Bangladesh

Number of Journalists Murdered in Retaliation for Their Work More Than Doubled in 2020: Report

Afghan journalist Rahmatullah Nekzad was shot dead while on his way to mosque in Ghazni, Afghanistan on December 21, 2020. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

'Short-Sighted and Inhumane': Human Rights Groups Sound Warnings as Bangladesh Sends Rohingya Refugees to Low-Lying Silt Island

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"The relocation of so many Rohingya refugees to a remote island, which is still off limits to everyone including rights groups and journalists without prior permission, poses grave concerns about independent human rights monitoring."

'Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm' Amphan Barrels Towards India, Bangladesh

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) volunteer uses a megaphone to urge residents to evacuate to shelters ahead of the expected landfall of Cyclone Amphan in Khulna on May 19, 2020. India and Bangladesh began evacuating more than two million people May 18 as a cyclone barrelled towards their coasts, with officials racing to ready extra shelters amid fears of coronavirus contagion in cramped refuges.

Meteorologists say there's "catastrophic storm surge potential."

'Red Flag for Whole World': Undocumented Workers in India Fear They May Soon Be Prisoners in Detention Camps They Are Building

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

A laborer working on a new detention center being built for people who are not included in a "citizens register" in Kadamtola Gopalpur village, in Goalpara district, some 170km from Guwahati, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Assam.

"This is the world that the global war on terror made."

Damning UN Report: Myanmar Generals Should Be Prosecuted for Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

As Major Floods Devastate Across Globe, Warnings That Bigger Storms 'Are on the Way'

Three Years After Global Garment Industry's Worst Disaster, 38 Indicted for Murder

Twenty Hostages Dead After Overnight Siege in Bangladesh

Developing: Armed Attackers Take Hostages in Bangladesh Attack

Walmart, Gap, H&M Called Out for Global Worker Exploitation and Abuse

'Now or Never': 400 Kilometer March Begins in Bangladesh to Oppose Coal Plants

Refugee Crisis Mounts in Southeast Asia as 'Stateless' People Turned Back to Sea

Women Around the World Rise Up to Remember Rana Plaza

'Catastrophe': Oil Spill at Bangladesh World Heritage Site

Bangladesh Police Unleash Rubber Bullets, Teargas on Hunger Striking Workers

At Ruins of Bangladesh Factory, the Wounded and Grieving Demand Justice

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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Too Much Blood Has Been Spilled

Today marks the 103rd anniversary of New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in which 146 workers, most young immigrant women, died trapped in a sweatshop inferno behind doors locked by owners worried about theft and unions, but not workers' lives. The fire was a milestone in labor history, prompting the rise of unions and improved working conditions. Now, with unions faltering and abuses ongoing in our now-overseas sweatshops, hear the fiery Rose Schneiderman of the International Ladies’ Garment...