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Protests on streets, talks at table: Bangladesh under pressure from workers' unrest
Protests on streets, talks at table: Bangladesh under pressure from workers' unrest

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by Anjan Kar

Protests on streets, talks at table: Bangladesh under pressure from workers' unrest

Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry is the backbone of its economy. The sweat of millions of workers in this sector generates the lion’s share of the country’s export earnings. The industry accounts for around 80 per cent of Bangladesh’s total exports, worth approximately $36 billion last year. Yet behind this success lies a long-standing crisis over wages, working conditions and job security. In recent months, unpaid wages, layoffs and factory closures have once again fuelled workers’ discontent.

Jannatul Naeem to take coastal communities’ voices to Global Climate Summit
Jannatul Naeem to take coastal communities’ voices to Global Climate Summit

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by ‎Faruk Rahman

Jannatul Naeem to take coastal communities’ voices to Global Climate Summit

Jannatul S M Naeem, a young climate activist from the coastal Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira district in southwestern Bangladesh, has secured an opportunity to represent Bangladeshi youth at the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Five villages on alert as Royal Bengal Tiger spotted near Sharan­khola locality
Five villages on alert as Royal Bengal Tiger spotted near Sharan­khola locality

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by ‎Faruk Rahman

Five villages on alert as Royal Bengal Tiger spotted near Sharan­khola locality

Panic has gripped five villages in Sharan­khola upazila of Bagerhat district after a tiger reportedly strayed into a settlement from the Sundarbans. Forest officials are using drones to search paddy fields for the animal, while villagers have reduced their movement at night. Residents have reported pugmarks in rice fields and other locations, prompting forest guards and members of local tiger response and patrol groups to launch public awareness campaigns.

39 percent of sundari trees in sundarbans affected by top-dying disease, concern rising
39 percent of sundari trees in sundarbans affected by top-dying disease, concern rising

Report

by ‎Faruk Rahman

39 percent of sundari trees in sundarbans affected by top-dying disease, concern rising

Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) and Arannyak Foundation have found that 39 percent of sundari trees in the Sundarbans are affected by top-dying disease. In numerical terms, nearly 12 crore 95 lakh trees are affected. Of these, 2 crore 2 lakh 40 thousand trees are severely damaged. Increased salinity, reduced freshwater flow and climate change along with various environmental pressures have created fresh concern over the existence of sundari trees. The research has also revealed that the carbon absorption capacity of the Sundarbans has decreased by 15 percent. This has raised concern about the forest’s natural balance, biodiversity and its role in tackling climate change.

Amāniśā to Akālbodhan
Amāniśā to Akālbodhan

Art and Culture

by Aditya Roy

Amāniśā to Akālbodhan

Languages are not merely a medium of communication. They are also repositories of the collective consciousness of the people who speak them. Their sorrows, stories, fears and hopes remain gathered in the layers of words for centuries. The closeness of two languages, therefore, cannot be measured by the similarity of their words alone.

The world builds corridors but we stands at the crossroads
The world builds corridors but we stands at the crossroads

Politics and Bureaucracy

by Sazzadul Islam Nayan

The world builds corridors but we stands at the crossroads

Spread out a map of the world today, and it looks rather like a sprawling house undergoing renovation. Someone is cutting through mountains to lay railway tracks, someone is building roads across the desert, someone else is connecting one port to another. China is expanding its routes to Europe. India is planning a passage west through the Arabian Peninsula. Kazakhstan, Türkiye and Laos are all busy drawing more trade through their own backyards. Bangladesh stands at a crossroads surrounded by possibilities. Only the destination of our own journey remains unclear.

State minister, your remarks are an embarrassment to the nation
State minister, your remarks are an embarrassment to the nation

Editorial Views

by Rased Mehedi

State minister, your remarks are an embarrassment to the nation

Two Bangladeshi citizens were detained. An investigation was conducted, charges were filed, the case went to trial, a verdict was delivered, a higher authority upheld it, a royal decree was issued, and the death sentences were carried out. At no stage of this lengthy process, it appears, did the Bangladeshi state know what was happening. It learned of the executions from a statement by Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry and media reports—when Nazrul Islam Abdul Bashir and Siti Akter were already dead.

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