Bangladesh
Chattogram Floods Leave 30 Dead as Waters Recede and the Recovery Bill Comes Due
Chattogram floods have killed 30 people and marooned over 7.5 lakh. Waters are receding, but crops, homes and roads lie damaged.
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Bangladesh
Free Thought Daily’s Bangladesh section covers politics, society, culture, human rights, secular voices, and important developments affecting Bangladesh and its people.
Bangladesh
July Uprising Trials Widen as Prosecutors Ready Charges Against Two Dozen Suspects
Bangladesh's July uprising trials are widening as prosecutors prepare crimes-against-humanity charges against around two dozen suspects.
Bangladesh
Nine Lakh Workers Abroad, $35.5 Billion Home: Bangladesh’s Strongest Number Is Also Its Riskiest
Bangladesh overseas jobs are booming — and parliament heard the proof this week. More than 9.33 lakh Bangladeshi workers secured employment abroad in the eleven months to 31 May, State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare Nurul Haque Nur told lawmakers, with the government now targeting roughly 14 lakh in the coming fiscal year and, more ambitiously […]
Bangladesh
Chattogram Landslides Kill Two Children — The Warnings Came, and Nobody Could Afford to Listen
Chattogram landslides killed two children as monsoon rains hammered the hills. Officials had warned residents. Poverty made the warnings impossible to obey.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Heavy Rainfall Warning: Six Divisions Braced, and Dhaka’s Streets Will Tell the Truth
The Bangladesh heavy rainfall warning issued for today reads, on the surface, like routine monsoon housekeeping. Read it slowly and it is an audit notice. The Met Office forecasts light to moderate rain across most of the country, with moderately heavy to very heavy rainfall likely in six divisions — Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram […]
Bangladesh
Border Killings of Bangladeshis Are Not Statistics — and Dhaka Must Stop Talking Like They Are
Eight Bangladeshis have been killed at the Indian border in the first five months of this year, by gunfire or torture, according to rights group Ain o Salish Kendra. Thirty-four were killed last year. Behind each number: a body carried back across a paddy field, a family that will never see justice. These deaths were […]
Bangladesh
Dhaka Earthquake Risk: Two Quakes in 11 Days and a City Built on Soft Ground
The Dhaka earthquake risk stopped being an abstraction this month. Twice in eleven days, the ground under the capital moved — and the second time, it moved close. A shallow magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck with its epicentre at Madhabdi, roughly 13 kilometres from Agargaon. Residents poured into the streets and stayed there, afraid of aftershocks. For […]
Bangladesh
India Reopens Tourist Visas for Bangladeshis, but Trust Will Take Longer Than Paperwork
After almost two years of suspension, India is issuing tourist visas to Bangladeshis again. The crowds outside the visa centres show how much ordinary people missed the connection — and how much damage the freeze quietly did.
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World Bank’s $1.1bn Emergency Support Shows Bangladesh’s Economy Is Under Pressure
The World Bank’s $1.1bn emergency financing for Bangladesh highlights rising pressure on food, fuel, fertilizer, reserves and vulnerable households.
Bangladesh
Kalima Flags Across Bangladesh: Faith, Politics or a Warning Sign?
The sudden spread of Kalima flags across Bangladesh has triggered debate and security scrutiny, raising questions about faith, symbolism, public order and political timing.