カテゴリー: Bangladesh
Employers are avoiding paying maternity benefits and purging union members as orders plummet during Covid-19, say activistsA few weeks ago, Kalpona Akter’s phone started vibrating. She watched with mounting dread as message after message poured in. Fir…
Infection risk means families are suffering trauma and guilt by not being able to carry out the Islamic funeral ritual of washing the bodyJusna Begum wakes up to her phone ringing at 1am. When she answers, it’s an inconsolable woman who has just lost h…
Older patients turned away or left untreated, while domestic abuse is also rising, leading charity reportsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen Souzi Bondeko’s grandfather started showing symptoms of Covid-19 and was struggli…
Announcement comes against backdrop of global anti-racism protestsL’Oréal al has announced it will remove words like “whitening” from its products, as global anti-racism protests continue.“The L’Oréal Group has decided to remove the words white/whiteni…
One factory owner tells how coronavirus cancellations by UK brands have seen him struggle to pay wagesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage As high streets across England opened this week and hundreds of people jostled through th…
Refugees said to be avoiding getting tested amid fears about being sent into isolationCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRohingya leaders have urged Bangladesh to lift an internet ban imposed on a million refugees in the city o…
Retailer paid $109m in dividends just weeks after cancelling clothing orders, leaving suppliers in Bangladesh facing financial crisisKohl’s, one of the US’s largest clothing retailers, cancelled millions of dollars worth of existing orders from Banglad…
Based on true stories, Rubaiyat Hossain’s Made in Bangladesh challenges stereotypes while revealing the relentless pressure of fashion’s supply chainRubaiyat Hossain’s latest film, Made in Bangladesh, opens with a scene of pure, visceral panic: young g…
Strong winds tore down electricity pylons, walls and buildings, with full scale of damage still being estimatedThe most powerful cyclone to hit Bangladesh and eastern India in more than 20 years tore down homes, carried cars down flooded streets and cl…
The Bay of Bengal’s fiercest storm this century, super-cyclone Amphan, has slammed into the coast of eastern India and Bangladesh, bringing heavy gales and the threat of deadly storm surges and flooding. Over 2 million people have been evacuated from t…
West Bengal, Odisha and coastal areas of Bangladesh on high alert for super-cycloneIndia is preparing to evacuate more than a million people, with a “super-cyclone” due to hit the country this week and cause devastation in vulnerable areas.The Indian s…
Aid groups say coronavirus could race through camps housing one million people Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAid groups have warned of a looming humanitarian disaster after coronavirus was detected for the first time in th…
In an effort to revive the stricken industry plant owners restart production, but labour activists claim safety measures are illusory Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWorkers in garment factories in Bangladesh, which have reo…
Hundreds more refugees still stranded on boats after being turned away by Malaysia Rohingya refugees believed to have spent weeks stranded on cramped boats at sea have been sent to a remote, uninhabited island by Bangladesh, while hundreds more remain …
Two boats still stranded at sea as Malaysia accused of using Covid-19 as an excuse to turn them backRohingya refugees whose relatives, including children, have been stranded for weeks on cramped boats have urged international governments to act before …