Rakib Madber
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- Aug 27, 2026
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‘No one will rent a home to us because we are sweepers. Where will we go?’ (opens the original)
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“Are we a curse? Is it simply because we are sweepers?” asked Joti Akter, one of the sanitation workers protesting a proposed eviction from the Mitford Hospital quarters in Dhaka today. “We go to rent houses elsewhere, but once people learn that we are sweepers, no one wants to rent to us. Even when there is a ‘To-Let’ sign, they tell us the house has already been rented. Our ancestors have lived here for generations. Why are we being evicted now?” she said as workers formed a human chain. “We c
Boat race revives Old Dhaka's river spirit (opens the original)
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The Buriganga came alive yesterday with the splash of oars, cheering crowds and colourful racing boats as a traditional boat race returned to Old Dhaka after years, reviving a cherished riverine tradition. Thousands of people gathered along both banks of the river to witness the spectacle. Families and groups of friends arrived from around the city, while many climbed aboard small boats and trawlers anchored mid-river for a closer view of the race. The event was organised as part of the Dhaka So
The fire ended, their suffering did not (opens the original)
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A year after flames tore through Milestone School and College, Mehrin Akter still cannot escape that afternoon. "My hand itches all the time. It keeps swelling. There are no signs of it getting better," she told The Daily Star after a remembrance programme organised by the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery today. But it is not just the pain that lingers. "How could I ever forget it?" she said when asked about the day everything changed. On that fateful day last year, Mehrin had been
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