カテゴリー: Bangladesh
Pollution, traffic, noise – the busy streets of the Bangladeshi capital prohibit many who are ill or have limited mobility from leaving their homes, posing further risks to their healthThe door of Rehana Khan’s sixth-floor flat is as far as she venture…
Soaked survivors clung to hull overnight before being taken to safety by Indonesian rescue teamDozens of Rohingya refugees have been rescued from the Indian Ocean off the coast of Indonesia after spending the night balanced on the hull of their overtur…
As the Gulf kingdom bids to host a World Cup that will see its reliance on cheap foreign labour soar, planeloads of men already return daily to Dhaka, gaunt, dazed and brokeAmong the joyful family reunions at the arrivals gate at Dhaka’s internationa…
People trapped in the world’s largest refugee camp hope to seek new lives elsewhere despite threats facing them as they attempt to leave BangladeshEven as dehydration was getting to their passengers, the traffickers using boats to carry hundreds of Roh…
Many also injured after flames tore through seven-storey building in affluent district At least 45 people have been killed and dozens injured after a fire blazed through a seven-storey building in an upmarket neighbourhood in the Bangladeshi capital of…
People who fled genocide in Myanmar for the world’s biggest refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, are finding their lives devastated by diseases such as cancer and diabetesThe tumours that kept growing in her chest were cut out three times before No…
The south Asian country is a world leader in climate adaptation, but without more funding the country will struggle to protect its people, a report warns As far back as she can remember, Shahanaz Ali has been running from cyclones. “Moving constantly f…
Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agendaThe envelope containing two partially burned pages of the Qur’an came as a shock. Until t…
Millions of women are being let down by lack of support during and after menopause. We asked six, from Brazil to Bangladesh, to share their stories of fighting stigma, dealing with symptoms and supporting othersRead more: A menopause revolution is stir…
A Dutch group that reunites children with their birth parents in Bangladesh is fighting to stop all international adoptionRead more: Bangladesh launches investigation into children ‘wrongly’ adopted overseasIt was not long into a research trip to Bangl…
Police start to interview witnesses following Guardian reports on adoptions to the Netherlands nearly 50 years agoRead more: ‘I was told I could visit. Then she went missing’: the Bangladeshi mothers who say their children were adopted without consentP…
Mosquito-borne disease once largely limited to Dhaka spreads countrywide as climate change fuels fivefold increase in cases in a year, with actual figures likely to be several times higher • All photographs by Fabeha Monir for WHOIn a small, dimly lit …
Scientists say sea level rises, flooding and extreme weather will accelerate release of arsenic into water supplyClimate breakdown will put tens of millions of people in Bangladesh at heightened risk of cancer from contaminated well water, according to…
From Egypt to Bangladesh, photographer Lucien Migné has documented the work of marginalised groups whose livelihoods have remained largely untouched by the modernisation of work• All photographs by Lucien MignéFor a moment, the workers disappear in the…
An autocratic crackdown saw the main opposition party boycott the poll, rendering the victory hollow for the current prime ministerSheikh Hasina Wazed has brought the best of times and the worst of times to Bangladesh. In her 15 years of consecuti…