Zyma Islam is a Senior Reporter at Asia International News. She covers a range of topics including crime and justice, the judicial system, and public security, with a particular focus on court proceedings and legal reform, as well as logistics and aviation. Zyma's work has been featured in Asia International News and The Daily Star.
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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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The creation of a new government division is being proposed to oversee the human rights situation inside prisons and other places of incarceration.
President Ziaur Rahman was assassinated in the early hours of May 30, 1981, in Chattogram's Circuit House, during an attempted military coup.
By late July 2024, deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina was aware that scores of protesters were dying on the streets across the country, yet her government doubled down on its heavy-handed response to suppress the movement.
To call it a tumultuous time would be an understatement. The state-sponsored massacre had reached a bloody crescendo, yet the iron grip of Sheikh Hasina seemed firmer than ever in late July and early August 2024. On some days, it felt as though law enforcement agencies would continue shooting until the bullets ran out.
By: Arun Bikash Dey, Zyma Islam, Sifayet Ullah
Though many of Bangladesh's shipbreaking yards have gone green on paper, workers continue to face deadly safety hazards, with at least 84 accidents recorded since the Hong Kong Convention came into force last year.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines lost around Tk 886 crore ($72.5 million) from chartered cargo flights operated between 2020 and 2022, as it failed to collect, account for, or repatriate funds during Covid-era operations, internal investigations reveal.
For seven years, Anisha Islam Insha had stood on city pavements holding a photo of her father at every protest arranged by rights organisations working on enforced disappearances.
The government has proposed amendments to the Cyber Security Act 2026, criminalising defamation and introducing prison terms and fines for “humiliation” and “bullying”, significantly expanding the range of online expression punishable under the law.
The country's national rape response is hanging by a thread, with 373 employees and caseworkers left unpaid since January 1 amid a shift to outsourced recruitment.
An inspection report by the US aircraft manufacturer Boeing claims that Biman is struggling to maintain its existing fleet.
