Tasnim Hoque
A story is not finished when it is interesting. It is finished when it is checked.
I am a journalist in Dhaka. I report on business, labour and public money, and I write longer investigative pieces.
MA in Journalism, 11 years reporting
What I cover
Investigative reporting
Long pieces built on documents and records, not rumour.
Business reporting
Company news, markets and the money behind a story.
Features
Longer pieces about people and how something actually works.
Editing
Making another writer's piece clearer without changing their voice.
Fact checking
Checking a piece line by line before it goes out.
Training
Teaching young reporters how to check a claim.
Stories
- 012026
Where the loan money went
Eighteen months of bank records, and one borrower who never existed.
Cited in Parliament - 022025
The factory that closed on a Friday
Four hundred workers, one notice, and what the law says about both.
Back pay agreed for 212 workers - 032024
Who owns the river bank
A land register, a satellite map and three families.
- 042023
A budget, line by line
What the Ministry said it would spend, and what it spent.
- 052021
Garment wages in the new year
Eleven factories, eleven pay slips.
About
The hard part of this work is almost never finding something interesting. It is proving it well enough that it survives being challenged. Most of my time goes on the second part.
I take commissions from editors I have not worked with before, and I will say upfront what a piece needs: time, access and a lawyer's read.
- Based in
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Available
- Commissions open from January
In numbers
- 11years reporting
- 600+stories published
- 3press awards
Experience
- 2021 — nowSenior correspondentThe Daily Record
- 2017 — 2021CorrespondentBangladesh Business Times
- 2015 — 2017ReporterCity News Dhaka
What clients say
She rang me four times to check one sentence. That is why I trust what she prints.
Source, government departmentHer piece changed how our whole sector is regulated.
Industry association head
Have a story, or a commission?
Write to me. Sources are kept private, and I will say so before you tell me anything.
Available Commissions open from January
Based in Dhaka, Bangladesh