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Bangladesh Uprising

Phyllis Zaballero illuminates the past
The last time I interviewed Phyllis Zaballero for my weekly column at a past life’s job, she graciously served much-desired everyone’s favorite egg tarts I…
23 February 20254 MIN READ
Wounded Bangladesh protesters receive robotic helping hand
He was fitted with a prosthetic limb, alongside four other students who also lost their hands
25 November 20241 MIN READ
Between right and wrong
“What is not granted by the Organic Act is the right to humiliate, coerce, browbeat and threaten witnesses to force them to talk.
9 September 20243 MIN READ
Fading colors: Bangladesh’s threatened rickshaw art
Vibrant greens and swirling yellows, film stars, birds, and architecture: Bangladesh's bicycle rickshaw drivers have for decades used their transport as a…
21 December 20233 MIN READ
Dreams of wealth turn to dust for Qatar migrant workers
Hundreds of thousands of people have flocked to Qatar in recent years to work on giant construction schemes as it boosted its infrastructure ahead of the World…
16 November 20226 MIN READ
16 dead, million seek shelter as cyclone hits Bangladesh
At least 16 people died after a cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a million people from their homes, officials said Tuesday.
25 October 20222 MIN READ
Bangladesh boat tragedy death toll hits 32
Rescue workers recovered seven more bodies on Monday after a boat carrying religious pilgrims capsized in Bangladesh, taking the death toll to 32 with scores…
26 September 20222 MIN READ
Bangladesh PM denounces ‘tragedy’ of rich nations on climate
A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change.
24 September 20223 MIN READ