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‘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 marginalised, living in cramped settlement camps and struggling to find formal workOn his first day at high school, Khalid Hussain was accuse…

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‘Peace of mind at last’: the Bangladeshi villagers digging their way out of the floods

‘Plinth’ settlements built on raised ground above the country’s flooding rivers are providing permanent homes and emergency refugesHamida Khatun is sick of moving. The 60-year has been displaced about 20 times during her life, always as a result of cli…

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Bangladesh media in fear after PM’s ‘people’s enemy’ attack

Even stories on cost of living leave journalists facing assault, threats and arrest under Digital Security ActFour weeks ago, a reporter in Bangladesh was hauled from his office, badly beaten – and then thrown from the roof of his building, leaving him…

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‘A nightmare I couldn’t wake up from’: half of Rana Plaza survivors unable to work 10 years after disaster

A decade after Bangladesh’s worst garment-industry disaster, injury and ill health plagues those that escapedThe cracks on the walls started to appear two days earlier. But despite the warning signs, Moushumi Begum still came to work on 24 April 2013. …

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