Thaslima Begum is an award-winning journalist with a focus on women, conflict and human rights
July 2024
Middle East crisis live
Close to 40,000 Palestinians killed by military offensive in Gaza, health ministry says – as it happened
‘Life has come to a standstill’: the Palestinian refugees struggling to survive in Egypt
June 2024
Rights and freedom
‘Know how loved you were’: fathers write to their children from the frontline
Four men share their love, dreams and fears for their children in Gaza, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Sudan
May 2024
Rights and freedom
‘Nothing justifies what we have witnessed here’: the doctors returning home from Gaza
A common condition
‘It’s in our rivers and in our cups. There’s no escape’: the deadly spread of salt water in Bangladesh
April 2024
‘Husband eaters’: the double loss of Bangladesh’s ostracised tiger widows
A common condition
‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk
March 2024
The age of extinction
Death tolls mount as elephants and people compete for land in Sri Lanka
Conservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a decade
February 2024
Why Bangladesh is running out of options in the face of extreme weather
The south Asian country is a world leader in climate adaptation, but without more funding the country will struggle to protect its people, a report warns
Rights and freedom
Photojournalist Motaz Azaiza: ‘The ghosts of Gaza follow me everywhere’
Two weeks after being evacuated, the 25-year-old Palestinian – who has amassed 18.5m followers on Instagram – sat down with the Guardian to share his experiences of the war
‘Me and my menopause’: a view from women around the world
Millions of women are being let down by lack of support during and after menopause. We asked six, from Brazil to Bangladesh, to share their stories of fighting stigma, dealing with symptoms and supporting others
January 2024
Bangladesh: the adoption crisis
The stranger across from me was my sister: how one adoptee uncovered a tragic past
Bangladesh: the adoption crisis
‘I was told I could visit. Then she went missing’: the Bangladeshi mothers who say their children were adopted without consent
Bangladesh: the adoption crisis
Bangladesh launches investigation into children ‘wrongly’ adopted overseas