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Yasmin Khatun Dewan

Llandanwg Railway Station

Senior Journalist at BBC

journalist. **on maternity leave** @bbcnews @bbcworld | fellow @WTempleFdn prev. work in @nytimes @guardian @trtworld. Words all my own, obvs.

Articles

  • Mar 7, 2024 | homeofscience.net | Shazir Mucklai |Yasmin Khatun Dewan

    Seven years after Ishrat Baig donated £40k to a charity to build an orphanage, it is still incomplete. A woman who gave £40,000 to a charity to build an orphanage, says she feels “cheated” because, seven years later, the job has yet to be finished. Ishrat Baig says she was told by Penny Appeal in 2017 that the home – part of a larger complex in Pakistan – would take about a year to build. However, a BBC team found in February this year that the orphanage had not yet opened.

  • Mar 7, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Yasmin Khatun Dewan

    A woman who gave £40,000 to a charity to build an orphanage, says she feels "cheated" because, seven years later, the job has yet to be finished. Ishrat Baig says she was told by Penny Appeal in 2017 that the home - part of a larger complex in Pakistan - would take about a year to build. However, a BBC team found in February this year that the orphanage had not yet opened. The charity has blamed the delays on the Covid pandemic. For more than a decade, Ishrat Baig dreamed of building an orphanage.

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Yasmin Khatun Dewan
Yasmin Khatun Dewan @Yasm1nK
8 Jun 25

Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years to come https://t.co/q9vNT8vZs4 @BowenBBC #Gaza #BBCNews

Yasmin Khatun Dewan
Yasmin Khatun Dewan @Yasm1nK
5 Jun 25

RT @BBCNewsPR: Statement on BBC correspondent Feras Kilani and colleagues being detained at gunpoint by Israel Defense Forces - On Friday…

Yasmin Khatun Dewan
Yasmin Khatun Dewan @Yasm1nK
29 Apr 25

It’s weird being on this platform as it seems only very few things draw me to open the application. Spring has been beautiful though 🤍 #London https://t.co/H2oW0Zjphy