How did the clothes you're wearing get to you? Guardian journalists trace the lifecycle of the shirt on your back via the teeming workshops of Dhaka, where labour is cheap, factories are cheaper … [Read More]

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SONADIA Cox's Bazar sludge flowing into the sea smelt terrible. Our speedboat revved and took a sharp turn through the black sewage. It flashed past the wooden … [Read More]

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Frauds rampant in cooperatives: TIB Management executives of 21 cooperatives have allegedly misappropriated funds amounting Tk 9,070 crore from 9 lakh members in the last one year, said Transparency … [Read More]

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outlined how local communities and activists are using the Right to Information Act to hold Bangladeshi authorities accountable for creating a safe and sustainable environment. Freedom of expression … [Read More]

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WASHINGTON - Economic growth alone is “not enough” to end global poverty as increased income inequality can dampen the impact of growth on reducing poverty, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim … [Read More]

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A home submerged by water-logging in Satkhira District DHAKA, 11 April 2014 (IRIN) - A new insurance scheme in which pre-determined flood thresholds trigger speedy compensation offers hope for poor … [Read More]

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Workers sort clothes at a garment factory near the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, Bangladesh. The April 24 collapse of the Rana Plaza complex, built on swampy ground outside Dhaka with … [Read More]

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Grameen Bank moves closer to govt's grip The government has issued a rule that transfers the power to appoint members of Grameen Bank board from the microlender itself to Bangladesh Bank, a move … [Read More]

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At least 17 people were killed and about 30 others injured as a goods laden truck and a night passenger bus collided head on in Bangladesh's Shajahanpur sub- district of Bogra district, 197 km … [Read More]

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Jim Young Kim said. "…through the (proposed) USD 2.7 billion of new lending, we hope to again, just engage very directly with the government and with all of the other players to take … [Read More]

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