Bangladesh

Bangladesh is undertaking the world’s largest resettlement programme – and the climate is making it harder

Bangladesh is undertaking the world’s largest resettlement programme – and the climate is making it harder: Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable to climate extremes. The nation’s topography lays its citizens bare to cyclones, flash floods, erosion and drought – not to mention the significant socio-economic impact these bring. Agricultural economist GM Monirul Alam showed, in a …

Rana Plaza: ten years after the Bangladesh factory collapse, we are no closer to fixing modern slavery

Rana Plaza: ten years after the Bangladesh factory collapse, we are no closer to fixing modern slavery: It’s ten years since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza building near Dhaka, Bangladesh, which killed at least 1,132 garment workers and injured several thousand more. The collapse of the eight-storey building on April 24 2013, which …

Mental health distress in the wake of Bangladesh cyclone shows the devastation of climate-related loss and damage

Mental health distress in the wake of Bangladesh cyclone shows the devastation of climate-related loss and damage: A Bangladeshi boy walks along a riverbank protected from climate-driven erosion by concrete blocks. Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, Author provided Over the past decade, there has been growing recognition of climate-induced loss and damage – such as the destruction of …

Bangladesh calls for inclusive Indian Ocean without any unilateral dominance

South Africa in the news: Bangladesh calls for inclusive Indian Ocean without any unilateral dominance: Bangladesh on Sunday called for an open free peaceful and inclusive Indian Ocean instead of any single country dominance ahead of the upcoming Indian Ocean …: “South Africa” – BingNews Pro-Palestine group vows to uphold call for Miss SA to …