Tangila Tasnim
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- Sep 26, 2026
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First responders from within the hills (opens the original)
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The monsoon in July 2024 brought more than rain to remote Guimara upazila of Khagrachhari. Landslides tore through villages, damaging homes, blocking roads and isolating families. With help often hours away, residents had to rely largely on their own resources. Women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities were among the most vulnerable. Ujjal Tripura, 28, who leads a volunteer team in Pakshimura village under Sindukchhari union, was among the first to respond. He mobilised fellow vo
From daily wages to their own businesses (opens the original)
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Paisano Marma, 34, a mother of two from Khagrachhari’s Guimara upazila, once depended on daily wage labour, earning barely Tk 4,500 a month. The income was often not enough to cover household expenses and her children’s education. “I always wanted to give my children a better life,” she told The Daily Star. “But our combined income was not enough.” Today, Paisano supplements her income by producing and selling homemade pickles, jellies and fruit-based candies. Her journey began after she receive
Child development centres: The caged promise of a second chance (opens the original)
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Truck driver Roka Mia still remembers the last phone call from his only son. Seventeen-year-old Parvez Hasan, known as Rabbi, spent three months in Khulna Central Jail before being transferred to the government-run Child Development Centre in Jashore’s Pulerhat, where he remained for more than eight months facing criminal charges. For weeks, he pleaded with his father to get him out. “Abba, can you not get me out of here? Increase my age on my birth certificate if you have to. I would rather spe
A long road to better nutrition in the hills (opens the original)
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Bishwabala Tripura, 47, a mother of five from Khagrachhari’s Guimara upazila, knows that keeping a child healthy in the remote hills involves more than simply providing food. One of her children previously suffered from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), a condition she says was made worse by the barriers her family faced in accessing healthcare. “Whenever we have a medical problem, it is very difficult to reach a hospital,” she told The Daily Star. “Even when we get there, we often struggle to co
9 years of Rohingya influx: Burden now heavier (opens the original)
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With the 12 lakh-strong Rohingya refugee population growing and international funding shrinking, Bangladesh faces a mounting burden of hosting the persecuted minority from Myanmar. Officials say the situation is unsustainable and could deepen the nine-year-old crisis. Bangladesh will have to shoulder an increasingly heavy financial, diplomatic and security burden as conditions in the camps in Cox’s Bazar are deteriorating and the prospect of quick repatriation is fading. According to UNHCR data,
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