cataracts cloud her eyes. Once a dependable grandmother who cooked, cared, and kept the household steady, she now struggles with daily tasks. A recent fall in her yard left her with a painful back injury. Her son, Amzad Hossain, is a daily wage worker whose earnings barely cover the family’s basic needs. The cost and time involved in travelling to a hospital

  4. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Nilima Jahan

    A mother’s gift, lifeline for another baby (opens the original)

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    Just 18 days after he was born, Nahid Islam lost his mother. A day after Eid-ul-Azha this year, Mst Nasima Islam woke up with severe chest pain. Her family rushed her from Munshiganj to a hospital in the capital, but by the time she arrived, doctors said there was nothing they could do. Left with an 18-day-old baby, the family initially relied on infant formula. Doctors, however, urged them to find breast milk, saying it was especially important during the baby’s first weeks. They searched Faceb

  5. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Nilima Jahan and Mokammel Shuvo

    World hepatitis day: One in five Rohingyas has Hepatitis C (opens the original)

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    DHAKA – One in every five adult Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar is living with Hepatitis C, a trend echoed among thousands of newly arrived refugees. The warning comes from a study by icddr,b, published in May in BMC Public Health, alongside the latest operational data from the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Viral hepatitis prevalence among Rohingya refugees stood at 18.97 percent, compared with 2.01 percent among the surrounding Banglade

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