We need to step up efforts to address menstrual hygiene amongst adolescent girls
Just a few days before I had my first period, I lost an uncle to colon cancer. That was many years ago, and we did not know what colon cancer was. All we knew was that he died while having bloody discharge from his rectum.  

I had my first period while I was at school. Bangla class was going on and I felt a sudden sharp pain in my lower abdomen. I went to the toilet and found that I was bleeding. I seriously thought I was dying. I was dying like my uncle.