Khairul Hassan Jahin

The proposed Padma Barrage will deepen Bangladesh’s sediment, water, and ecological crises rather than sustainably resolving them.

The crisis in the Haor region of north-eastern Bangladesh is explained in an interactive, Slow Reads Special.

A defining factor is the massive rainfall it receives upstream. Across the border lies Cherrapunji, historically the wettest place on Earth.

The monetisation of news and corporate media influence drives self-censorship, eroding Bangladesh's vital political satire tradition.

Richard Wolff argues that capitalist decline and Western hegemony offer the Global South opportunities for working-class organisation.

Thirteen years after Rana Plaza, survivors demand compensation, accountability, and dignity the state has yet to deliver.

Dhaka’s battery rickshaws, known as Tesla, offer high-speed urban mobility while trapping drivers in a cycle of debt.

The politics of memory is never only about the past. It concerns who gets to define the nation through selective remembrance and selective silence, and which parts of the history are elevated, ritualised, or pushed aside.