Hunger and violence push children from home. Drugs, criminal exploitation and barriers to care make leaving the streets ...

When hundreds of people attacked a Mandi village, police took some villagers into custody, saying it was for their own ...

Since the 2024 uprising, police have sought millions of rounds of ammunition and ordered electric stun batons — devices a ...

Bangladesh’s Prime Minister’s Office has blocked a television reporter’s access by ordering the cancellation of his press accreditation without explanation, two weeks after he asked critical questions ...

There is a particular bitterness in watching your own work turned into a weapon against the people it was meant to protect. I was part of the team that drafted the Cyber Protection Ordinance at the ...

The border between Bangladesh and India is not just a fence of steel and wire – it is a scar across collective memory, a forgotten chapter written not in ink, but in blood. My interest in documenting ...

On September 10th, after a rushed process that lacked proper and inclusive consultation, Bangladesh’s parliament passed the Special Response Battalion Act (2026), dissolving the infamous Rapid Action ...

Netra News identified six unauthorised sawmills and 32 operating on expired licences in the district, where a 2023 forest law has gone unenforced for want of staff and vehicles Loggers have cut down ...

Ganesh Karmakar sat outside his home Chandirchar, a village in Manikganj, with a stack of medical reports on his lap and a bamboo stick beside his chair. His floral printed shirt hung loosely over a ...

The US president-elect’s fondness for Modi must not be an obstacle to Bangladesh finding ways to work with the US as it rebuilds and reforms. Essential technology keeps the site working. Accept all ...