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Bangladesh

Sea-level rise and storms made stronger by climate change threaten communities across coastal Bangladesh.

‘They forgot about me’: People with disabilities in Bangladesh face increased risk during natural disasters

Climate Change

Millions of people have migrated from villages in coastal Bangladesh to escape climate-related disasters, but people with disabilities often stay behind. This puts their lives in even greater danger as weather conditions become more severe, advocates say.

People walk through an informal settlement for trash segregators in Bangalore, India.

Waste collectors in Bangalore face discrimination and exploitation

Justice
People wearing masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus assemble to offer prayers at Dhakeshwari Temple during a Hindu Durga Puja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Randomized study of mask-wearing illustrates their importance in preventing the spread COVID-19

COVID-19
"A Queen's Dream," illustration by Mayyu Khan, a Rohingya artist living in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, from "Rohingya Folk Tales," by Mohammed Rezuwan.

This young folklorist is on a mission to preserve Rohingya stories before it’s too late

Refugees
Clouds cover the skies over the river Ganges ahead of Cyclone Amphan, in Kolkata, India, May 19, 2020.

How to deal with a cyclone in the middle of a pandemic?

Natural disasters
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Bangladesh flooded farms.

A climate migration crisis is escalating in Bangladesh

Climate Change

In Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of people are being displaced from their coastal homes and are moving into the slums of cities unprepared to handle the influx. What’s new is the frequency of climate-related catastrophes and the scale of their impact.

Five young Bangladesh Nationalist Party activists vandalize a police vehicle with batons

Opposition protestors clash with police in Bangladesh as election nears

Dhaka police say they were attacked without reason. BNP leaders denounced the police actions as an “injustice” — part of a government plot to exclude BNP from upcoming elections.

Author Anna Dahlqvist talking with Saudah, a teenager in Kampala, Uganda

The ‘menstrual awakening’: Shattering the period stigma

Women & Gender

For millions of women around the world, monthly periods are something that comes with real hazards, such as missing school and work or being subjected to potentially harmful sanitary conditions. But there’s a global menstrual movement taking place.

Rapper Skibkhan in the video for ‘Shob Chup,’ which condemns the culture of silence around poverty and inequality in Bangladesh

Bangladeshi rappers wield rhymes as a weapon, with Tupac as their guide

Music

There is another story about youthful anger in Bangladesh. No, not radicalization. It’s the story of hip-hop.

Rohingya refugee children fly improvised kites at the Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

One doctor’s experience on a ‘medical mission’ to treat Rohingya refugees

Conflict

Dr. Baseer Qazi talks about trying to diagnose and treat refugees who have been through traumatic experiences.

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