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News Articles: bangladesh

Smoke comes out from kilns at a brickfield on the outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh on February 6, 2021.

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  • Global Health

A study finds stacking bricks differently could help this country fight air pollution

Bangladesh suffers from extreme air pollution, but a new study shows the brick industry can make small changes to have a big effect on the country's smog problem.

May 18, 2025
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By:
  • Jonathan Lambert
Nahid Islam, a student protester who was sworn in as a minister in Bangladesh's interim government in 2024, in Dhaka.

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  • Asia

As Bangladesh gears up for election, a new political player emerges

Last year, Gen-Z uprising in Bangladesh helped bring down Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Student activists continue to be central figures in shaping the future of Bangladesh's political landscape.

March 27, 2025
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By:
  • Shamim Chowdhury
Protesters in Bangladesh ousted its longtime authoritarian leader, Sheikh Hasina, in August.

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  • Perspective

People power's unfinished work: Can Bangladesh be an exception?

The Wilson Center's Michael Kugelman says that for many Bangladeshis, a successful youth-led mass movement has shattered a long malaise and kindled a newfound optimism about the country's future.

December 21, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Kugelman
Half of the world's population lives in countries where elections took place this year. But only around half of those elections were in countries where they could be viewed as free and fair.

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  • Perspective

History has never ended, but are we at a crossroads again?

Oxford professor Ben Ansell says we are witnessing a battle between nationalism and liberalism that will write our own time indelibly into the history books of tomorrow.

December 20, 2024
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By:
  • Ben Ansell
Dr. Richard Cash devoted much of his life to improving health care in poor countries. He played a critical role in the testing and implementation of oral rehydration therapy for patients suffering from diarrheal diseases — giving them a mixture of water, salts and sugar. Discussing this intervention, he said, "Simple doesn't mean second class."

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  • Global Health

Remembering Dr. Richard Cash: How a 'simple' intervention helped save millions of lives

In the late 1960s, he went to Dhaka to work on cholera. There he became involved in the development of oral rehydration therapy — hailed as one of the most significant medical advances of the century.

October 26, 2024
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By:
  • Joanne Silberner
Garment workers in Bangladesh protest for better working conditions.

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  • Global Health

Why the garment workers of Bangladesh are feeling poorer than ever

Their wages have always been low. With rising inflation and falling prices paid by Western companies for clothing, they're protesting for better pay — and hoping the new government will spur change.

October 23, 2024
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By:
  • Shamim Chowdhury
Left: Halima Ali Adam, A chadian woman lives near Farchana, sits with her baby, Iqbal Abubakr Yaqub, who is 15 months old, at the malnutrition clinic. They've been there for 13 days and seen little improvement in the baby's condition. Right: A person walks through a flooded road after Hurricane Helene hit the area as it passed offshore on September 27, 2024 in Crystal River, Florida. Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida's Big Bend with winds up to 140 mph and storm surges.

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  • Global Health

From Hurricane Milton to world hunger: How to make your donations count

The world is facing a devastating array of disasters. If you want to donate to a charity to make a difference, how can you make sure your dollars will do the most good?

October 11, 2024
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  • Diane Cole and
  • Kathleen Masterson
Patients line up for remote health consultation sessions near Rangpur, Bangladesh. The country has emerged as a model of health-care progress in the Global South.

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  • Opinion

Bangladesh defies stereotypes when it comes to health care. Let's keep it that way

Bangladesh defies the stereotypes. It was born in poverty but has risen up the income ladder and is a model of health progress. Will the current political upheaval take a toll on its impressive achievements?

September 27, 2024
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  • Junaid Nabi
People displaced by floods rest at a relief shelter in Mohipal, Feni, a coastal district in southeast Bangladesh on August 23.

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  • Asia

Severe floods causing health problems in south Bangladesh

The worst floods that Bangladesh has seen in decades occurred in August, displacing millions. Many people are still struggling to rebuild their lives and find sources of income.

September 27, 2024
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  • Shamim Chowdhury
Shahana Akhtar, 26, directs traffic at a busy intersection in Dhaka, wearing her scout uniform to project authority. Akhtar supported the students’ movement to oust Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and hopes the new interim government will create more jobs. She says she’s never had a paid job.

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  • World

After ousting Bangladesh's leader, Gen Z protesters are figuring out how to govern

They're out on the streets directing traffic and are taking part in Bangladesh's new interim government. Hopes are high — but there also are doubts about what they can realistically achieve.

August 16, 2024
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid and
  • Ahmede Hussain
Protesters in Bangladesh ousted its longtime authoritarian leader, Sheikh Hasina, in August.

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  • World

Ex-Bangladesh leader demands probe into protest killings, and is named in murder case

In her first statement since fleeing Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina denied responsibility for deaths in protests that led to her ouster. A court ordered police to open a murder investigation against her.

August 13, 2024
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  • Diaa Hadid
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus smiles upon his arrival at Charles de Gaulle's airport in Roissy, north of Paris, on Wednesday.

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  • Asia

Nobel laureate Yunus arrives in Bangladesh to take over as interim leader

Muhammad Yunus arrived in Bangladesh from an overseas trip as he looks to restore calm and rebuild the country following an uprising that ended the rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

August 08, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus heads back to Bangladesh from Paris after his country's revolution in August. He is now the country's interim leader.

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  • World

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is returning to Bangladesh to lead interim government

The Nobel Peace laureate known for fighting poverty returns to Bangladesh Thursday to begin leading an interim government after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India earlier this week.

August 07, 2024
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
A rickshaw puller rides in the smoke caused by a burning shopping center that was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday.

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  • Asia

Protesters in Bangladesh defy curfew and plan to march to the capital

At least 95 people, including at least 14 police officers, died in clashes in the capital on Sunday. Broadband internet and mobile data services were cut off for about three hours on Monday.

August 05, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government demanding justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide deadly clashes, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday.

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  • World

Renewed anti-government protests have left nearly 100 dead in Bangladesh

The protests began in July as students demanded an end to a quota system that reserved 30% of government jobs for families of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence against Pakistan.

August 04, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
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