The Bangladesh comparison
Bangladesh celebrated its 52nd independence this month. Despite it being many years younger than Pakistan, on all development indicators it is doing better than Pakistan. How? Bangladesh does not have…
Sri Lanka or Bangladesh?
Pakistan’s economy is hanging by a thread; fragile and vulnerable at a risk of breaking down. In 2021, the Sri Lankan economy faced a significant setback as the value of…
Climate refugees flee as Bangladesh villages washed away
For generations Paban Baroi’s family guarded a temple to Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, until Bangladesh’s mighty Padma river wreaked havoc of its own, wiping out the shrine, their…
Industrial relations in Bangladesh RMG
This article discusses the labour situation in Bangladesh. At the outset, it is important to understand that there is a concerted global campaign to present a bleak picture of workers,…
‘Woven air’: Bangladesh revives elite forgotten fabric
With wooden spinning wheels and hand-drawn looms, Bangladesh is painstakingly resurrecting a fabric once worn by Marie Antoinette and Jane Austen but long thought forever lost to history. Dhaka muslin…
Fast-fashion nightmare for Bangladeshi clothes makers
One day Parvin was toiling to meet the fast-fashion demands of European capitals, the next she was among hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi clothes workers made instantly jobless as the…
Nepal, India and Bangladesh crippled by monsoon flooding
Monsoon season flooding in Nepal, India and Bangladesh has claimed more than 1,700 lives this season. Water levels are beginning to recede, but many crops have been destroyed, and the…
Aid from Bangladesh
Every government in Pakistan, including the current one, has gone around the world with a begging bowl. We are now drowning in debt and stuck in an anemic growth orbit,…
Plastic from burlap? Bangladesh invents a green throwaway bag
As countries around the world try to cut down on throwaway plastic shopping bags, Bangladesh is hoping to cash in on an alternative: plastic-like bags made from jute, the plant…
Plastic from burlap? Bangladesh invents a green throwaway bag
As countries around the world try to cut down on throwaway plastic shopping bags, Bangladesh is hoping to cash in on an alternative: plastic-like bags made from jute, the plant…
