Maher Sattar

GlobalPost

Maher Sattar is a Bangladeshi multi-media journalist covering South and Southeast Asia. He has reported on the Taliban in documentaries for PBS, and his work has appeared on France 24, GlobalPost, Salon.com, the Diplomat, CNNGo, and IRIN News. Aside from Bangladesh he has lived and worked in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Denmark, Canada, and the United States. You can find more of his work at mahersattar.wordpress.com and mahersattar.tumblr.com

Dhaka’s ‘death squad’ shoots for a makeover

May 13, 2017Lifestyle

Until now, the Rapid Action Battalion has either been thought of as a killing machine — or a useful and necessary killing machine.

Maldives coup: Mohamed Nasheed, Godfather of the Arab Spring, falls from grace

May 13, 2017Politics

Bangladesh-India border: “Wall of Death”

July 31, 2016Conflict

Bangladesh-India: hunger strike you haven’t heard of

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

Bangladesh’s garment workers brave deadly fires to make luxury American clothing

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

The mysterious murder of a Bangladeshi labor activist

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

Aminul Islam’s tortured body was found last month – friends and family suspect the police are involved in the crime.

On Location Video: Vietnam considers legalizing gay marriage

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

Justice Ministry proposes including same-sex couples in the country’s marriage law.

Riots, executions and war crimes: Bangladesh’s political violence, explained

July 30, 2016Conflict

Forty years later, Bangladesh confronts crimes committed during its battle for independence.

Why the cost of real estate in the crowded, slum-packed city of Dhaka rivals Manhattan

July 30, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

‘There is no way that one can even think of buying a property in Dhaka anymore if you are middle class or lower middle class.’