New data reveals alarming lead exposure levels among children in Bangladesh. Experts discuss the hidden sources and the urgent need for systemic policy change.

Explore the informal jhut recycling sector in Bangladesh. From Gazipur to Narayanganj, we look at the labor conditions behind the garment supply chain.

Nine years after the genocide, the Rohingya crisis faces a new deadlock. Analysis of the Arakan Army's rise and the stalled repatriation process.

Experts warn that the Sugandha-Kalatoli beach road project threatens Cox's Bazar's natural defenses. Read the analysis on ecological and legal risks.

Two elephants rescued from alleged abuse have been returned to their former owners, raising troubling questions about their safety.

Are vocational training programs in Bangladesh truly empowering women? We explore the barriers to employment and the reality of the TVET system.

Despite the dangers, thousands of Bangladeshis continue to take the Mediterranean route to Europe. We analyze the economic, social, and systemic drivers behind this crisis.

Despite the immense benefits of breast milk, socioeconomic barriers and aggressive formula marketing hinder breastfeeding in Bangladesh.

Fidel Castro's enduring legacy of anti-imperialism and Third Worldism continues to fundamentally haunt American geopolitical hegemony today.

As freshwater disappears from the Sundarbans, Munda women bear the growing burden of climate-driven water scarcity.

As the impacts of AI sweep across the labour force, female-concentrated segments of the workforce are most exposed to AI-fuelled automation.

Modernisation threatens Bangladesh ethnic traditions, making the preservation of indigenous cultural artefacts and musical instruments increasingly vital.

While working in Liberia between 2013 and 2014, I had the opportunity, together with my colleagues, to support the government in implementing its deinstitutionalisation policy.

Every night, when most of Dhaka is winding down, Karwan Bazar comes alive. Trucks loaded with vegetables, fish and fruit crowd its narrow lanes, traders negotiate prices and buyers hurry to secure the day’s supplies.

Microplastics are plastic particles smaller than 5 mm that originate from the breakdown of larger plastic products or from intentionally manufactured micro-sized plastics used in consumer products.

A few weeks ago, I was walking home from the office in Gulshan—I still prefer to walk whenever I can—when I noticed a young boy riding a bicycle, with an older man a few steps behind him, keeping a careful eye on the child.

The younger a girl is when she gets married, the lower the dowry. That is why parents arrange child marriages.

A vast, barren landscape stretches to the horizon—devoid of trees and even sufficient grass.

As Bangladesh's gig economy expands, women workers remain vulnerable to exploitation, insecurity, and persistent gaps in legal protection.

In the heart of Baratia village in Dumuria, a young boy named Dipu lives hemmed in by towering mounds of wet, suffocating riverbed clay.