Interactive: Bangladesh Labour History · 1881 - 2026 / Fight for Justice
30 April 2026
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In Focus
In conversation with Richard Wolff / Can workers seize the opportunity as Western capitalism declines?
30 April 2026
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Big Picture
Richard Wolff argues that capitalist decline and Western hegemony offer the Global South opportunities for working-class organisation.
The expansion of wage labour and the message of May Day
1 May 2026
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Big Picture
Capitalist exploitation and wealth inequality in Bangladesh highlight why the May Day legacy remains vital for labour rights.
A closer look at Bangladesh’s new labour law: Gains and gaps
30 April 2026
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Big Picture
Fixing a labour justice system that fails workers
30 April 2026
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Unheard Voices
Servants of an algorithm: May Day and the fight for the South Asian digital working class
30 April 2026
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Unheard Voices
Beyond reform: Securing dignity for Bangladesh’s workers
30 April 2026
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Unheard Voices
Who counts as a worker?
30 April 2026
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Unheard Voices
Why Rana Plaza survivors are still protesting
30 April 2026
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Unheard Voices
Thirteen years after Rana Plaza, survivors demand compensation, accountability, and dignity the state has yet to deliver.
Unseen struggles of ATM security guards in Bangladesh
30 April 2026
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Unheard Voices
The app treats me like a number: The uncertain lives of Dhaka’s ride-hailing drivers
30 April 2026
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Unheard Voices
Between flexibility and uncertainty: The lives behind Dhaka’s food delivery
30 April 2026
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Unheard Voices
The Price of Labour
23 April 2026
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Slow Reads Special
Between 2005 and 2026, a series of industrial disasters have exposed persistent failures in workplace safety, regulatory oversight, and accountability.
Those who remain invisible in Bangladesh’s political imagination
31 January 2026
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Unheard Voices
Interview / “Don’t reduce garment workers to victims—recognise their struggles”
30 May 2025
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Unheard Voices
The weight of untouchability: Rabidas community in Bangladesh
12 September 2025
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Unheard Voices
Bengali and Non-Bengali Riots at Karnaphuli Paper Mills
9 June 2024
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In Focus
What the government can really do for returnee women migrants
21 April 2026
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Unheard Voices
Unthreading Partition: The politics of jute sharing between two Bengals
28 July 2019
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In Focus
The hands that clean, the Harijans we refuse to see
14 November 2025
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Unheard Voices
Bound by dadan
31 January 2026
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Unheard Voices
Fish stocks collapse in the Bay of Bengal, fishermen at risk
24 January 2026
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Slow Reads
Shifting lives in the haor / A wetland losing its farmers
24 October 2025
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Unheard Voices
How cities fail their gig workers / Insights from Melbourne and Dhaka
18 July 2025
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Unheard Voices