Mostafa Yousuf

Journalist at The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

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Tk 200m worth of salt goes unused

1 week ago | en.prothomalo.com | Mostafa Yousuf

Madrasahs, orphanages, and lillah boarding schools are the primary recipients of rawhide from animals sacrificed during Eid-ul-Azha. However, the market value of rawhide has been declining every year, causing primary collectors to lose interest in preserving it. To address this, the government supplied salt to many such institutions for preservation. Yet, the effort largely failed: a significant amount of salt went unused.
1.3 million trees in the capital, finds survey

3 weeks ago | en.prothomalo.com | Mostafa Yousuf

Despite raid erection of buildings and new structures fills up Dhaka city, trees still remain in certain areas. According to a tree survey conducted by the Bangladesh Forest Department and the US Forest Service, around 1.3 million large and small trees still survive in 306 square kilometers of within Dhaka city. This is Dhaka’s first-ever comprehensive tree survey, titled ‘Urban Tree Inventory of Dhaka City’.
Reserved forest razed after being leased in Cox’s Bazar

1 month ago | en.prothomalo.com | Mostafa Yousuf

Just three kilometers to the right from Khutakhali Bazar on the Chattogram–Cox’s Bazar highway lies the Madhushia Garjan Forest. The clear waters of the Khutakhali Canal flow beside it. From a distance, the rows of garjan (dipterocarp) trees appear mesmerising, but up close, the reality is starkly different. The soil has eroded from around the roots of the trees. These trees could collapse at any time. As a result, the Madhushia Garjan Forest now faces serious threat.
Nearly 200 industries established putting the Sundarbans at risk

1 month ago | en.prothomalo.com | Mostafa Yousuf |Inzamamul Haque

Ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina questioned the boundary of the Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) around the Sundarbans and supported industrial establishment there. Later, a National Environmental Committee meeting officially allowed industries within 10 kilometers of the forest, despite repeated warnings from environmental groups that such proximity threatens biodiversity.
How dangers intensify due to garbage burning in Dhaka

2 months ago | en.prothomalo.com | Mostafa Yousuf

Visiting Aminbazar, the outskirt of Dhaka early morning on 6 April, it was found that fire was burning at least 20 different spots of a landfill managed by Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). The smoke was rising into the sky. This has become a daily picture. An Ansar member, responsible for security at the Aminbazar landfill, speaking to Prothom Alo on condition of anonymity said, “Those responsible for waste management are the ones who set the fires.
Zilla parishad yet to reclaim land grabbed by DSCC

2 months ago | en.prothomalo.com | Mostafa Yousuf

While serving as mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), in May 2023 Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh allegedly grabbed 20 decimals of land belonging to Dhaka zilla parishad in the Katabon area. Subsequently, construction work began on a multi-storey building at the site. However, even after the mass uprising of July 2024, DSCC has not responded to three letters sent requesting the removal of the structure.
Aid for poor people and destitute women shrinks

Mar 6, 2025 | en.prothomalo.com | Mostafa Yousuf

The price of rice is quite high in the market. The price of good quality coarse rice is Tk 55. The price of fine rice is also quite high. Amid this situation government rice distribution has decreased. Same is the situation in case of wheat distribution. Government food distribution is quite significant to keep the market under control and help the poor.
Rohingya in limbo as some aid groups suspend health services at Bangladesh camps

Feb 21, 2025 | globalsecurity.org | Mostafa Yousuf |John Pike

Facilities set up by foreign aid groups provide medical treatment for thousands of Rohingya refugees. By Mostafa Yousuf and Abdur Rahman for BenarNews 2025.02.19 DHAKA/COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh -- At a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, Mohammed Hasan cast doubt over whether he'd ever walk again. The 40-year-old had a leg amputated after a Burmese soldier shot him during the Myanmar military's deadly crackdown against the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017.
Rohingya in limbo as some aid groups suspend health services at Bangladesh camps

Feb 19, 2025 | rfa.org | Mostafa Yousuf |Abdur Rahman

DHAKA/COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh - At a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, Mohammed Hasan cast doubt over whether he’d ever walk again. The 40-year-old had a leg amputated after a Burmese soldier shot him during the Myanmar military’s deadly crackdown against the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017. Hasan’s other leg was paralyzed after the shooting. Like hundreds of thousands of his fellow Rohingya, he fled that year from his home in Rakhine state to neighboring Bangladesh.
Rohingya in limbo as some aid groups suspend health operations at Bangladesh camps

Feb 19, 2025 | benarnews.org | Mostafa Yousuf |Abdur Rahman

At a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh, Mohammed Hasan cast doubt over whether he’d ever walk again. The 40-year-old had a leg amputated after a Burmese soldier shot him during the Myanmar junta’s deadly crackdown against the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority in 2017. Hasan’s other leg was paralyzed after the shooting. Like hundreds of thousands of his fellow Rohingya, he fled that year from his home state of Rakhine to neighboring Bangladesh.