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‘Because of women it became a people’s revolution’: what has changed one year on from Bangladesh’s student uprising?
Five female activists talk about their lives since Sheikh Hasina was ousted – and how the country can secure l…
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Bangladeshi woman killed after police open fire on protesting garment workers
Employees making clothes for fast-fashion brands have been demonstrating against a new minimum salary of £92 a…
- Global development, Human rights, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Most top Myanmar officers responsible for rape and torture – war crimes report
Security Force Monitor finds 64% of senior army officers led units allegedly committing killings, rapes, tortu…
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Global development, South and Central Asia, United Nations, World news
‘A titan of the climate movement’: tributes pour in for Saleemul Huq
Huq, ‘a visionary and climate champion’, who was named one of the top 10 scientists in the world by Nature las…
- Bangladesh, Employment, Global development, Human rights, India, Inequality and development, Migration, Migration and development, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, World news
‘We have a right to live in dignity’: Biharis in Bangladesh fight for equality – and jobs
The Urdu-speaking ethnic group was stateless for many years after the partition of India – and even now remain…
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‘Time we put an end to it’: the Bangladeshi women fighting their silent killer
A group of Bangladesh’s health workers are working to reach women in some of the country’s most isolated place…
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‘Every year it gets worse’: on the frontline of the climate crisis in Bangladesh
Young volunteers are leading rescue teams helping women and girls hardest hit by catastrophic flash floods in …