Bangladesh

News Analysis: Election victory consolidates Shiekh Hasina

MELBOURNE, 9 January: The United States and the United Kingdom have issued separate statements on the January 7, Bangladesh elections after the PM Shiekh Hasina led secular Awami League sweeping them. The controversial elections, reports indicate, had only 40 per...

January 4, 2024

Viewpoint: A staged election could result in political instability

By Bharat Bhushan Democracy is in peril in Bangladesh with elections widely perceived as flawed. Combined with economic woes and...

November 18, 2023

US industry’s ‘empty promise’: Living wages for B’desh garment workers

’Tis the season for holiday shopping, and as American consumers ready their spending dollars, few of us are likely to...

July 24, 2023

Campaign for 23,000 taka minimum wage in Bangladesh

20th July 2023: For the first time in five years, the Bangladeshi government has formed a Wage Board to revise...

July 23, 2023

Bangladesh worst country for workers in 2023 Global Rights Index

Bangladesh has been ranked the worst country for workers in the 2023 Global Rights Index released by the International Trade Union...

June 28, 2023

Fatal assault on union leader triggers protests in Bangladesh

50-year-old Shahid ul Islam was allegedly beaten to death in an attack on Sunday evening which other union members claim...

May 5, 2023

Bangladeshi CDU student dies in Darwin home invasion assault

DARVIN, NT, 5 May 2023: A 23-year-old international student from Bangladesh, Md Ishaqur Rahman Sifat died in the Royal Darwin...

April 27, 2023

10 years after Rana Plaza, survivors still struggling: DW Asia

Survivors of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, one of the world's worst industrial disasters, are still fighting for their rights. Many of...

March 10, 2023

Bangladesh ‘new heights’ amidst Pakistan’s economic collapse

Pakistan’s economy is on the brink of bankruptcy like Sri Lanka’s. Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves have fallen below $3 billion....

January 28, 2023

Study: Rising unfair practices by global fashion brands in Bangladesh

After surveying 1,000 garment factories, the study found that popular fashion brands such as H&M, Zara, and GAP were engaging...

January 20, 2023

US softens on B’desh ‘rights violations’, fearing China, India clout

In December 2021, in addition to the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the United States imposed sanctions on seven former and...

January 17, 2023

Garment industry in Bangladesh struggles to contain pollution

Treatment plants are either non-existent or inefficient and underused, meaning Bangladesh’s garment industry continues to discharge highly polluting wastewater....

October 15, 2022

OPINION: Bangladesh Needs – and Leads on – Climate Mitigation

The world’s leaders debate climate change all the time. But Bangladesh can’t wait for the rhetoric to stop. Serious action...

September 5, 2022

Shiekh Hasina rules out Sri Lanka type crisis in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina has ruled out a Sri Lanka-type economic meltdown in Bangladesh. Sri Lanka had recently massive...

Bangladesh

News Analysis: Election victory consolidates Shiekh Hasina

January 4, 2024

Viewpoint: A staged election could result in political instability

November 18, 2023

US industry’s ‘empty promise’: Living wages for B’desh garment workers

July 24, 2023

Campaign for 23,000 taka minimum wage in Bangladesh

July 23, 2023

Bangladesh worst country for workers in 2023 Global Rights Index

June 28, 2023

Fatal assault on union leader triggers protests in Bangladesh

May 5, 2023

Bangladeshi CDU student dies in Darwin home invasion assault

April 27, 2023

10 years after Rana Plaza, survivors still struggling: DW Asia

March 10, 2023

Bangladesh ‘new heights’ amidst Pakistan’s economic collapse

January 28, 2023

Study: Rising unfair practices by global fashion brands in Bangladesh

January 20, 2023

US softens on B’desh ‘rights violations’, fearing China, India clout

January 17, 2023

Garment industry in Bangladesh struggles to contain pollution

October 15, 2022

OPINION: Bangladesh Needs – and Leads on – Climate Mitigation

September 5, 2022

Shiekh Hasina rules out Sri Lanka type crisis in Bangladesh

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