‘Global gag rule’ jeopardises future of Asia health initiatives, campaigners say
Funding for programmes from sanitation to nutrition will be subject to Trump’s far-reaching order, with huge implications for family planning providers
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Funding for programmes from sanitation to nutrition will be subject to Trump’s far-reaching order, with huge implications for family planning providers
Read moreKutubdia’s islanders don’t have much of a carbon footprint – most don’t have regular electricity. But they are facing the reality of a changing climate, and soon tens of millions of their fellow Bangladeshis will be at risk
Read moreFrom incessant rains to flooded rice fields, the economic impact of global warming has been keenly felt in the coastal town of Cox’s Bazar
Read moreGarment workers in Bangladesh endure harsh conditions and the world’s lowest minimum wage
Read more18,000 children under the age of 18 drown every year, but study finds moves to curb the deaths are stymied by view of the fatalities as ‘God’s will’
Read moreDozens have been arrested amid clashes with police as impoverished workers demand a trebling of pay
Read moreA damning study says children in the slums of Bangladesh work over 42 hours a week, often at factories supplying to the west
Read moreOverseas Development Institute survey finds 15% of six- to 14-year-olds living in poorest households work an average of 64 hours a week
Read moreGifted cricketers Chumki Akter and Ismat Ara were born in poverty in Bangladesh. Now they are playing the game at the highest level. Mark Seacombe hears how a British charity is offering young women the future of their dreams
Read moreBorder guards detain hundreds, says Amnesty, while others left in makeshift camps face shortages of food and water
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