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24 Sep 2023 4 minute read

The interview: Sofia Karim

The outspoken artist and architect speaks to Subi Shah about art, architecture and activism.

Children at Dhal Char in Bhola. MAJORITY WORLD/CHANDAN ROBERT

13 Sep 2021 3 minute read

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Bangladesh: at a glance

A ‘digital’, growing Bangladesh has not translated to basic rights and freedoms for ordinary citizens, Oliur Sun...

Arrested Rohingya people leave a Hlegu court, outside Yangon, Myanmar, February 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

1 Jun 2020 2 minute read

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Can the world handle another Rohingya crisis?

India is looking at the world’s largest statelessness crisis. Nilanjana Bhowmick asks, have we learned ...

Bulu Bari is a regular at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation complex - but work is scarce.

3 Feb 2020 6 minute read

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Dhallywood dreams

Sophie K Rosa and Alice McCool on the older women fighting for a place in 'Dhallywood'.

4 Nov 2019 3 minute read

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Letter from Dhaka

Parsa Sanjana Sajid the deep waters of identity and prejudice in Bangladesh.

2 Oct 2019 4 minute read

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The interview: Shahidul Alam

Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam tells Subi Shah that, despite his notorious...

30 Jun 2019 3 minute read

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Letter from Dhaka: The bangle seller

Despite having bought colourful bangles for over a decade, Parsa Sanjana Sajid wonders who makes them and...

18 Jan 2019 3 minute read

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Dhaka's flowers and flames

A pocket of the city, vibrant with blossoms, is the site where destiny is always taking shape, observes Parsa...

14 Aug 2018 5 minute read

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Shahidul Alam imprisoned another month

A court will hear his bail petition in September. Rumana Hashem reports.

6 Aug 2018 3 minute read

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Free Shahidul!

Bangladeshi police have abducted renowned photographer Shahidul Alam. Chris Brazier explains what Alam's...

4 Apr 2018 6 minute read

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Raising voices to stop rape in Bangladesh

The Bangladeshi state is intimidating indigenous human rights defenders. Amy Hall reports.

20 Nov 2017 2 minute read

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The lives behind the label

Bangladesh’s garment workers make the clothes we wear every day. A collection of their intimate stories.

28 May 2017 1 minute read

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Southern Exposure

Chandan Robert Rebeiro captures a budding Bangladeshi photographer.

1 May 2017 1 minute read

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Southern Exposure

Iqbal Hossein photographs Rohingya refugees, and hears their harrowing experiences.

10 Mar 2017 9 minute read

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For the sake of the tiger

Prioritizing animal conservation over human life is having repercussions for locals in the Sundarbans. An illustrated report...

8 Mar 2017 5 minute read

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What political dynamics lead to domestic violence legislation being implemented?

Women’s movements must continue their struggle to improve enforcement, writes Dr Eleni Sifaki.

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