Shaheen Mollah
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 8
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- Sep 5, 2026
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- Jul 21, 2026
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Eggs, fish, meat get costlier; veggie prices stay steady (opens the original)
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Prices of eggs, fish, and meat have increased in the capital’s kitchen markets, including Shewrapara, Kazipara, Ibrahimpur, Farmgate, and Karwan Bazar. Prices of most vegetables, on the other hand, remain unchanged. Over the week, the price of broiler chicken has increased by Tk 10 per kg, retailing at Tk 190-200 per kg. Beef is selling at Tk 800-820 a kg, up from Tk 780-800 last week. A dozen red eggs now costs Tk 150-160, a Tk 10 rise. However, the prices of mutton (Tk 1,200-1,250 per kg) and
Govt rehabs not built for women, adolescents (opens the original)
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Bangladesh’s drug rehabilitation system is struggling to meet the needs of women and adolescents, with government centres offering limited capacity even as more women and children seek treatment. The number of women and children receiving treatment at government drug rehabilitation centres has risen sharply over the past decade, highlighting growing demand for services that remain heavily geared towards men. The shortage is compounded by long waiting lists, staff vacancies, uneven access and hig
Will seniors protect us? (opens the original)
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On February 7, 2025, a group of men allegedly took over Md Shamim’s rickshaw garage in Kallyanpur, forcing out all 16 rickshaws kept there. “Most of the rickshaws were later stolen,” the 31-year-old told The Daily Star on August 18. Shamim said he submitted a written complaint to Mirpur Police Station, but no case had been registered despite a dozen follow‑up visits. He alleged the group was led by two local men, one claiming to be a Jubo Dal activist and the other a Swechchhasebak Dal leader. S
Cheap adhesive addiction rising among women (opens the original)
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Bangladesh faces a growing drug crisis, with an estimated 8.2 million users. Most of the narcotics are smuggled in from abroad. In a four-part series, The Daily Star explores the trafficking routes, the threats and the impacts of drug abuse. The third instalment looks at how young women, almost all of them rough sleepers, are increasingly using dandy. Seven to eight months pregnant, Parvin Akter, 20, sat near the Farmgate Metro Rail Station with three other women, lifting a polythene bag to her
Wait for TCB essentials ends in tragedy (opens the original)
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Forty-five-year-old Nasima Begum, a cleaner, had just sat down for lunch at home during her break when word spread through the neighbourhood that a Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) truck had arrived. She left her food on the plate and went out. Nasima was one of two people killed when the boundary wall of Mirpur University College collapsed on people waiting to buy subsidised essentials from the TCB truck around 1:30pm yesterday. At least six others were injured. According to witnesses, 5
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