Heavy taxes and poor access mean many girls in Bangladesh still miss school during their periods, while other countries have made period products tax-free or free.
When oil prices climb, Bangladesh pays more to import fuel, while exporters like Saudi Arabia and Norway earn more. Here’s why the same price shock plays out so differently.
After classes, thousands of university students cross Dhaka to teach younger children, earning money in a job market that barely officially exists.
From a raid that uncovered more than 1,100 exotic animals in a Dhaka house to the cramped cages of Katabon, the pet trade hides a grim reality.
The Jamuna, Ganges and Padma have taken more than 1,500 square kilometres of land in five decades, along with the homes and livelihoods built on it.
Plastic imports pushed aside Bangladesh’s handmade toys, then gave rise to a local factory industry that now makes millions of toys a year.
A 43-year-old widow in Mymensingh’s Fulbaria has alleged that her thumbprint was taken under the pretext of preparing a family card and later used to create a forged marriage deed. The document names a local man as her…
