Zyma Islam is a reporter for The Daily Star, focusing on local news in Bangladesh. She covers a wide range of topics, including politics, crime, and social issues. Zyma is dedicated to providing accurate and timely information to her readers and shedding light on important stories that impact the local community.
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Zyma's reporting primarily focuses on local government, politics, and aviation-related matters in Bangladesh. She frequently covers government announcements and legal policy regulations related to Biman Bangladesh Airlines, corruption issues, human rights concerns, and aviation challenges.
If you are reaching out to Zyma with a pitch or expertise in these areas such as insights into governmental policies affecting Biman Airlines or the broader political landscape of Bangladesh would likely be most relevant for her coverage. Additionally, if you have knowledge about specific cases of corruption or human rights violations within the country that align with her themes covered this could also be valuable for her work.
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"I cannot explain to you what it will feel like to embrace my mother again," said Khadija.
The phone number of Sirajum Munira, the elder sister of Khadijatul Kubra, a Jagannath University student who was in jail for over 14 months in DSA cases, flashed on the screen of this correspondent's phone.
Biman is looking at a Tk 4,000 crore cash shortfall since it has agreed in principle to purchase two Airbus planes for Tk 8,000 crore, without a prior monetisation plan, a board meeting of the national flag carrier revealed.
Dhaka district had the lowest voter turnout in Sunday's election, with only 25 percent vote cast, according to Election Commission data.
Minutes of Biman's 269th Biman board meeting held on January 18, 2022, show the board approved recruiting three captains for its Boeing 777s but the carrier hired eight.
Disregarding instructions from the air traffic control, a US-Bangla plane got on the runway in Chattogram less than a minute before another aircraft was about to land, yet no probe was initiated about the close shave.
A six-month investigation by The Daily Star based on hundreds of pages of documents reveals numerous irregularities regarding the bank.
By: Zyma Islam
Nearly two-thirds of the enquiry requests made by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to the home ministry regarding cases of human rights violations by law enforcement agencies have gone unheeded.
"We could hear them struggling to breathe and dying slowly and there was nothing we could do," said 45-year-old Gurudas Mondol, who had survived the horrifying boat accident in the Mediterranean Sea on February 14.
The inspection and monitoring of flight operations of carriers, especially Biman, is hindered by “government involvement”, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has found during a recent inspection.
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